Organizers of Belmar's contest, in fact, invite master sand sculptors to give tips and classes for prospective contestants.
FOR months, our political punditry foresaw one, and only one, prospective gender contest looming in the general election: between the first serious female presidential candidate and the Republican male "warrior".
In the program broadcast a week ago, Mr. Rockwell, who presented himself as a real estate developer and motivational speaker, chose among 50 prospective brides in a contest that resembled a beauty pageant.
The contest urges prospective entrants to "step up to the plate every day for a chance to win tickets to '42'!" Marriott has promoted the sweepstakes by e-mail to its loyalty program members.
Meanwhile, the University of Dayton has introduced an annual video scholarship contest for prospective students, asking: "What does leadership mean to you?" Students are allowed to submit a video on this theme as part of their application, instead of a written essay.
The company first used sweepstakes, which invite prospective subscribers to enter contests, in 1962.
Facing up to unwelcome truths is a hard, slow process incompatible with a quickie popularity contest in which prospective leadership candidates will naturally try and lift morale.
The company also sells enterprise services to more than a thousand tech companies who host programming contests and interview prospective recruits on the platform.
Gary Johnson, a two-term Republican governor of New Mexico (another prospective battleground state in an Obama-Romney contest), has already declared he will compete for the Libertarian nomination in 2012.
But the Town Line Association, a group representing residents living near the plant site who had opposed the project, said it would immediately contest a sale if a prospective buyer stepped forward.
