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Arnold Palmer, the defending champion, lost his title on the 72nd hole after a few minutes of misfortune that left even his fellow pros gaping in disbelief.
The class did not survive the Revolution ; but the courtesy title of abbé, having long lost all connection in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman.
Jim Palmer won the Cy Young Award, but the Orioles lost the division title to the Boston Red Sox and their mega-rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice.
With his death, the family lost much of its remaining political appeal, though claimants continue to assert their right to the imperial title.
Having contended for the division in the aborted 1994 season, Cleveland sprinted to a 100 – 44 record ( 18 games were lost to player / owner negotiations ) in 1995 winning its first ever divisional title.
Writing to The Times, Hayek said, " May one who has devoted a large part of his life to the study of the history and the principles of liberalism point out that a party that keeps a socialist government in power has lost all title to the name ' Liberal '.
The Tsar reportedly awarded the title to the five finalists: Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Frank Marshall ( respectively, the World Champion, the next two World Champions, and two players who had lost World Championship matches to Lasker ).
Peace was settled in the Treaty of Pressburg ; the Austrian Empire lost the title of Holy Roman Emperor and the Confederation of the Rhine was created by Napoleon over former Austrian territories.
To mention a few of the memorable milestones on the road to the scudetto: a decisive win against Juventus ( 2 – 0 ), with a goal scored by Elkjær after having lost a boot in a tackle just outside the box, set the stage early in the championship ; an away win over Udinese ( 5 – 3 ) ended any speculation that the team was losing energy at the midway point ; three straight wins ( including a hard fought 1 – 0 victory against a strong AS Roma side ) served notice that the team had kept its polish and focus intact during their rival's final surge ; and a 1 – 1 draw in Bergamo against Atalanta secured the title with a game in hand.
Other electors were added in the 17th century, including the Duke of Bavaria ( referred to as the Elector of Bavaria — replacing the Count Palatine of the Rhine, who was of the same family but had lost his title and vote temporarily during the Thirty Years ' War ), and the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( the Elector of Hanover-an office subsequently held by three Hanoverian kings of Great Britain, George I, George II, and George III ).
In 1955, the year after Attucks had lost in the semistate final ( state quarterfinals ) to Milan's championship team, Attucks gained fame by winning the Indiana state championship, becoming the first all-black school in the nation to win a state title open to all schools regardless of race.
However, Butler lost 53-41 to Connecticut, shooting a historically low 18. 8 percent from the field — the worst in any NCAA title game and the worst in any NCAA tourney game since Harvard against Ohio State in 1946.
The 2008 season saw the two teams meet twice again ; on November 23 the two teams battled to a 20-20 tie until Vinatieri booted a 51-yard field goal on the final play and a 23-20 Colts win ; the Colts surged to 12-4 but lost the AFC South title to the Titans ; they thus had to travel to meet the 8-8 Chargers on January 3.
Blackburn lost 2 – 1, but still won the title since Manchester United failed to get a result in London.
He followed his 2001 US Open win by capturing the Wimbledon singles title, dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets ; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the championship.
The following season, the club retained the League title and won the European Cup for the first time, but it lost in the 1977 FA Cup Final.
Liverpool finished equal with Arsenal on both points and goal difference, but lost the title on total goals scored when Arsenal scored the final goal in the last minute of the season.
It is also known by its original title, Pieśń Legionów Polskich we Włoszech (, " Song of the Polish Legions in Italy "), or by its incipit, Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła (, " Poland is not yet lost " or " Poland has not yet perished ").
Vermeil's 1980 team won their first NFC East title but lost to Oakland in the Super Bowl in 1981.
After the franchise lost its 10, 000th game in 2007, its core of young players, including infielders Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins and pitcher Cole Hamels, responded by winning the National League East division title, but they were swept by the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series.
Peter Sinnerud was disqualified for professionalism in 1904 and lost his world title.
Dallas finished the regular season winning the NFC East with a 10-4 record, winning their final five regular season games to overcome the St. Louis Cardinals ( who lost their final three games and fell to third place in the final standings ) and New York Giants ( who lost their finale 31-3 to the Los Angeles Rams ; a Giants victory would have given New York the NFC East title based upon a better division record ).
In the 1966 title game, the Cowboys lost because they failed to score a touchdown on 4 attempts starting from the Packers 2-yard line on the game's final drive.
Then in the 1967 title game ( the " Ice Bowl "), the Cowboys lost because they allowed the Packers to score a touchdown with 16 seconds left in the game.

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His last truly noteworthy fight was on July 24, 1924, with Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds in New York ; Carpentier lost the bout by TKO after fifteen rounds.
He was also Oscar-nominated for his performance in the film version of Fiddler, but lost to Gene Hackman, who won for his performance in The French Connection.
* Gene Mayfield ( Bulldogs Head Football Coach 1958 – 1964 ) In 1962 Borger Bulldogs lost 30-26 to San Antonio Brackenridge in the 4A state championship game.
In 1957, Robinson lost his title to Gene Fullmer.
He lost his debut against Bob Murphy, lost a split decision to Norman Hayes and drew with Gene Hairston in his first three bouts.
From that moment, and until his retirement in 1961, he fought only sporadically, but 3 of his last fights were attempts to recover the world's Middleweight title, losing twice to Gene Fullmer ; by a knockout in 14 at San Francisco ; and by a knockout in 12, in Fullmer's home state of Utah ( in Salt Lake City ), and then also later, when he lost a 10 round decision to defending world champion Paul Pender.
At the same time, Newlywed lost the sponsorships of Ford and Procter & Gamble and earned the resentment of Jackie Autry, whose husband and business partner Gene Autry owned the show's Los Angeles outlet and production base, KTLA, because of its supposedly highly prurient content.
He lost to future world light welterweight champion Gene Hatcher in San Antonio, but he beat former world title challenger Maurice Termite Watkins at " The Battle of the Champions '" undercard in Miami, to complete his 1982 boxing campaign.
He fought against future heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney, in 1918, but lost in 4 rounds.
Sonny befriends a has-been big band orchestra leader-turned-construction mogul named Danny McGuire ( Gene Kelly ); Danny lost his muse in the 1940s ( who is seen in a flashback scene to bear a startling resemblance to Kira ); Sonny has not yet found his muse.
Kentucky coach Gene Rhodes was the head coach for the East team, which lost to the West 133-127.
UPA was hired to do an animated cartoon ( Howdy Doody and his Magic Hat ) which was the first directorial effort of Gene Deitch and long thought lost until a print turned up at the Library of Congress in 2010.
In 1961, the King's College team of Frank Harrison and Peter Smith, under coach Robert Connelly, lost to Harvard University's Laurence Tribe and Gene Clements in the finals of the West Point National Tournament.
In the early 1990s, O ' Donnell was a featured player in many successful movies such as Fried Green Tomatoes ( 1991 ), School Ties ( 1992 ), and Scent of a Woman ( 1992 ) with Al Pacino ( receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he lost to Gene Hackman for Unforgiven ).
Gene Siskel in his appraisal of the film said that he had lost interest in the film after its introduction due to the very formulaic approach, and repeated Roger Ebert's criticism that the talents of the lead actors were wasted ; suggesting that the production company did not spend significant time producing a script which would be suitable for their talents.
There, Devil takes over Kazuya's mind and tells Heihachi that he has come to extract part of the Devil Gene he lost into Jin, after Kazuya was thrown into the volcano.
Dempsey later lost his Heavyweight title to Gene Tunney in two equally historic bouts ( see: The Long Count Fight ), he did military service and opened a restaurant in New York before dying in 1983.
After rescuing the refugees and taking off, Gene tells Billy that he is going to help Gene earn back the money he lost from dumping the cargo by selling the C-123 they are flying since it " officially " is not owned by anyone.
Managed by Gene Mauch, the team lost 110 games in their first season, coincidentally matching the Padres inaugural win-loss record, and continued to struggle during their first decade with sub -. 500 seasons.
He was not on the World Series roster when the White Sox lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and in December he was traded to the Phillies for third baseman Gene Freese, who would spend just one year in Chicago and last played regularly in 1961 ( despite staying in the majors until 1966 ).
On their return from relative wilderness, it appeared that Gene had lost a lot of their prestige during their year out of the limelight, and were no longer the golden boys of the indie scene.
Although Gene lost a lot of the benefits of being on a major label, they did at least gain artistic independence again.

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