Sentences with phrase «did in his close race»

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It asked Americans whether they would be disappointed if a close family member married someone of a different race, country, political party or someone who doesn't believe in God.

Do I need to point out the 1 % the moderate conservative Huntsman got (who is the closest to centrist the GOP has in the race)?

The guys did a great job in keeping the race close and did a very nice manoeuvre around the second windward mark but the race was decided by that unfortunate incident before the start.

If Young Bill Buchan Jr., the Seattle skipper who piloted a Luders 16 to a clear - cut victory in the annual North American Sailing championships, remains anything close to the coolheaded, calm - browed competitor he was this last week at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, it is going to take some doing to beat him in future races.

For the majority of the Regular Season five teams separated themselves from the pack... For close to 2 months it was a foregone conclusion that those five teams were going to wind up with Top 5 seeds, and it was really race among those five to wind up in the top 3, so to avoid another Top 5 crew in the Opening Round... That has all led to Team Kozin and Team Harmelech doing battle in the Opening Round.

Jenson Button was desperate to secure the 2009 world championship with a race to spare in 2009, but with teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello (yes, he did once get sorta close to actually winning one!)

In the closing stages of the race Petrov did exactly that, passing the Marussia of Charles Pic to finish a brilliant 11th - the best result of any of the «new teams» up to that point, and enough for Caterham to leapfrog its rivals in the final standingIn the closing stages of the race Petrov did exactly that, passing the Marussia of Charles Pic to finish a brilliant 11th - the best result of any of the «new teams» up to that point, and enough for Caterham to leapfrog its rivals in the final standingin the final standings.

Kimi Raikkonen won the first race — the first time Lotus had done so since 2006 and 1978 and at this point in the season the entire field were separated by just 25 points in the championship — the closest title battle since Australia 2012.

Race finishes in F1 don't tend to be as close as they often are in oval or motorbike racing, but there have been a few that went right down to the wire

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

But as NASCAR does with all race - winning vehicles, it brought the car back to its Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., for closer scrutiny.

Mercedes accidentally called Bottas «Nico» over team radio in the closing stages, which probably didn't help his mood after a disappointing race.

Last week, while watching the NASCAR race online in preparation for an interview with the 49ers - helmet - having driver, I didn't close my laptop fast enough before the commercials started.

The intent was to bring the performance level of the three manufacturers closer inline where one doesn't hold an overwhelming superiority like Toyota had last season where its drivers combined to win 16 of 36 races and saw Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch finish 1 - 2 in the championship and each lead over 2,000 laps.

Coyne also reckoned that Jones had a great shot at winning the race and may have done so if his car wasn't hindered by damage in the closing stages:

but something doesn't feel right — we're much closer to these other boats than we were in the previous races.

Whether that's just a bit of race rustiness, unfamiliarity with the new cars or just the nature of the track I don't know, but if being able to drive closer to the limit in races means more small errors, that's absolutely a good thing because it means a bit more unpredictability.

I will paying very close attention to the Sheriff race, demanding that they put in place policies and oversight that makes sure these things don't continue to occur at crazy rates.

Sadly, Alonso failed to finish the race after retiring in the closing stages, so it didn't exactly work out for him either.

Nijel Amos retained his 800m Diamond Race title but he didn't enjoy victory on the night as Poland's world silver medallist Adam Kszczot ran another well - judged race, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing staRace title but he didn't enjoy victory on the night as Poland's world silver medallist Adam Kszczot ran another well - judged race, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing starace, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing stages.

World class players don't stay around in teams like this, they don't stay for being knocked out in the Champions League in March or languishing fifteen points behind their closest rivals in the most one - sided title «race» in Premier League history.

That 6 points would not be enough to put us back into the title race, only a # 350m investment will do that, but it would bring us a lot closer to Manchester United in second — 3 points behind them with a game in hand.

He's done great in qualifying the last 2 races although his team mate was close.

10 — Monreal does really well to pounce on a loose ball to the left of the area and race into the box, before cutting it back for Iwobi to poke in from close range

Bronx Democrat Charlie Ramos was on hand for Somos el Futuro in Albany to do a little schmoozing, and told me that while he has yet to settle on a race, he's moving closer to a primary challenge to Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr..

Also worth noting: Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn't lift a finger to assist Fidler and the Senate Dems, while he did record robos for two of the Assembly Democratic candidates — Chris Fahey (who lost) and Didi Barrett (locked in a too - close - to - call race).

But in a close race, I don't see how to shut that down.»

There's also the question of what David Storobin will do after a victor is finally declared in the too - close - to - call race in which he is battling Democratic NYC Councilman Lew Fidler for ex-Sen.

It's not clear if the Democrats will pick up any of these seats, but they have a shot in one race where their candidate is up by 33 votes (I will do an analysis of this race in a future post, but now my gut says the Republicans will hold the seat because the Democrat closed the gap late).

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

I know Diane Abbot (who I respect as our first black female MP) and other senior feel it's racist whenever we talk about immigration — but do we honestly think closing down any discussion has led us to a good place in terms of race relations and tolerance and looking closer to home, how many senior Black or Asian people work in Labour HQ or in Team Corbyn?

But strategists on both sides of the aisle suggest that such attacks may resonate more in closed congressional primaries that tend to draw only hardcore partisans than they did in the presidential race.

«I know Mayor de Blasio's got a big city to run, but it doesn't seem he paid totally close attention to the Arkansas Senate race or the issues Sen. Pryor ran on,» said a top Democratic strategist in Arkansas.

The activity in Wisconsin mirrors a larger trend across the map in congressional races this year: Though Democrats are expected to do well on Election Day, they have struggled to close out races they were long expected to win.

In 2012, the Independence Party did cross-endorse the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, but that was not a close race.

And in the closest race of the night, Republican trustee candidate Charles Sanders of Greenport was elected to the seat left open when two - term incumbent Dave Bergen did not receive the Republican nomination this time around.

And the money has funneled in from every labor union under the sun... I do not believe that the race was this close at that time.

In Minnesota, races tend to be very close and Mike wants to make sure we do everything we can across the board to win.»

While NOM insists Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin's «yes» vote on gay marriage could cost him the race, HRC stresses that no matter who wins tonight (assuming it's not too close to immediately call, which is a distinct possibility, given the history of past NY House specials) marriage equality «did not play an influential, even modest, role in the outcome.»

Polls close at 9 p.m., so if you haven't had a chance to get out and vote, please do so — assuming there are active races in your area.

The district gave Bush 53 percent of the vote in 2004, but given the damage done to the Republican brand and the possibility of homestate Sen. Barack Obama somewhere at the top of the ticket, this should be a very close race.

The governor's Buffalo speech was an assemblage of his standard campaign tropes from last weeks and months, though Cuomo did attack Donald Trump by name — something he held back from doing when the race was closer in August and September.

But in so doing, one would necessarily sacrifice security procedures and thus very likely tend to further invite litigation especially in close races (what's a little lawyering business among Marmy - Schmarmy friends in Po - dunk Ulster county anyway though?)

While others have said Cuomo may be strategically timing the special election for the advantage of Democrats, given that Democrats typically haven't done well in Staten Island special elections, others don't see the governor as paying that close attention to a race in which he has not much to gain.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

Linda Rosenberg, with the Communications Workers of America, agreed that with just over two weeks before election day in a very close 24th district congressional race, there's work to be done.

«Most of you don't remember what happened to Dewey when he declared victory — so I don't want to do that,» he said at one point, referring to New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's oh - so - close loss to Harry Truman in the 1948 presidential race.

I do not want to completely upset the closer race but would love to slip the ketogenic diet in as soon as possible because of the benefits.

I was tempted to register for the race anyway, since the location is convenient, and though I don't know exactly what CARA's training plan looks like, if it's close to Novice 1 on Hal Higdon's website, I'll only have to flip flop things by a week or so, which is definitely more ideal than running a half marathon and then having to continue running to get in my long run for the week haha).

At the recent press day, Tarantino and his actors talked about the advantages of shooting in 70 mm, how a Tarantino set differs from other movie sets, how Leigh and Russell played off each other while chained at the hip for 4-1/2 months, why Russell remained in character after his character met his demise, the decision to stay close to the script, Tarantino and Jackson's take on race relations in America, why a period film affords a filmmaker the opportunity to comment on the present in ways a present day film does not, what their filmmaking adventure was like for the veteran actors who have been with Tarantino from the beginning, and why Tarantino doesn't mind dancing on the edge of political correctness.