Word: contests
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...foreign journalists made up in enthusiasm and numbers whatever they lacked in resources. A record 1,300 of them, representing more than 300 news organizations in 51 countries, covered both party conventions this year, exposing more television viewers and newspaper readers around the world to the U.S. presidential contest than ever before. Britain and Canada dispatched large contingents from 15 print and broadcasting organizations each, but the Japanese outdid them in New Orleans with six networks and twelve newspapers. "It shows one thing," said Toshio Mizushima, a correspondent for the Tokyo-based daily Yomiuri Shimbun, "that the Japanese viewers...
...tree for three weeks by eating the bark. The local pound tried to put the dog down with a lethal injection. The animal was later found twitching in a heap of dead dogs, and the pound injected it again. When the Enquirer heard the story, it ran a contest to save the dog. "We brought him to Lantana and put him in a motel room, but he destroyed it by eating all the furniture," says Balfour...
...Jesse Jackson was the sole possessor of oratorical flame in this year's contest, and his speech at the Democratic Convention should be a lesson to the two nominees in the general election. Avoid the specific, concentrate on the personal and the sweeping...
Beretta traces its name to the 16th century, when the company dealt in crossbows. After the four-wheel Beretta was announced in 1986, the Italian firm negotiated with GM for two years in a fruitless effort to get the car's name changed. GM, which plans to contest the suit, insists the name is derived from various former products, including a version of the Chevy Camaro called the Berlinetta that was sold from...
...very shy. He would hardly talk to me, even after I hired him." He didn't have much to talk about, between guitar and all the handymanning and mechanical-bull handling she had him doing around the club, never mind the singing. He had won a Country City amateur contest, and settled in at the club for what was to be a five-year stay. "One day," says Hatcher, "Randy was rehearsing with the band, and his dad went home for something, I don't remember exactly why, but Randy stayed in Charlotte. He never went back home after that...