In the match-play golf format, nearly every early round match is a tossup, with the higher-seeded golfer only winning at a 58% rate in the first two rounds.

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The hosts were restricted to 105, Rasike taking 4-45, but Newport then struggled to 93-8 - taking the winning draw on a faster run-rate.

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The Lakers have been known to abide by a culture of winning at all costs and it has been evident in its success rate, including 17 World Championships.

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Those incentives are often for winning a conference regular season or tournament championship, maintaining a certain graduation rate or even earning Coach of the Year honors.

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Wickets tumbled and the required run-rate rose but Simon Rees, on his debut, hit the winning boundary with four balls and three wickets left.

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So Boeing leaders have become players in the political process, and now have a first-rate Washington office that interacts at all levels with regulators and politicians usually winning on key issues such as trade-treaty enforcement and export credits.

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Employment is climbing out of a far deeper hole now than in 2004, and there's almost no chance the unemployment rate will be below 7.3% come November, said to be the historical dividing line between winning and losing incumbents.

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