I perked up - this could be promising - but the prospect of my first blog quickly degenerating into a subjective pissing contest drove me into a blind panic.
(Picture book; ages 5 and up) In this charmingly nostalgic tale, Grandpa Joe (first runner-up in the Farmer Hoggett look-alike contest) drives his grandson through a bland suburban development to the decayed remnants of the family farm.
The problem with this interpretation is that the election was not a referendum on economic policy, but a contest primarily driven by ethnic considerations and the desire to punish a select group of oligarchs.
"The beauty contests are driven by who is No. 1," Mr. Burnett said, referring to the presentations investment banks make to win a client's business.
In some cases, the contests are driven by the city's term limit laws, which for the first time will prevent dozens of City Council members from running for re-election next year.
On a late-summer afternoon, Mr. Steele and Mr. Adams, the tattoo contest winner, drove two hours across southern Iowa to see Mr. Knock, a prominent Democrat who was undecided but had favorable feelings toward Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware.
Well, music fans can watch and participate by watching and downloading on their mobile phones, and Sony Ericsson and Orange no doubt hope the contest will drive interest in the Walkman line of music handsets.
During the contest, Lethal drove Devine through a table with a driving elbow drop.
During a July 13 , 2006contest, Hanigan drove in the what would be the winning run with two outs in the seventh inning against the Birmingham Barons.
You need to exaggerate what you want ad viewers to do -- sign up for your hopscotch contest, test drive a Vespa, download your Indian restaurant finder app etc. Use some form of targeting -- geography, interest or demographic to ensure the right people see your ad.
