noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lucky winner
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The lucky winner of the competition will be announced next week.
a medal winner
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Johnson was a silver medal winner at the Olympic Games.
a prize winner
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Congratulations to all the prize winners!
an award winner
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The award winners will be announced in December.
be onto a good thing/a winner
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I think she’s onto a real winner with this song.
past president/member/winner etc
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a past president of the golf club
the winner of a competition
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Jane was the clear winner of the competition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Judas has been the big winner lately, now he'd be cockier than ever, and it was my fault.
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You oughta know who was the big winner at the Grammy Awards Wednesday night.
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Read in studio and finally congratulations to the first big Central South winner of the New Year.
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The hotel industry was the biggest winner .
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This rather overlooked the biggest winner of them all.
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Should incorporation pass, Slosser will be a big winner .
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Ride a big winner , hit the headlines - that's racing.
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The big winner in New Hampshire is, of course, President Clinton.
clear
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Toby Ewers put in another sterling performance in the youths mile, finishing a clear winner in 4 mins. 44.
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Once again, a clear winner is Lincoln National Multi Fund.
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Once the zoologists had taken account of the difference in weight, the camels emerged as clear winners .
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The only other clear winners from a protracted contest would be both firms' lawyers.
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Once again it was the Club Secretary Eddie who came to the fore maintaining his good form and romping home a clear winner .
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On a risk-adjusted basis, repaying debt is the clear winner .
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While no clear winner emerged, most commentators agreed that Kerrey's performance was the most effective.
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Yarrow was a clear winner in the competition.
eventual
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I was one shot behind eventual winner Steve Richardson after three rounds and then shot a 79.
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Some observers feared a chaotic situation that could deprive the eventual winner of the legitimacy needed to govern.
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With so many Bay Area districts solidly Democratic, the winners of the primaries are surely the eventual winners in November.
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No matter who finally has the lion's share of the market, the eventual winner will be the user.
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Colchester were defeated in the semi-final of the runners-up competition by Rochford, the eventual winners .
lucky
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But don't worry if you're not one of the lucky winners .
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Anyone can enter paintings in any style, and the lucky winners get hung, in rather close proximity, and sold.
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The Glengormley girl was the lucky winner of an Apple Mac computer in the centre's back to school competition.
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The first lucky winner is David Pitchforth for his Hudson Hawk maps.
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A well stocked tombola provided many potential Christmas presents for the lucky winners .
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The lucky winner will be announced in our Christmas magazine.
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Look out for this years' Lillywhites evening in November, and see if you can be a lucky winner .
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You could be the lucky winner of a free course of pectoral pump treatments, or a brand new Cadillac convertible.
national
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The 3 times Grand national winner never raced at Cheltenham.
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Then one realizes that virtually no one else seems willing to say such rude things about the latest National Book Award winner .
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The Independent was the overall national newspaper winner in 1988 and 1987.
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He is on my short list as a possible Grand National winner .
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The premonitions began to pour in about Grand National winners , storm warnings, earthquakes and other disasters.
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Grand National winner Party Politics was cut two points to 12-1 by Ladbrokes.
outright
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Enter the new championship, with a complicated set of rules designed to promote an outright winner at the end of it.
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But the outright winner has to be the microwave.
overall
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Here are some of the best, along with the overall winner .
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Candidates get three delegates for each congressional district won, and 29 bonus delegates go to the overall statewide winner .
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Both women have maximum Grand Prix points and whoever wins their next head-to-head on Friday could be the overall winner .
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This year's overall winner was the reconstruction of the Kennet and Avon canal from Bristol to Reading.
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Entry is free and there is £100 up for grabs with the overall winner receiving the Roy Tongue Cup.
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An overall winner and a runner-up were chosen from the many entries and their reviews were featured in TeleClub a few weeks ago.
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Category three saw Jasper Sharpe outreach everyone to gain 127 points and he looks favourite for an overall winner .
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The Independent was the overall national newspaper winner in 1988 and 1987.
previous
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The Lisburn event traditionally draws big names, as a glance through the previous winners list confirms.
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Fondmort was third to two previous winners at Newbury after his success here.
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The highest placed North-Easterner was Simon Gillam from Newcastle, a previous winner , who was sixth.
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She is likely to follow up on her solid victory over previous winner Ribhi at York in October.
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Nadobenko, although a previous stage winner , had started the final stage almost seven minutes down on Lillywhite overall.
real
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But no-one was in doubt that the real winner was disabled sport.
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But apathy will be the real winner .
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Recall a situation when you knew you had done something well, and you felt like a real winner .
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The real winner , therefore, is science.
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The real winners of the revolution were neither the women nor the men, but the people of Paris.
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Goal of the week goes to Oxford's Alex Dyer: a real winner .
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The real winners are farmers who will raise good crops this year and sell them at the current dizzying prices.
■ NOUN
award
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There were sixteen award winners and eighteen commendations.
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The Eclipse Award winners for 1995 will be announced today.
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The category award winners ranged from a housing co-operative in Dundee to a children's play area in an Essex village.
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For every movie they let go beyond two hours, they secretly think they have an Academy Award winner .
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Last year the award winners were those judged to be tops in the application of advanced manufacturing technology.
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If it wasn't up against such strong competition, it would have been an award winner .
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Or take a look at the 1996 Coretta Scott King Award winners announced recently.
competition
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Submissions must be made by February 2001 and competition winners will be announced in June.
cup
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Anglesey Aluminium knocked out former cup winners Amlwch winning their away tie by 23 runs.
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Cup-Winners' Cup winners 1968, 1973.
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On his next outing, the gelding defeated the subsequent Gold Cup winner Garrison Savannah by seven lengths.
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He has indicated that this may be his last year on the tour, and he finishes a five-time Davis Cup winner .
medal
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Once again we've supplied the sails for a long list of medal winners .
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Clint had it all: a top filmstar, successful grand-prix driver, gold medal winner at the Munich Olympics.
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The first monthly medal winner was L.C. Smith, one of only nine competitors.
prize
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He ended up with a prize winner .
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The eighty-three year old Nobel Peace prize winner is currently on a nationwide tour.
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The prize winners will be notified by post within 8 weeks of the closing date. 8.
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The first prize winners are: Neil Glaister, of Spennymoor.
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Competition prize winners Kathryn Winkler of Dundee, your lucky number is up.
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The prize was instituted in 1987 by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka.
■ VERB
announce
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As he was announced the winner to a huge cheer, he looked astonished.
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Finally, the captain announced the winner of the brand prize-the Old Folks' Open Trophy.
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A panel of young judges, to be chosen through a national competition, will announce its own winners .
choose
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A panel of six judges will choose winners after a series of stringent tests.
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General Motors Corp., which owns Hughes, will choose the winner within the next two weeks, sources said.
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The judges meet again on Tuesday, 7 November to choose the winner of the Booker Prize 2000.
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Our judges found it very hard to choose the winners - the entries were all so good.
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Each of the company's stores here will choose a local winner in the three categories.
declare
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With an eye to a safe driving career, Neil Brown from Wing near Aylesbury was declared the winner .
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Marcos, who counted the ballots, declared himself the winner .
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Internet Magazine recently tested six low-spec browsers and declared Opera the winner .
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Despite widespread violence and corruption, Leslie Manigat was declared the winner and was inaugurated on Feb 7.
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The first 13 correct entries opened on March 11 will be declared the winners .
emerge
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By then it was too late because Chelsea had gained their confidence and emerged deserved winners .
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Lanier emerged as the winner after polling 53 percent of the votes cast, compared with 47 percent for Turner.
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Knox made a desperate bid to get in front at the last corner but Martin held his line and emerged the winner .
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This time the hat-trick chance was taken and Sandrock emerged worthy winners .
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For opponents Oakley had other ideas, they produced the goods on the night and took their chances to emerge 7-2 winners .
pick
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Experience to date and motivational goal data give us our greatest chance of picking a winner .
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A technology Strategy does not mean that a government has to pick winners and losers.
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As a result, everyone believes that they have a chance of picking the winner .
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You will certainly pick the winner , but at what cost?
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Softbank claims that it is better at picking winners and that it is buying into a growth industry.
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Technology development strategies are designed to pick technology winners .
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Trust you, Dwight, to pick a winner , and pick him before the rest of us have heard of him!
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Suddenly, Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner .
produce
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If the match produces a winner , Derry will meet Cork on April 7 instead.
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Norman also established a breeding stud of racehorses which produced many classic winners .
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Extra-time failed to produce a winner so a penalty shootout was needed.
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The Euro Cup competition links together a series of Continental races, with a points-scoring system producing an overall winner .
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Of the two, Bulli's lines produced more winners and are more enduring.
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The 1993 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita produced four hometown winners in the five dirt races.
receive
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The winner receives a total of £21,000 with a guaranteed increase in sales and recognition worldwide.
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Medal winners will receive large cash prizes from the government and be treated like royalty.
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There will be 29 winners who will each receive outdoor gear.
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The winner will also receive £1,000 worth of Sainsbury's wine.
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All winners receive a year's free membership.
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Entry is free and there is £100 up for grabs with the overall winner receiving the Roy Tongue Cup.
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The winners will receive £24,850, the runners-up £15,500, and the losing semi-finalists £7,750.
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More than 260 women in Koenigstein, near Frankfurt, took part in a lottery with 73 winners receiving gems worth up to £2,000.
ride
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During his racing career he rode 1,544 winners .
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During the subsequent week, she had ridden three winners , only one of which was for Bill Templeman.
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Russell's loss was Marcus Gorman's gain, as the 28-year-old stockbroker was riding his first ever winner .
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Editors love riding a winner into the ground.
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Collectively they rode four winners , six seconds, and two thirds from a total of 34 rides.
score
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Yes, you've certainly scored a winner this month, folks, I hope you're over the moon about it!
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Sheedy equalized with four minutes left, and Mountfield scored the winner in extra time.
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Crumplin scored the winner with a spectacular diving header six minutes from time after good work from Clive Walker and Gary Chivers.
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It was fitting he should score the late winner .
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After Liverpool pulled level the non-stop Earle pounced on a Fashanu knock-down to score the winner .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pick a winner
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A technology Strategy does not mean that a government has to pick winners and losers.
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Experience to date and motivational goal data give us our greatest chance of picking a winner.
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Softbank claims that it is better at picking winners and that it is buying into a growth industry.
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The government hopes to pick a winner in May but the selection could be delayed.
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Trust you, Dwight, to pick a winner, and pick him before the rest of us have heard of him!
the outright winner/victor
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But the outright winner has to be the microwave.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a Grammy winner
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On Thursday the judges will be announcing the winner of this year's Booker prize.
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The winner will receive a prize of $500.
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The crowd roared as the winner crossed the finishing line.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both are course and distance hurdle winners - Capolla Jack in record time.
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For every movie they let go beyond two hours, they secretly think they have an Academy Award winner .
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Studying drama as a winner of a Commonwealth Fellowship, Cooke traveled throughout the country in the summer of 1933.
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The winners will be drawn on 14 December 1992.