The reality wave, initiated by "Survivor" last summer, will hit the prime-time beach the next few months, as CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN, and the WB network all unleash variations on the theme of real people contesting against one another for prizes.
That same span of time was host to a confusing series of factional, dynastic, local, and imperial rulers contesting against one another and against the Zaydīs for control of Yemen.
Let them bunch up and rest against one-another.
Calhoun passed her love of surfing onto her two daughters and together, the three women became one of America's most prominent surfing families in the '60s, winning contests and often competing against one another.
On Saturday, this community will gather here for the Super Bowl of big-wave surfing: the Mavericks Surf Contest, which pits 24 surfers against one another — and against some of the most treacherous surfing conditions in the world.
Last fall, Bottle Rocket struck a deal with Electronic Arts, a Redwood City, Calif., gamemaker, to license what Mr. Easley describes as its "flagship" product, FanSlam, an online trivia contest that pits sports fans against one another.
This fast-paced, relatively no-nonsense contest pits 11 two-member teams against one another in a race around the world with a $1 million prize at stake.
Held annually since 1993, the World Memory Championships pit memorizers from across the globe against one another in contests.
The Wines of the Americas, celebrating its 58th year as a fair attraction, is the longest-running county fair wine competition, pitting wines, mostly from California, against one another in tasting contests.
"When the United States and the Soviet Union were directing espionage against one another, it was a very important contest, but it was a contest that was played according to certain rules..
The completely optional "play-off" event spawned four hours of shouting, cheering, and frantic code editing as student teams pitted their programs against one another to determine a contest winner.
