It's set on Earth in the year 2070, and is a story about the then popular sport of beastie-baiting - involving contests to the death between artificial monsters controlled via human affinity bonds.

Still, the most contentious and costliest races involve contests for State Senate seats.

Games often involved gambling on a sleight-of-hand game known as slahal, as well as athletic contests.

The film involves several 'contests', all resulting in the death of one of the group.

That is, power is on the level of interaction or relationships involving "situated contests between opposing actors" .

Most zoo programs involved call-in "stunt personalities" (usually, but not always, created by the staff), on-air games and regular contests.

Most of these are day events which involve dramatics, music and dance competitions, fine-arts contests, quizzes, and other literary events.

Around the country, nearly 100 members of Congress were unopposed last year, and only a few dozen races involved serious contests.

The order involves a dozen legislative and judicial contests in Brooklyn that were affected when hundreds of voting machines were delivered late.

In 1998 Chancellor Media sold A&M Records, the label of the Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, a $237,000 marketing campaign that involved commercials, contests and concerts.