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Word: contests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Catholic, but I was extremely glad to see the tasteful way in which TIME, Oct. 20 reported the Pope's demise. I think it was disgusting the way others reported it-as if it were a football game or some other play-by-play contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 10, 1958 | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

Maryland: In a no-personality contest between longtime (17 years) State Comptroller J. Millard Tawes and Republican Congressman James P. S. Devereux, ex-Marine war hero, Democratic Workhorse Tawes coasted all the way in to recapture the Governor's chair for Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Governors | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

Oklahoma: Democratic Nominee J. Howard Edmondson won with no contest, became the youngest (33) Governor in state history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Governors | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

Vermont: Predicted easy-winner Republican Robert T. Stafford bucked such a strong Democratic trend that his opponent, Bernard J. Leddy, may contest Stafford's winning margin (an unofficial 1,200 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: The Governors | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

...contest, sponsored by the CRIMSON as a solution to the controversy between the Undergraduate Athletic Council and the ousted cheerleading squad, elicited wide-spread enthusiasm yesterday from team-boosters across the nation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KKK to Pick WACS from 'Cliffe Ranks | 11/8/1958 | See Source »

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