Sentence examples for Mount a contest from inspiring English sources

Therefore, with the College Marketing Corpora tion it's about to mount a contest on 116 campuses ask ing the kids to supply a "kooky caption" to an early 1900 poster of an Arrow Man with his gal.

Meanwhile, plans are still afoot to mount a contest to name the creature, who will serve as the Channel Islands center's mascot, spokeswoman Carol Spears said.

Through the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, Alan Alda mounted a contest for ideas to make the concept of flame comprehensible to kids.

The timing of Microsoft's bid could allow the company to mount a proxy contest for control of Yahoo's board should it try to dismiss the offer.

The company's lawyer called to say that two hedge funds had secretly acquired the equivalent of a 21percentt stake in CNet and planned to mount a proxy contest to take over the board.

The directors of HealthSouth, which runs a chain of hospitals and clinics, approved a change in its bylaws that will oblige it to reimburse shareholders who mount a proxy contest for the expense involved provided that their candidate achieves at least 40% of the vote.

People close to Mr. Peltz tell DealBook that he is in fact planning to mount a proxy contest against Heinz, though the timing remains unclear and may have been complicated by news of his efforts since it has pushed up the price of Heinz's shares.

"It is very, very costly for investors to mount a proxy contest and to solicit votes against directors.

Currently, outside groups mounting a proxy contest to elect board candidates must pay for their distribution of materials.

Assuming he mounts a legal contest, aides said the vice president would probably address the nation next week to explain his decision to press on.

Last week, Carl C. Icahn, the activist investor, mounted a proxy contest to replace Yahoo's entire board, saying the directors had "acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders".