Word: clincher
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...nothing else this incident, which has seized the public and political focus in Iraq, shows that in a war of perception reality is not always the clincher. Both sides continue to contradict each other, and though a number of investigations have been launched, evincing the truth may no longer matter quite so much as it should. As an American officer conceded, echoing many before over the past three years, in the propaganda game "the enemy information operations machine is very sophisticated, they're constantly beating us to the punch". An American soldier who advised on the scene during the raid...
...points of the contest against ESU. The match was a nail-biter from the start, with neither team gaining a significant advantage in any given game. Each of the four games came down to the last few points, and the match’s fourth frame—the clincher for Harvard—went several points above 30 before the Crimson was able finally to win by two. In the final minutes of the fourth game Harvard jumped out to several one-point leads, only to see ESU tie the score on the ensuing play. As a raucous home...
...offer, but Solley picked up the rebound, and after going around the net, beat the Saints’ goalie for the game-winner with just under six minutes left to play. Junior Jennifer Sifers—who assisted on Solley’s first goal—added a clincher as time ran down. The 3-1 upset victory was a far cry from the last contest between the two squads when St. Lawrence won 3-0, but the Crimson had pressured the Saints for the whole contest. “Even though we lost last time, we hit three...
...evening. With Raimondi streaking up the right side, Brine joined the rush for a 2-on-1. Raimondi sent a crisp cross-ice pass over onto the stick of Brine, whose forward momentum carried her into Lane and rolled the puck over the line for the hat trick clincher. For plays like these, and her success with rebounds, Brine deflected praise onto her new running mates. “Just in the right place at the right time, able to thwack them home,” Brine said. “Basically just hard work from my linemates...
...coldest time of year. In the far north, candidates will have to drum up voter enthusiasm in 24-hour darkness and subzero temperatures. The election season will also uncomfortably straddle the winter holidays, which is why the campaign has been lengthened from five weeks to eight. But the clincher, for most Canadians, is that they're being asked to participate in a potentially nasty campaign at a time when they have never been angrier at federal politicians. Despite a healthy economy and bright national prospects, voter cynicism is at an unprecedented high and "confidence in federalism is at historic lows...