Microsoft quickly gave the contest a thumbs-down.
Mr. Gough would not give any indication whether there was any evidence that the final results could give the contest to Mr. Santorum rather than Mr. Romney.
By The New Yorker March 18 , 2011Thanks to players who took time away from filling out brackets to give the contest a spin this week, and congratulations to the winner.
Thanks to players who took time away from filling out brackets to give the contest a spin this week, and congratulations to the winner.
The broadcaster's role as a multicultural hub where cult followings begin before going mainstream, gave the contest a sort of underground feel to it.
Moderate insiders, contemporary Iran's answer to a "loyal opposition", have mostly been allowed to stand, giving the contest a veneer of freedom.Will the people who would have enthusiastically supported big-name reformers still come out to vote?
On balance, though, I would give the contest to The Crucible, which found in the Salem witch hunts a timeless metaphor for the struggles between state tyranny and individual conscience in the 20th century.
Boris Johnson, the London mayor, has faced calls from Tory backbenchers to give the contest a shot, but he has already ruled himself out of the race as he has already put himself forward for the greater London seat of Uxbridge.
