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Many attended well-known attractions, like the Nathan's Famous July 4 International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.
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Mr Clinton recalled for the crowd the days when he attended the county's Pink Tomato Festival and entered the tomato-eating contest.
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In Coney Island, New York, Edward Krachie wolfed down 22 hot dogs, buns included, to win the annual Nathan's Famous Hot-Dog Eating Contest.
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In addition to Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Sheas have organized other competitions, which they've dubbed Major League Eating.
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In addition to Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Sheas have organized other competitions as well, which they have dubbed Major League Eating.
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The festival's four egg contests include a five-minute hardboiled-egg eating contest, usually winnable with 25, and egg roulette, where contestants smash one of six eggs against their face.
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Wimbledon, a MacArthur "Genius" grant, "Project Runway, " "The Price is Right, " the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, the Booker Prize or a Grammy for best spoken-word album.
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New York City (CNN) -- The two reigning champs of a hot dog eating contest joined their challengers for a weigh-in as they hope to devour their way into the record books Wednesday in New York City.
CNN: Hot dog eating champs all set for July Fourth contest
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Competitive eating has gone extreme in recent years, with globe-trotting contestants often taking top honors in events like Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 at Coney Island in New York and Philadelphia's Wing Bowl in February.
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Ordinarily, debate and voting on an amendment might take two legislative days, but under the rules of the reconciliation bill the senators were to dispatch the amendments one after another, as in a hot-dog-eating contest, with a minute of debate for each side.
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In the years since, he has not participated in the contest because of a contract dispute with Major League Eating.
CNN: Hot dog eating champs all set for July Fourth contest