Word: runner-up
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...role of the vice president of the United States is very much like that of the first runner-up in the Miss America competition. He or she gets to take over only in the event of death or a really big scandal--but these days, it's unlikely that even posing nude will be enough...
Given the audience's craving for big names and faces, the choice for host was appropriate: Dave Foley, omnipresent MTV host best-known for his runner-up status on the 1998 Wanna Be a VJ Contest. His notoriety certainly garnered him the job, as Dave seems to have no other connection to the Boston scene. It was entertaining to watch his attempts at playing down his MTV connections and establishing empathy with lesser known Bostonacts. Dave lauded the Boston Music Awards for "righting the wrongs of music awards," even going so far as to say that "in a perfect world...
...captured the national title last month with a jump of 1.94 meters, 0.07 meters higher than the runner-up, Perdue's Carrie Long. In February, Gyorffy led the Crimson to its first Heptagonal Championship in a decade, tying an NCAA indoor record with a jump of 1.97 meters...
With an impressive third-place finish at the ECAC match, the men handily defeated the Ivy League competition but fell just short of winner Skidmore College and runner-up Colgate...
Gyorffy, who was the runner-up at the NCAAs last year, outdid the next highest jumper, Carrie Long of Purdue, who jumped 1.87 meters...