We should encourage them to contest word for word those who support and recruit for al Qaeda, which is counter to their own revolutionary goals.
By state law, New Hampshire's primary must be held at least seven days before a "similar" contest - wording that has traditionally allowed Iowa to hold its caucuses first.
And if protests in the style of the Arab Spring spread to the West Bank in advance of that diplomatic maneuver, they could turn a contest of words in New York into a third intifada in the Palestinian territories.
The contest of words reflected the degree to which both the Gore and Bush campaigns are struggling to make sure the matter that began with some errant debate preparation materials does not wind up reflecting ill on their candidates.
And who has the fortitude to take the hits under difficult circumstances and keep doing it?" It may not be known for months whether Mr. Pawlenty and other candidates taking a traditional route in the party's nominating contest — a word-of-mouth campaign that spreads through organization — will ultimately be rewarded or left behind.
— Emily Greenhouse If this year's Presidential debates — with their evasions, euphemisms, and binders full of women — have filled you with gloom about the quality of our public speech, Ben Lerner's recent Harper's essay "Contest of Words" won't make you feel any better.
"In other words the convention will be a contested contest".
Pan eventually interrupts the contest with the words "To sing of Louis's intrepid courage,/There is no voice knowledgeable enough,/No words grand enough to sketch the picture of it".
In the posthumous contest over his words and image, Trilling loosely resembles Alexis de Tocqueville, who has given sustenance to liberals and conservatives alike.
SPECIAL POST — Many readers have asked about the number of entries received in Patrick Berry's "Crossing" Words Contest and how the drawing was to be made.
SPECIAL POST — The entries to Patrick Berry's "'Cross' Words Contest" last week came from as far away as Norway, Israel and the South Pole.
