Sentences with phrase «of closing racing»

10) Edmonton - Rutherford In a rematch of the closest race of the 2008 election, PC MLA Fred Horne will face former Liberal MLA Rick Miller.

Still, he has won 60 games in the last three seasons, finished on top of the league two years ago and tied for third last season when the Big Sky had one of the closest races in the country.

Mayor Bill de Blasio will fly to Iowa this weekend to campaign for Hillary Clinton, a fellow Democrat and his former boss, in the final days of her close race against Senator Bernie Sanders in the state's presidential caucuses.

Craig Johnson, a member of the Democratic majority, who was fighting for re-election in one of the closest races in the state.

McSally, whose campaign announced Monday that she had raised $ 1 million in the second quarter of 2015, was elected last year in one of the closest races in the country, beating Barber by fewer than 200 votes.

At least one of those close races includes Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district battleground who ran against Cuomo in a Democratic primary in 2014.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to travel with his wife, Chirlane McCray, to Iowa this weekend to campaign in support of Hillary Clinton, his fellow Democrat and former boss, in the final days of her close race against Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the state's presidential caucuses.

All told, it makes for one of the closest races in any category this year.

But half of Washington's voters use mail - in absentee ballots, and election officials warned that it might be Thanksgiving Day or later before the outcomes of its closest races were clear.

Despite the astronomical value of many of its cars, the Goodwood Revival is renowned as offering some of the closest racing action in the world.

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB provided another weekend of close racing for the Silverstone crowds.

It's frustrating to be in the lead of a close race and then lose at the last minute because you crossed the line by a hair and got thrown in the dirt.

Worrying really, if this ends up being something that can be deliberately exploited online, then it looks like a Bowser Castle 1 level bug * that could easily be used to change the tide of a close race.

Not exact matches

A source close to Ricketts says the billionaire now sees reelecting McConnell, along with handing him control of the Senate, as a top priority for the roughly $ 4 million Ricketts plans to invest in 2014 races.

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

War, globalization, and other factors continue to push persons of different races, cultures and backgrounds into closer proximity.

Entrepreneurs considered John Kasich, who has since dropped out of the race, to be the most honest candidate (29.68 percent), with Sanders a close second at 27.65 percent.

And he saw close Senate races had polls that were off, too, favoring Democrats by a median of 6 percentage points.

With a close race, it's easy to pin the error on any number of causes.

«The biggest failure of the larger polling community,» he said, «was that they were implying that this race was not as close as it was.»

Polls there are close; the Real Clear Politics average of polls has the race essentially tied: Trump has a scant 1.8 percentage point advantage, well within the margin of error.

Polls taken before the referendum were something of a mixed bag, indicating a close race, but but with an edge for the Remain side.

Marks & Spencer is cutting it close this summer with its «On Your Marks» campaign featuring egg spoon races, lawn tennis, plenty of Union Jacks and the strategically vague tag line «a summer to remember.»

In Europe, opinion polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's first - round vote.

It's also the day of the Boston Marathon, when many offices in that city are closed due to the commute disruption caused by the race.

And despite staying out of the 2008 presidential race, he's close with Washington's elite, including Barack Obama.

On top of construction, the city frequently closes the major highways for construction, marathons, bike races, Boy Scout picnics — you name it (I made up the last one).

COO was another not - at - all - close race among readers: Sheryl Sandberg, who may be the most famous COO ever, crushed Fortune's choice, Don Thompson of McDonald's (mcd).

The race to a $ 1 trillion market cap is underway, and it's looking «very close» to Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's «Mad Money.»

With its recent purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon is inching closer in the race to become the world's first company worth $ 1 trillion.

But in the race to attract and convert new customers, they can sometimes leave a bad taste in the mouths of those they've already closed.

Just plot a long term chart of the S&P 500 (including dividends) against a long - term chart of real estate (including net rents), and the race isn't even close.

This landmark case began when Linda was denied entry into a school closer to her home because of her race.

As the news service notes, Group of Eight leaders on May 19 urged Greece to stay within the euro area as polls in the country showed a close race between parties supporting and opposing the European Union's bailout deal.

Starting at midnight Saturday and continuing until the polls close Sunday, campaigning is prohibited along with any kind of speech meant to influence the race.

But the Clinton campaign is already dismissing a Sanders win, saying any result in a close race won't significantly alter the former secretary of state's big delegate lead.

Working behind the scenes, members of the old establishment, some of them close to Mr. Mubarak and the country's top generals, also helped finance, advise and organize those determined to topple the Islamist leadership, including Naguib Sawiris, a billionaire and an outspoken foe of the Brotherhood; Tahani el - Gebali, a former judge on the Supreme Constitutional Court who is close to the ruling generals; and Shawki al - Sayed, a legal adviser to Ahmed Shafik, Mr. Mubarak's last prime minister, who lost the presidential race to Mr. Morsi.

The vision of the Initiative is to close the gap in access to venture capital for underrepresented segments of our community regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.

Visa is the clear front - runner with an estimated 38.5 percent of annual purchase volume, followed by a close race for second and third place with MasterCard at 24.3 percent and American Express at 23.2 percent.

As the chair approaches the top of the hill the entrepreneurs scramble to close the sale before the investor hops off and races to the bottom to pair off again and repeat.

The tough talk comes amid and, some have argued, because of a close presidential race in which Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney want to appeal to Jewish voters.

Less than 20 % of Americans said they would be unhappy if a close family member married someone from the opposite political party and only 11 % said they would be upset if that person was of a different race.

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.

But I will close with this: regardless of who calls us uneducated, or un-American, or enemies of the human race, regardless of the next bad Court decision, regardless of whatever the future may hold, God doesn't ask us to be successful, He asks us to be faithful.

No criminal justice system in the history of the Human race, even those established by the most despotic of tyrants, comes close to matching the unfathomable barbarity of this «infinitely benevolent» god.

The revolutionary is one who cuts himself off from the sinful past of the human race in a movement of «repentance» that leads to the setting up of another closed - up, unfree sphere of existence.

No criminal justice system in the history of the Human race, even those established by the most despotic of tyrants, comes close to matching the unfathomable barbarity of your «infinitely benevolent» god.

Newt Gingrich, January 2008 Newt (the irrepressible) hit on something four years ago: closing down the nomination race too early — however much a top contender might prefer that result — is probably not in the best interest of....

But throughout my life, I've had good, close friends of all races and ethnicities, either in my private life or my personal life.

Mourners of all races, young and old, some in suits and some in T - shirts and flip - flops, walked through the parlour where Mr Graham's closed coffin lay on a black pedestal.