Sentences with phrase «rivals in close races»

In New York, both Dan Donovan, the Republican candidate for attorney general, and Harry Wilson, the GOP's nominee for comptroller, lost to their Democratic rivals in close races.

Not exact matches

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.

With the defeat it means Arsenal missed out on the chance to close the gap on Chelsea in the title race and our local rivals now host Sunderland today as clear leaders.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is claimed to have attended Holland's friendly match against Ireland two weeks back, in order to have a closer look at the winger, but will now face competition from close rivals Arsenal in the race to sign him.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Attack looks a clear priority for strengthening this summer after United's failure to get anywhere close to rivals Manchester City in the title race this season.

However, he's now closed out the title with a second - place finish in race one of the weekend at Hockenheim, as title rival Maximilian Gunther could only finish 10th.

A year after being edged by Great Oak's Destiny Collins in the 3,200 - meter race at the CIF State Track and Field Championships, O'Keeffe outran her rival to claim a third state championship medal, and provided a convincing closing statement for her inclusion in the conversation of elite distance runners in recent California history.

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.

Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title by thrashing local rivals Espanyol 5 - 0 on Sunday as Atletico Madrid dropped out of the race after losing 2 - 1 -LRB-...)

Under Cuomo, New York is in a close race with California in setting ambitious climate goals, and in some ways, may be on the verge of pulling ahead of its West Coast rival.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat declared victory in the Democratic primary race to succeed Rep. Charlie Rangel on Tuesday night, as he clung to a lead of just over 1,000 votes against his closest rival, Assemblyman Keith Wright.

That work triggered a close race between the Cambridge University group and a rival team at MIT in deciphering tRNA's 3D structure at atomic resolution with x-ray crystallography, with the two labs publishing results within 2 weeks of each other.

, The Mechanical Cow, The Ocean Hop, All Wet 1928: Rival Romeos, Bright Lights, Ozzie of the Mounted, Oh What a Knight, Sky Scrappers, The Fox Chase, Tall Timber Bonus Material: «Oswald Comes Home», Audio Commentaries, Gallery; Disc 2: The Hand Behind the Mouse The Work of Ub Iwerks: Alice Gets Stung (1925), Alice in the Wooly West (1926), Alice's Balloon Race (1926), Plane Crazy (1928), Steamboat Willie (1928), The Skeleton Dance (1929) Video and Audio Closing Thoughts Running Time: 270 Minutes (4 hours, 24 minutes) / Rating: Not Rated Running Time breakdown: 80 - shorts, 6 - introductions, 184 - extras 1.33:1 Fullscreen (Original Aspect Ratio) / Dolby Digital Surround (English) Subtitles: English; Closed Captioned; Extras Subtitled Shorts Originally Released between 1927 and 1928 DVD Release Date: December 11, 2007 Suggested Retail Price: $ 32.99 Two single - sided, dual - layered discs (DVD - 9)

They spent much of their working lives in the service of Herman Andreae, a merchant banker and keen sailor who owned a succession of exotic motor cars / The cars of Amédée Bollée fils — Michael Worthington - Williams investigates the pioneering steam and petrol - powered vehicles made in Le Mans by the scion of a bell - founding dynasty / In Memoriam: Pat Fairfield — Peter McFadyen tells the story of this successful ERA driver and the tribute to him produced after his early death by his racing rival and close friend Prince Biin the service of Herman Andreae, a merchant banker and keen sailor who owned a succession of exotic motor cars / The cars of Amédée Bollée fils — Michael Worthington - Williams investigates the pioneering steam and petrol - powered vehicles made in Le Mans by the scion of a bell - founding dynasty / In Memoriam: Pat Fairfield — Peter McFadyen tells the story of this successful ERA driver and the tribute to him produced after his early death by his racing rival and close friend Prince Biin Le Mans by the scion of a bell - founding dynasty / In Memoriam: Pat Fairfield — Peter McFadyen tells the story of this successful ERA driver and the tribute to him produced after his early death by his racing rival and close friend Prince BiIn Memoriam: Pat Fairfield — Peter McFadyen tells the story of this successful ERA driver and the tribute to him produced after his early death by his racing rival and close friend Prince Bira

Just as last year, Corvette Racing put its rival under pressure in the closing stages of the race.

Despite a run of misfortune in the last two races, Garcia and Magnussen hold a two - point margin over their four closest rivals on the strength of four runner - up finishes.

We pit the new Audi Q7 against its closest rivals in the market - the Volvo XC90 and BMW X5 to find out which SUV tops the race.

In the game, players battle opponents as they race around an indoor track, pausing occasionally to pound on rivals in close - up, Blades of Steel - like fight sequenceIn the game, players battle opponents as they race around an indoor track, pausing occasionally to pound on rivals in close - up, Blades of Steel - like fight sequencein close - up, Blades of Steel - like fight sequences.

Known as Rivals Masters, players will look to both succeed in racing through traffic as well as adding to, and upgrading their fleet of cars; cash can be accrued for things like «near misses», where passing another car at recklessly close range (without making contact) earns cash.

Homestore and HomeAdvisor, because of their size and existing top spots in the Internet real estate environment, will likely be close rivals to lead the e-commerce race.