Word: contests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lufthansa, Air France and Swissair were allowed to fly the U.S. domestic routes, they could put a few of America's airlines out of business. Ask any world travelers about the difference in comfort and service and, particularly, the quality of food, and many would say there is no contest. U.S. carriers are notorious for serving meals that are poorly conceived, badly prepared and sometimes unhealthy. By contrast, the food on many non-U.S. carriers, even when catered by the very same firms, is generally considered superior fare in both quality and variety...
...winner of the semifinal contest hits prime time: the ECAC Tournament championship tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m., complete with Sports-Channel. The loser gets to see what North Station--and the Garden--looks like without a crowd...
Piltch expected the Crimson's matchup with Yale in the final weekend to be a close contest. Harvard had just barely beaten the Elis, 4-3, at the Howe Cup two weeks earlier...
Unfortunately, the raquetwomen won't have a chance to replay that fateful game which ended the Crimson's 16-match winning streak. The Tigers won, 6-3, in an intense, competitive contest. The Tiger's number-one player, Demer Holleran, sister of Harvard's Jenny Holleran, had no sisterly compassion. She blanked number-one seed Jenny in three quick games...
Polsky: "I liken our quoting abilities to the relative arborous abilities of the lemur and the dromedary. If it ever came down to a contest of branch swinging, the dromedary would soon find itself succumbing to gravity. Jim has a real talent but he must learn how to channel his energy...