Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Competitors have until April fourth to register for the contest.

VOA: special.2011.02.01

He said the contest was as exciting as a movie.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Two people won the contest.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

One fan at the U.S.-China game, American Margaret Byrd, told VOA Sports she enjoyed the contest and that no matter what the score, the players need to go all out.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

She won a four-year college scholarship, the top prize nationally in a public speaking contest on the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

At the age of twenty-one, she won a national contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

This year, the Center for Plain Language is holding its first contest for best and worst language use.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

He said the trial was a contest between the defense lawyers and the whole United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Still, visitors could watch camel races and a contest to choose the most beautiful camel.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

The festival has a parade,carnival rides, games and a karaoke singing contest called "Strawberry Idol."

VOA: special.2009.05.19

She gained wider attention three years later when she performed during a contest for young musicians on the National Public Radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."

VOA: special.2010.09.17

Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The library held a contest to name the cat.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

McDonnell appears to be attracting some of the same moderate voters that supported Barack Obama in last year's presidential contest in Virginia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

It says Sunday's vote took place under "acceptable conditions" and losing candidates who want to contest the result should do so in Gabon's constitutional court.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Reid told reporters he had been making overtures to Specter to join the Democratic Party for some time, even before the senator from Pennsylvania faced a difficult reelection contest.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The Washington Post reported voter turnout information allegedly kept secret by the chief envoy for the United Nations in Afghanistan,Kai Eide, provides further evidence the August 20 contest was marred by fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Kerry,during a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is credited with playing a key role in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a run-off election, following wide-spread corruption that tainted the initial contest in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26