Word: contests
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Democrats also emphasized that their strong showing in the congressional contest defied a historical trend. Since 1862, the president's party has fared poorly in mid-term elections...
...current system of proportional voting issilly because it doesn't count votes as anendorsement of people, but rather becomes a namerecognition contest," Pacheco said...
Despite being outmatched on paper, Harvard hung tough with Queens, trailing at the half by a score of only 5-3. But the second half was a different story altogether, as the Royals outscored the Crimson 8-1 after the intermission, winning the contest...
...Gaels would not back down, however, as they answered Katz's goals with two of their own--the second a two-point shot--as they took a 3-2 lead. But with less than a minute left in the period, Zimmerman netted a power-play goal, knotting the contest...
With a minute left in the contest Iona attackedthe Harvard defense aggressively, creating severalscoring opportunities. But it was all for not, asthree of the Gaels' shots hit the post. Then witheight seconds left, senior Chris Tilghman closedout the scoring with his first goal of thetourney, giving Harvard a 9-6 victory and itsfifth-place finish...