Those teams have a ticket to ride after this election, even if their candidate loses.

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Third-placed Jon Huntsman said his showing in New Hampshire gave him a "ticket to ride" to South Carolina, but he has little presence in the Palmetto State.

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And because Ticket to Ride is such a well-designed game, consumers often end up buying both versions, no matter which one they purchase first.

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Also, if you are buying a Caltrain 8-ride ticket, the place to discover that it needs to be time-stamp validated is before you get on the train, not after it pulls away from the station.

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The algorithm could be of great interest to Twitter, which could charge a premium for ads linked to popular topics, but it also represents a new approach to statistical analysis that could, in theory, apply to any quantity that varies over time: the duration of a bus ride, ticket sales for films, maybe even stock prices.

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The barrister you had on was right - if you want to fight an unjust or illegally issued ticket you had better be prepared for a long, rough ride.

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For Frankel, offering millions of strangers a front row seat on the often messy and exhausting roller coaster ride that is her life, proved the ticket to building her multi-million dollar business empire.

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