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By paving the way for executive gray, Clinton may have handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush, who managed to attract the "young gray" vote, though Al Gore was a hair's breadth away.
Why 2012 Will Be Decided by a Hair Peter Funt 2011
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I do feel a bit more professional if my hair's a bit shorter – more ready to go.
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In the ICU, there is a hair's breadth difference between life and death.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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The fraudulent conviction of the late Senator Ted Stevens was referred to as "unsuccessful," which it was, after he lost reelection by a hair's breadth.
Conrad Black: Time's Fatuous and Egregious Coverage of Wall Street Prosecutor Conrad Black 2012
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City living means making an uneasy peace with sleeping a hair's breadth from strangers: dirty, noisy, deranged, perverted strangers, all around us, all the time.
Ben H. Winters: In Defense of Bedbugs Ben H. Winters 2011
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In the ICU, there is a hair's breadth difference between life and death.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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Sen McCain put Mrs Palin within a hair's breath from the Presidency.
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Her hair's turned grey and she wears special glasses because of cataracts.
World's Oldest Dog Turns 21 The Nag 2009
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Former Rep. Mark Neumann R, who came within a hair's breadth of beating Feingold in 1998 but ran a more quixotic primary campaign against Walker last year, would almost certainly take a serious look as well.
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The fraudulent conviction of the late Senator Ted Stevens was referred to as "unsuccessful," which it was, after he lost reelection by a hair's breadth.
Conrad Black: Time's Fatuous and Egregious Coverage of Wall Street Prosecutor Conrad Black 2012
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