The 1890s games were more closely fought, Australia taking their first series win since 1882 with a 2 – 1 victory in 1891 – 92.

Hopes that the 2005 Ashes series would be closely fought proved well-founded, as the series was more competitive than anyone had predicted and was still undecided as the closing session of the final Test began.

The outcome was closely fought, with the Communists finally prevailing with superior military tactics.

A closely allied tribe, the Meskwaki ( Fox ), were noted for their hostility toward the French, having fought two wars against them in the early 18th century.

A political reformer, he was a Bourbon Democrat who worked closely with the New York City business community, led the fight against the corruption of Tammany Hall, and fought to keep taxes low.

" The contest was extremely closely fought, and Healey won by a margin of barely 1 %.

The song, however, only came eighth in a closely fought national selection.

The season that saw Montoya crowned as the youngest ever CART FedEx Championship Series Champion at the age of 24 was closely fought, especially with Dario Franchitti who led the championship going into the final race in California.

That would come only seven years later in 1764 at the Battle of Buxar, where Sir Hector Munro defeated the combined forces of the Mughal Emperor and the Nawab of Awadh in a much more closely fought encounter.

The 1987 World Cup was lifted by Allan Border, captain of Australia who won against arch-rivals England by 7 runs in the most closely fought World Cup final to date in the Eden Gardens stadium in Calcutta.

In 2002 Bruce Arena led a mix of veterans and MLS-seasoned youth to a quarterfinal appearance, dispatching contenders Portugal in group play and archrivals Mexico in the Round of 16, before losing a closely fought game with eventual Runners-Up Germany in the quarterfinal.

The battle with the Dzungars was closely fought, and caused heavy losses on both sides.

He challenged incumbent Representative Roy Wier in a closely fought race that featured a high voter turnout.

After Shastri's death in 1966, he contested for Prime Minister and fought a closely contested election with Indira Gandhi.

The battle was closely fought, but eventually a cavalry charge by Caesar turned events to his side.

In May 2009, the team won the Senior Cup with a closely fought 3 – 2 victory over Saltash United.

The Boks ' 2009 international campaign began with a closely fought 2 – 1 series win over the Lions.

Liddell was first elected to Parliament in 1994, at the closely fought Monklands East by-election following John Smith's death.

With the party now clearly marginalised as the third party on the fringe, with few distinct domestic policies, with a parliamentary party that was primarily a collection of individuals elected as much for themselves as for their party, and with the separate Liberal Nationals offering competition amongst Liberal inclined voters, Sinclair fought to make the Liberals once more a relevant force in British politics, taking up the issues of opposition to the continental dictatorships and working closely with Winston Churchill who was a backbencher at that time and generally shunned by his Conservative Party.

Holmes and Cooney fought closely from rounds five to eight, trading punches in mid-ring.

The match was closely fought, Agdestein won the first game, Carlsen won the second, so the match went into a phase of two and two rapid games until there was a winner.

The end of the league competition was closely fought but Montrose snatched the championship, with Alloa runners-up and Dunfermline third.

The Second Test was closely fought and ended in Australian victory minutes before the end of play.

Recent races have been closely fought, with Oxford winning by the shortest ever margin of in 2003 and Cambridge winning in 2004 despite Oxford's claims of a foul.

In what had earlier been one of the most closely fought Premiership title races for years, Arsenal won the championship by seven points.

Although the comet had approached Jupiter closely before, the July 7 encounter seemed to be by far the closest, and the fragmentation of the comet is thought to have occurred at this time.

Following encounter by the English with the Tuscarora and other tribes, the colonists used the same interpreters to translate with each of the peoples, which meant the languages were closely related.

However they missed out on winning the cup after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Waltham FC in a closely contested encounter.

The animated Creeper had a completely new origin that was more closely tied to the series ' continuity: Jack Ryder, anchoring a live TV special on the career of the Joker from the very factory where the Joker had his life-changing encounter with a vat of chemicals, is interrupted by the Clown Prince of Crime himself who doesn't appreciate the attention.

Ahmadis believe that the Quranic passage of Moses ’ encounter with the " Servant of God " is closely linked, contextually to the subject matter of surah Al Kahf in which his story or parable is cited.

" Through vivid anecdotes told in his own personal voice, Dr. Cuttaree lifts the veil on intimate details never revealed before about historical figures with whom he has interacted closely: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Paul Berenger, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, and other well known protagonists whom we encounter behind the scenes ...

The two tribes had become closely connected after having been displaced from the Great Lakes region in conflicts with New France and other Native American tribes, particularly after the so-called Fox Wars ended in the 1730s.

In March 1975, Iraq signed the Algiers Accord in which it recognized a series of straight lines closely approximating the thalweg ( deepest channel ) of the waterway, as the official border, in exchange for which Iran ended its support of the Iraqi Kurds.

The bout ended up being a highly-disputed split draw, where many people thought that Mosley narrowly won the closely contested bout ( boxing analyst website Boxrec had it 114-112 for Mosley ).

Paul Howrilla worked closely with the road management, and when the final world tour with The Rolling Stones ended, he took over via Art Neville ’ s request, forming The Neville Brothers.

The war between the Bosniaks and Croats was eventually ended by a truce brokered with the aid of the Americans in March 1994, following which the two sides collaborated more closely against the Serbs.

During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.

With several new players aboard, the 2006 Springboks defeated Scotland twice in South Africa, before a loss in a closely contested match to France ended their long undefeated home record.

British electronic musician LorD and Master ended his covers album, Discover, with a version of " Heartbeats ", closely based on The Knife's own live version from Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience.

Though apparently innocent and never tried, sentenced or locked in a cell, and lived a relatively comfortable life according to some reports, she was viewed as a " state prisoner ", forbidden to marry and guarded closely even after her child-bearing years, and finally ended up in prison.

The cup run was finally ended by a closely fought 2 – 1 defeat at the hands of Celtic.

The Series was a closely contested matchup which ended on a double play featuring a baserunning miscue.

The destruction of this figure is likely to have closely followed the fall of Bay or the death of Siptah himself, when any short-lived rehabilitation of Amenmesse will have ended ".

Thompson had essentially ended his time with the Angels by then, but he would later note in letters to friends and Sonny Barger that the members who had participated in the beating had not been those with whom he had most closely associated.

On April 17, 1934, well before AACMO ended, Secretary Dern convened a special committee chaired by former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, to closely examine the program and the overall condition of the Air Corps.

Number 60103 ended service with British Railways in January 1963 and was sold for preservation to Alan Pegler, who had it restored at Darlington Works as closely as possible to its LNER condition: the smoke deflectors were removed, the double chimney was replaced by a single chimney, and the tender was replaced by one of the corridor type with which the locomotive had run between 1928 and 1936.

The demolition of this figure is likely to have closely followed the fall of Bay or the death of Siptah himself, when any shortlived rehabilitation of Amenmesse would have ended ".

Atangana's schooling had just ended when members of the Bulu ethnic group, one closely related to the Ewondo, invaded Kribi and sacked the school and church in 1899.