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When that failed, the administration was left with what Severin Borenstein, an energy economist at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, called third-best alternatives, such as loan guarantees.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chron clochhead@sfchronicle.com (Carolyn Lochhead 2011

That was tied for the third-best mark in the league.

Washington State - Team Notes 2010

Camerota was especially pleased with his jump of 133.5 meters (122.3 points), third-best in his group.

U.S. men's team pockets first medal in Nordic combined 2010

ABC's Modern Family climbed to 10 million viewers Wednesday, its third-best turnout and biggest crowd since pre-Idol January.

Nielsens: Farewells fare pretty well 2010

The same was true for the Mets' offense, which entered Sunday with the third-best batting average in the majors .282 since May 22.

For Mets, a Sunday Snoozer Brian Costa 2011

Bad weather forced the second run to be postponed, and while Mancuso turned in Thursday's third-best time, it was nowhere near enough to contend for a medal to add to those she earned in the downhill and super-combined.

Julia Mancuso clarifies, says she is not feuding with Lindsey Vonn 2010

That was tied for the third-best mark in the league.

Pac-10 Conference 2010

By our reckoning, baseball's third-best pitcher for the buck in 2010 was Tampa Bay's David Price 9.3 expected vs.

Baseball's Best Pitchers For The Buck Tom Van Riper 2011

The colorful commentary may be the third-best part of the classic '90s basketball gaming franchise "NBA Jam," which recently made its way to the iPhone.

Old-School Hoops 2011

In those moments, anything catastrophic could have sent the ballclub reeling in a direction many pundits still predicted; despite the fact we owned the third-best record in baseball.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011