So far, each of Ireland, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan have acquitted themselves wonderfully, with Ireland beating West Indies, and the two best contested and closest matches coming between Ireland and UAE and Scotland and Afghanistan.
Oh, and they did it without their other million-dollar man and arguably the best contested mark in the competition, Kurt Tippett.
Mike Selvey That they were there, gave tangible evidence of the massive improvement in their standards, and contributed some of the best contested games of the tournament.
One of the most interesting and best-contested playoff rounds in modern hockey history will end just as it should: with Game 7 between the two best teams in the National Hockey League.
Paulina García, the star of Sebastián Lelio's "Gloria," about the romantic reawakening of a Chilean divorcee, won the tightly contested best actress category.
Would he have enough support to win the closely contested best album nod, or would he have to settle for wins in lesser categories (rhythm & blues song, group rock vocal, producer, motion picture score)?
The Golden Popcorn awards, which include the hotly contested categories of best kiss, best shirtless performance and "best scared-as-s**t performance", are voted for by the public.
At best, the issue is contested.
David Boies, the top Gore lawyer, looked haggard when he left the courtroom, but he vowed to fight on, and he protested bitterly that Judge Sauls had never even examined what Mr. Boies called "the best evidence" -- the contested ballots.
With pick 39 in this year's draft the Lions did steal one of the best inside midfielders and contested ball winners in Under-18 ranks in Rhys Mathieson (another spoiler alert: his kicking isn't great either).
Pulled pork, ribs and dogs are repeated across the city's menus like a holy trinity, while the title of Glasgow's best burger is hotly contested by outlets such as Meat Hammer (burger meal, eat-in, from £7.95); Buddy's (takeaway burger, from £4); Burger Meats Bun (burger meal, eat-in, £9.50 - £10.50); and the unrelated Bread Meats Bread.
