Word: tied
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...three resulting man-up situations translated into three MIT goals, and with 45 seconds to go before the half, the Engineers had cut the lead to 6-5 and were threatening to tie the game. Only a gorgeous sweep shot by Zimmerman from the 2-meter position salvaged a 7-5 lead going into the half...
After Zimmerman broke the tie with a backhand shot, the lead was once again given away by another ejection as the Engineers took advantage of the defensive lapse to tie the score...
...Like coach just said, 'It was ugly, but it'sbetter to win ugly than to lose.' The win's great;we're always happy with a win," Miller said. "Ofcourse it could have been prettier, but we'lldefinitely take a win over a loss or a tie anyday...
...they would be guilty by association--a chain the G.O.P. was beginning to forge in some ad campaigns in key districts. The widely cited Battleground poll released last week showed that Clinton's personal problems have elevated "moral and religious issues" to the top of the voters' agenda. They tie with crime and drugs as the No. 1 problem facing the nation. The poll also showed that scandal is discouraging traditional Democratic voters from voting. That fueled a growing fear that the Republicans could pick up enough seats in the House and as many as six Senate slots to make...
...impulse to choose a baby's gender is probably older than human history, and prospective parents have tried no end of ingenious ways to do it. In ancient Greece, men would lie on their right side during sex to guarantee a boy; in 18th century France they would tie off their left testicle for the same result. Medieval Germans preferred to put a hammer under the bed to produce a boy, while their Danish cousins placed scissors there to make a girl. None of it worked, of course, and despite impressive advances in other aspects of reproductive science, modern medicine...