They also finished third in the Eredivisie that season, again qualifying for the UEFA Cup, after spending most of the season in the top two spots.

In the first primary contest, the Iowa caucus, Clinton finished a distant third to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.

The Lions won the third Test 28 – 9 at Ellis Park, and the series finished 2 – 1 to South Africa.

( Haggai 1: 14-15 ) and the Book of Ezra indicates that it was finished on February 25 516 BCE " The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Brabham finished third or fourth in the constructors ' championship for three years running, but poor reliability marred promising performances on several occasions.

Some historians think Kling's absence was significant enough to prevent the Cubs from also winning a third straight title in 1909, as they finished 6 games out of first place.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

In 1937, Charlton finished runners up in the First Division, in 1938 finished fourth and 1939 finished third.

The team finished third in the eight-team league.

The Red Wings finished the season second in the Western Conference and third overall in the NHL.

In the third season of what is now considered the modern era of football, Fulham finished top of the Second Division, with a win-loss-draw record of 24 – 9 – 9 ( identical to that which won them the Third Division South seventeen years previously ).

In only their third season of First Division football, Fulham finished rock bottom of the 22-team league in the 1951 – 52 season, winning only eight of forty-two games.

The team's 3. 95 ERA ranked third in the NL, thanks in large part to newcomer Kevin Brown, who finished the season with a 17 – 11 win-loss record and an impressive 1. 89 ERA.

After a slow start, the Marlins finished the year with an 80 – 82 win-loss record to place third in their division.

He finished as top scorer in the First Division in the 1989 – 90 season, scoring 24 goals as Spurs finished third.

Within a year of completing Adam Bede, she finished The Mill on the Floss, inscribing the manuscript: " To my beloved husband, George Henry Lewes, I give this MS. of my third book, written in the sixth year of our life together, at Holly Lodge, South Field, Wandsworth, and finished 21 March 1860.

The Astros finished in third place again in 1977 with a record of 81 – 81.

The Astros finished 61 – 49 overall, which would have been third in the division behind the Reds and the Dodgers.

The Astros finished third in the National League West.

He finished the series with 237 runs at 59. 25 after scoring 73 * in the drawn third Test.

Aaron finished third in the MVP race, but he picked up his first Gold Glove.

The British canal system of water transport played a vital role in the United Kingdom's Industrial Revolution at a time when roads were only just emerging from the medieval mud and long trains of pack horses were the only means of " mass " transit by road of raw materials and finished products ( it was no accident that amongst the first canal promoters were the pottery manufacturers of Staffordshire ).

These bowl shaped nests take several days to construct, longer if supplies of mud dry up before the nest is finished.

Adobe walls are frequently finished with a mud plaster, seen at right.

Paper mills and brickfields were fed by barges that brought in sand, mud and household waste such as cinders for brick making, and took away the finished product on the return journey.

The ancient gompa is finished with mud plaster, and contains several scriptures and documents.

The race set off for Belfort and again Faber broke clear going over the Ballon d ' Alsace and, after leading alone for 110 km, he finished covered in mud with his main challenger, Gustave Garrigou, 33 minutes behind.

There are 203 km of finished road, 211 km herring-bone and 132 km mud road.

This single-occupancy 10x12-foot " green " structure is one of many made by residents and volunteers with " mud and straw " and finished with a weather-resistant adobe veneer.

Despite the acquisitions, the team failed to improve and finished with a record of 82 – 80, in second place behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

An early season in which Roma made a large mark was the 1930 – 31 championship, the club finished as runners-up behind Juventus.

The Indians finished the season in 2nd place, 15 games behind the division champion Tigers.

The team was unable to make another serious charge, and finished at 88 – 74, five games behind both Houston and St. Louis, who tied for first.

Earnhardt did not win again in 1996, but still finished 4th in the standings behind Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett.

These acquisitions helped to keep the team in contention, and although they finished ten games behind the Braves, the Marlins captured the NL wild card.

The Astros finished with their best record to that point at 89 – 73 and 1½ games behind the NL winner Reds.

In September 1995, Polgár finished third in a tournament in the Donner Memorial in Amsterdam, behind Jan Timman and Julio Granda Zuniga who tied for first.

In April 2003, Polgár finished second in The Hunguest Hotels Super Tournament in Budapest behind Nigel Short.

In June 2003, Polgár finished tied for third with Boris Gelfand, in the Enghien-les-Bains International Tournament in France, scoring 5½ – 3½, behind Evgeny Bareev who won the tournament and GM Michael Adams.

Though times for non-winners were not recorded, in 1973 Sham finished second, two and a half lengths behind Secretariat in the same race.

Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001 – 02 season and Liverpool finished second in the League, behind Arsenal.

Giorgio Vasari's opinions about the art of painting come through in his praise of fellow artists in the great book that lay behind this frontispiece: he believed that excellence in painting demanded refinement, richness of invention ( invenzione ), expressed through virtuoso technique ( maniera ), and wit and study that appeared in the finished work, all criteria that emphasized the artist's intellect and the patron's sensibility.

The Brewers finished in 3rd place in the AL East, 6. 5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

The next season, Milwaukee won 95 games and finished second in the East behind the Baltimore Orioles on the strength of their home run power, led by Oglivie ( who led the league in homers in 1980 along with Reggie Jackson ), Cooper, and Thomas ( who hit a then club-record 45 home runs in 1979, since broken by Prince Fielder, who hit 50 homers in 2007 ).

Milwaukee finished at a respectable 83 – 79, only two games behind Chicago, the club's best finish since 1992.

After dropping seven games behind the Atlanta Braves on July 21, Philadelphia finished with an MLB-best record of 97 – 65.

On the final lap, he sprinted clear of the others and finished nine seconds behind the world-record setting Loukola ; Nurmi's time also bettered the previous record.

However, he did not lead the league in any of those seasons ; in 2001, he finished behind Barry Bonds, who hit 73 homers, breaking the single-season home run record set by McGwire in 1998 ( 70 ).

The film finished 21 days behind schedule and $ 1. 6 million over budget.

In the 2002 season, the Giants finished 2nd in the NL West behind the Arizona Diamondbacks, bolstered by another MVP season for Barry Bonds ( 46 HR, 110 RBI,. 370 BA, a then-record 198 walks and a. 582 OBP ) and Jeff Kent ( 37 HR, 108 RBI and. 313 BA ).

San Francisco finished the 2011 season with a disappointing 86 – 76 record, winding up in second place in the NL West, eight games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Jones became the first San Diego pitcher to win 20 games in 1975, going 20 – 12 in 37 outings as the Padres finished in fourth place with a 71 – 91 record, 37 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

The team finished off a 63 – 99 season on September 28 with a 10 – 6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, finishing 5th in the NL West, 21 games behind the division leader Los Angeles Dodgers.