The fiercely-fought contests encourage professionalism and virtuosity; about 550 bands still compete in several grades, which players compare to football leagues.
All these talent shows on T.V. produce many a fine singer, but what we're looking for is not necessarily the best singer, but somebody who has something original to offer us, and I don't think talent contests encourage that kind of musicality.
Moreover, the contests encourage farmers to experiment and to decide which practices best fit their specific conditions.
The contest encouraged would-be entrepreneurs and other "people with dreams" to submit plans to start up agencies in any area of marketing communications.
Capital FM is currently running a contest encouraging listeners to tune in at work and win £1,000 for their workplace.
If so, look no further, since from June 15 to Aug. 17, we'll be running our third annual New York Times summer reading contest, and that's exactly what the contest encourages.
Gurney suspected that he wasn't the only person who did this, so, in the spirit of the Cartoon Caption Contest, Gurney decided to launch the "unfinished-cover contest," encouraging other artists to submit their scrawls.
The Chicago Sun-Times, The Tribune's newspaper archrival, ran a contest encouraging readers to produce music videos in protest, and the winner was, deliciously, a young Tribune intern who altered the words to the 1984 Twisted Sister anthem, "We're Not Gonna Take It": It's where we do our boozin' Where our team does its losin' Now some rich dude, he wants a change.
Massachusetts securities regulators are expected to file civil charges on Monday against Morgan Stanley, claiming that a contest encouraging brokers to sell in-house mutual funds violated antifraud provisions, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Last summer, Nike SB and TransWorld SKATEboarding put on a contest encouraging skaters across the country to build DIY spots in their cities.
