And "Agon," inspired by European court dances and ancient-Greek contests of skill, builds to one of the most erotic pas de deux Balanchine ever made.
"Very frankly, none of this brought any sense of embarrassment to me because I felt then, and feel now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with contests of skill, either between human athletes or equine athletes.
At this annual event government officials engaged in contests of skill with the spear, bow and arrow, and matchlock musket — a case of Buddhism's war of art running parallel to the art of war.
Before game one began, the players of both team held a field day which included contests of skill, and Williamson won the long throw, with a toss that travelled 400 feet, four inches.
It's come down to a contest not of skill but of will, especially for congressional Democrats.
The author gave little attention to constitutional history or battles but recorded the dates of the establishment of festivals, of the introduction of various kinds of poetry, of the births and deaths of the poets, and of their victories in contests of poetic skill.
DraftKings argues in the suit that its contests are "games of skill," as defined by a 2006 federal law that prohibits most forms of online gambling but included an exception for fantasy sports, and are therefore "entirely legal under New York law".
Rather, they would need to turn the series into a contest of wits and skill.
