1.   We used to have contests to see who could swing the highest.

2.   We had a contest to see who could hit a golf ball the farthest.

3.   Another big primary looms next week, but the front-runners in both parties hope by then they will have no contest.

4.   A Catholic school in the Bronx had a contest to pick the winner of the Subway Series.

5.   But for the GOP, they will have a contest between Sen. Paul Coverdell of Georgia and Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana for the Conference Secretary position.

6.   But he also includes jokes and riddles, and even has a contest for new ones.

7.   But when we had our home-run derby contests, most of us wanted to be Mickey Mantle, not Hank Aaron.

8.   Continental and American have sweepstakes contests offering free travel.

9.   Dad and I had a particular spot, behind a crack past the gutter drain, from which we would have long contests.

10.   Every half-inning has another contest, from lawn bowling in Batavia to grape stomping in Jamestown.