Word: runner-up
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...Terriers will be fighting for survival. A loss means it would end up tied with either Tufts or Northeastern for the runner-up spot...
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...Seoul's gymnastics hall and marched away with most of the glittering loot. Gold honors went to both the women's and men's teams, the latter setting a standard so far above its competitors that in a sport where thousandths of a point can make a difference, the runner-up East Germans finished almost a full 5 points behind. In the all-around battle, the Soviet men fought among themselves for the three medals, the first such sweep since Japan's hat trick in 1972. By the time of the individual apparatus competition, it was a foregone conclusion that...
...competition, and there, Bilozerchev had faltered badly in one event, slamming into the high bar as he spun out of control during an unrivaled series of one-armed giant swings around the bar. The mishap cost him a crucial half point, which ultimately enabled the consistent Artemov, a perennial runner-up, to finally land on the top podium, and the aggressive Liukin to take the silver...
Like Carter, Dukakis is trying not to offend. He does not want Jesse Jackson, the runner-up in the primary campaign and the nation's best-know Black politician, to alienate potential white voters and Reagan-Democrats, who might get uncomfortable if Jackson were to have too visible a presence in the Dukakis campaign...