Word: contests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Oklahoma native politicians ritually trip over each other in a race to carry the corporate banner of the oil and gas companies, and to win the resultant prize--an enormous campaign treasure chest. The 1978 Texas Senate race is a classic example of this phenomenon. In all likelihood the contest will be between Congressman Bob Kreuger who led the deregulation fight in the House of Representatives and nearly won, and incumbent Republican Senator John Tower, one of the industry's oldest and most faithful friends...
Ewing should meet Jack Tessman, a physics professor at Massachusetts' Tufts University. To win a local television contest, the latter calculated the number of snowflakes that fell on Boston during February's monster storm. He multiplied the average snowfall depth (27 in.) by the area of Boston (43 sq. mi.), then divided the result by the volume of the average snowflake (1/10,000 cu. in.). Answer: 50 quadrillion (5 X 10 16) snowflakes. His prize: a Tessman family portrait-in snow...
...wrapped up the game and the championship on an empty-net goal by Skip House with less than 30 seconds left in the contest. The win guarantees the Eagles a place in the NCAA tournament, March 23-25, in Providence...
Miami's John Shoemaker penetrated Marquette's defense with 20 seconds remaining to put his team ahead, 75-54. He was called for charging on the drive, but Warrior Jimmy Boylan hit only one of two charity tosses to send the contest into overtime...
...University has established a short story prize contest in Ecker's name for freshmen. Ecker enjoyed writing fiction and helped his friend Alfred E. Lewis '78 with a story which appeared in 1975 in Harper's magazine...