By Adam Elder December 15 , 2014Greg Long at the the 2004-2005 Mavericks Big Wave Surf Contest; Half Moon Bay, March 2 , 2005
There is naïveté, or possibly arrogance, in presuming that a contest half won is a mission accomplished.
In Massachusetts this year Republicans are running in only three of nine House races and are contesting half the seats in the state legislature.
The Muslim Brotherhood, which initially said it would only contest a third of the parliamentary seats, has now announced its intention to contest half of all seats, forming a new political party (Freedom and Justice) for the purpose.
L.G. Flatron captured the second stage of the B.T. Global Challenge yesterday, completing the 5,840-mile 5,840-mileoston to Buenos Aires of the round-the-worlegcontest halfromday ahead of its rivals.
Barack Obama has now won nearly thirty contests, over half the states in the country, including critical battleground states like Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Missouri, Washington and Colorado.
The presence of more than 12,000 troops involved in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission has not been enough to slow the ascent of the Taliban, which now controls or contests nearly half the country and carries out attacks on a daily basis.
In one six-month period of 2010, Lambeth Council did not bother to contest nearly half of its 2,700 cases.
In stark contrast, Friday's match was a real contest for half an hour as France played with invention, skill and impressive discipline in defence and attack.
Rooney did not get into the contest for half an hour, by which time Patrice Evra had embarked on a forceful burst to draw a decent save out of Branko Grahovac.
