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In many cases, delegates elected to a national, state or local convention through primaries or caucuses are pledged to vote for a particular candidate on the first ballot of the convention, meaning that the candidate with the necessary number of delegate pledges in advance of the convention is considered the presumptive nominee.
Robert N. Saveland is an American professor emeritus of education and geography at University of Georgia. [1] In 2012 National Council for Geographic Education have awarded him with George J. Miller Award. [2] From 1968 to 1985 Saveland served as social science education professor at College of Education. [3] Died Nov. 23, 2017 in Athens, GA.
In the United States, a sweepstake is a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. [1] Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. [2] In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the anti-lottery laws). [3]
Miskel Spillman was just a regular 80-year-old grandmother from New Orleans when she hosted “SNL” in 1977. The winner of a contest and the only non-public figure to ever host the show, her ...
The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a selective and prestigious 15-question 3-hour test given since 1983 to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 high school mathematics examination (formerly known as the AHSME), and starting in 2010, those who rank in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10.
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
Repechage (/ ˌ r ɛ p ɪ ˈ ʃ ɑː ʒ / ⓘ REP-ish-AHZH, UK also / ˈ r ɛ p ɪ ʃ ɑː ʒ / REP-ish-ahzh; French: repêchage [ʁəpɛʃaʒ] ⓘ, lit. ' fishing out ' or ' rescuing ') is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round.
For the purpose of competition and judging, a two-fold definition of a proper pun has been adopted by the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships. The first and most common form presented is wordplay using homonyms that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.