Word: contests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people has become fickle-minded and equally as corrupt as the governments they seek to perpetrate. A new method of corruption, practised by many African governments, is that of the "unopposed-system." This system denies the African the franchise and deprived all other political parties of the right to contest general elections. This system enables all members of the ruling party to retain their former seats in parliament. Governments of this type will never represent and protect the interest of the people because they are not elected by the people...
...week left in the season and there's a solid chance for a four-way tie for the Ivy League championship. The last four-way tie I remember was in seventh grade in the waltz contest at Dick Champagne's Dancing School. I'm confused, so let's just shelve all those motion penalties for a second, okay...
Nevertheless, the contest remained scoreless until 19:30 of the second half, when a shot by Springfield's Mary Bunting bounced off the pads of the usually stingy Seidler. Springfield's Laurie Smith scopped up the rebound and rifled it home to give her team a 2-0 advantage...
Despite the loss, the Crimson's solid play yesterday provided encouragement for their biggest contest of the year--Thursday morning's tilt in the opening round of the Eastern Athletic Intercollegiate Association of Women tournament here in Cambridge...
Harvard, unseeded by request in the 16-team battle-royale, will face the winner of the contest between top-seed New Hampshire and Keene State Thursday afternoon if they get past the Bulldogs...