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No fewer than 15 games could be defined as nail-biters, not decided until the waning moments.
NYT > Home Page By PETE THAMEL 2011
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Any GOP presidential victories are more likely than not to be nail-biters until there is another seismic shift in voter allegiances.
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In a bit, we'll focus on nail-biters, the toss-up races for Senate and the state house.
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In a bit, we'll focus on nail-biters, the toss-up races for Senate and the state house.
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As I explained to Levitt in Slate in 1999, a long line of both conservative and progressive nail-biters have worried that a bourgeoisie that's self-disciplined and responsible enough to use abstinence or contraception will someday be demographically swamped by a working class too sexually indulgent and disorganized to prevent pregnancies.
Dysculturation?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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With its jaw-dropping comeback against South Africa last Sunday, preceded by nail-biters against the Netherlands, India and an almighty upset loss to the Irish, England is in the midst of a World Cup campaign for the ages.
World Cup's Unlikely Heroes Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Goaltending, coaching, parity leading to playoff nail-biters
Goaltending, coaching, parity leading to playoff nail-biters 2010
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The state Senate tilted toward a return to Republican rule Wednesday, as the party emerged with thin leads in nail-biters for two key seats controlled by Democrats, in Buffalo and Nassau County.
Senate Control Still in Doubt, But GOP Gains Eliot Brown 2010
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Goaltending, coaching, parity leading to playoff nail-biters - USATODAY. com
Goaltending, coaching, parity leading to playoff nail-biters 2010
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Ultimately, though, the Flynn effect ( "countervailing but poorly understood" according to Sailer) is strong evidence that, conservative and progressive nail-biters notwithstanding, culture is getting better, or, to be more precise, smarter.
Dysculturation?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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