Word: contests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long twilight struggle is crucial to answering the most important question raised by Moscow's new thinking: Should the U.S. eagerly accept Gorbachev's tempting invitation to declare the cold war over? Significantly, he addressed, with words and proposed actions, each of the core causes of that contest...
...ever came to town. But the developer's hopes revived when he heard that Gorbachev was in front of Trump Tower. He raced down from his 26th-floor office, but the man waiting on the street turned out to be a Gorby impersonator who had won a look-alike contest. Trump shook hands and posed for a picture anyway...
...Restic and Carm Cozza: This year's Harvard-Yale football contest, dubiously referred to as The Game, was highlighted not by stellar play--both teams entered with losing records--but by the humor of the coaches. Restic, Harvard's gray-haired giant, entertained the post-game media throng with jokes about how he and Cozza decide on the winner of The Game before it starts...
...what about that infamous Bird confidence? Or is it arrogance? For that, there's my personal favorite. In an NBA All-Star Game three-point shooting contest, he needed to make his last shot to win. After he released it, he raised his arms in victory and walked away. Before the ball ripped through the cords...
Lose, Then Cruise: Barely beating UNH last Saturday apparently taught the Crimson some humility--and made the team more prepared for last Monday's contest...