contest
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And don't forget by-elections are strange beasts, where smaller parties can concentrate time and resources in ways they simply can't do in a bigger contest.
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It was Paolini who held her nerve to take the second set and level the contest.
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The Scot clinched three scrappy frames before making breaks of 75 and 67 to win the contest 5-0.
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But the contest in May will be a very different one for the Greens.
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The human toll of the unrest remains deeply contested.
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