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His portrayal offers an insight into the decidedly complicated relationship Mr. Giuliani has with the city that has made him such a formidable contender for his party's nomination.

Here are five takeaways: "Frozen" seems likely to be a formidable contender for the best animated film Oscar — and not just because the competition is relatively light this year.

That helps explain how the president remained a formidable contender for a second term though no modern incumbent had won re-election with an unemployment rate near 8 percent.

At the candidates' first debate on Tuesday night, Gov. Chris Christie just had to hold the line on poll numbers that show him walking away with a margin of victory big enough to make him a formidable contender for the Republican nomination for president.

That combination of factors made the screenplay by (deep breath) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo a formidable contender for this award even before key wins from the producers' and actors' guilds boosted Birdman's overall standing in the race.

Which surely means Alonso will be a formidable contender for the rest of the year to win that elusive third title.

By E. J. Kahn The face of Theodor Seuss Geisel — an arresting one, with soft eyes and a long, beaky nose — is not nearly as familiar as that of Santa Claus, yet its owner is an equally formidable contender for the adulation of many children.

A formidable contender, she has been campaigning hard for the post, making stops in capitals the world over.

But many Democrats say he would be a formidable contender.

If there were a competition for Most Pitiful Childhood Memoir -- and current bookstore shelves do suggest the possibility -- Jennifer Lauck's "Blackbird" would be a formidable contender.

Among the documentary competitors I've seen Dan Krauss's devastating film "The Kill Team," is a formidable contender.