He received 189 votes from the TFG Parliament, while the closest contender, erstwhile Somali ambassador to Washington Abdullahi Ahmed Addou, got 79 votes in the third round of voting.

The Pakistan Airborne troops managed to occupy much of the Indian-held Kashmir and was only 6 mile ( 10 km ) away from Srinagar, this was the closest Pakistan airborne troops were ever got to capture the city.

Holmes was in fact a high-school dropout who never returned to school ; according to Bill Amerson, " the closest John ever got to UCLA was breaking into cars in the school's parking lot.

The closest they ever got was to the moon.

Soon after " Say Hello Wave Goodbye " dropped out of the chart, Soft Cell released a brand new song, another love song / ballad called " Torch " which was to prove the closest the band ever got to having a number one hit with one of their own songs as it entered straight into the top ten and peaked at number 2.

He scored 108 runs at 27, with an 86 at Mumbai the closest the Indian public got to seeing a century.

However, the scoring title eluded Richard, and the closest that he got to it was in 1954.

His closest opponent was Steve Clark, who got just 30 %.

The NPD came the closest to that goal in the 1969 election, when it got 4. 3 percent of the vote.

Another loss to Blackburn the following year was the closest Queen's got to winning the English trophy.

It was the closest that the Axis forces ever got to capturing the Soviet capital.

During the dominant Ferrari / Schumacher period from 2000-04, Williams managed to finish runner-up in the constructors championship in 2002 and 2003, and 2003 was the closest that one of their drivers, Juan Pablo Montoya, got to the world title.

This would be the closest Trezeguet ever got to winning the UEFA Champions League.

What happened was that Chubais and a team of his closest advisers all got caught in what appeared to be a bribery scam.

His closest challenger was rancher and businessman Edward R. Tinsley, owner of the K-Bob's Steakhouse, who got 27 %.

He said, " Connor's a young kid, he's got powers, he doesn't have any of the bad things, he's not a vampire, so maybe he would enjoy it, and maybe he would be the closest thing to a superhero hell has ".

As far as sports leagues folding before they actually began to play their first season, this league probably got the closest to actually starting the season than any other example, as each team had players already in camp and practicing, and rosters cut down to 60 players, before the plug was pulled.

The closest they got to winning the league was in the 2007-08 edition when the team, under coach Hasan Lika, couldn ’ t get a win in the last match of the season against rivals Dinamo Tirana, which would have brought home the title.

According to Collins, in the interviews on the DVD release, this song was intended to be the closest thing Genesis ever got to Led Zeppelin ( who were signed to Atlantic Records, the US label for Genesis ).

This would be the closest Sweden ever got to realising its goal of making the Baltic Sea ' Sweden's inner lake '.

" The main harmony is the closest Cradle have got to sounding anything like classic Iron Maiden, but this song also veers towards blast-lightspeed.

Thus, the 1880 territory-wide election for a congressional delegate unexpectedly proved the closest that the Liberal Party got to sending a representative to Washington D. C.

The closest Sharp has ever got in supporting HDV standard is the AQUOS DV-ACV52 digital video player.

Thus, the 1880 state-wide election for a congressional delegate unexpectedly proved the closest that the Liberal Party got to sending a representative to Washington D. C.

Coming on as a substitute is the closest the youngster ever got to playing with his father in a match, as the two were never able to hold the record of playing together as both father and son.

In his first run for federal office, in 1993, Asselin won the riding of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in a landslide, finishing 16, 500 votes ahead of his closest opponent.

In 1991 – 92, Stuttgart clinched its fourth title, in one of the closest races in Bundesliga history, finishing ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference.

After a mediocre decade in the in 1953, AC Omonia would make its closest push for the title during the 1959 – 60 season after finishing 2nd only 1 point behind Anorthosis Famagusta.

In only its second league campaign, Huntly became only the third team outside Inverness to win the league, finishing two points ahead of closest rivals Elgin City and Inverness Thistle.

Consequent wins, including on his home round of the series, were sufficient to see off closest points challenger, Subaru's Richard Burns and land a shock first title after finishing second to the Englishman in the Rally of Great Britain.

The closest they came to relegation was in 1997, when they finished below Consadole Sapporo who despite finishing 14th in the overall table lost all their playout matches and had to form the new J.

Nigel Mansell was Senna's closest challenger, eventually finishing second in the championship.

In the closest one – two finish, German Sebastian Schnuelle completed the race faster than anyone before, finishing that year's trip in 9 days, 23 hours, and 20 minutes.

He was five times a top-ten finisher in the Open Championship, finishing third in 1961 and second in 1973, although arguably his closest chances came in 1970 ( when he led after a first-round 65 and was only 3 off the lead going into the final round ) and 1975 ( where he followed second and third rounds of 69 and 67 with a 74 at Carnoustie, when a 70 would have earned him the Claret Jug ).

The closest that the club have come to returning to the Conference was in the 1998 – 99 season, when they led the Isthmian Premier Division for long periods, but fell away, eventually finishing second following the sacking of manager Bob Dowie midway through the season.

* Top 10 in MVP voting 3 times ( 1946, ' 53, ' 54 ), coming the closest in 1953 finishing 3rd behind Al Rosen and Yogi Berra

The closest of these was the Olympic-Technical match, which went to a penalty shoot-out after finishing 3-3 after extra time.

Heysen was also the Democrats closest lower house win, coming as close as 1. 9 percent at the 1997 state election on a primary vote of 29. 2 percent, finishing at 48. 1 percent after preferences.

The Rapids defended their Heartland Division title in dominant style in 2006, finishing the regular season ten points clear of their closest rivals, Des Moines Menace.

With a solid defence marshalled by captain Ian Hendon, and 29 goals from striker Giuliano Grazioli, Barnet won the Conference title, securing automatic promotion to the Football League and finishing 12 points clear of their closest challengers with a vastly superior goal difference.

The area of the Prater closest to the city centre contains a large amusement park, known as the Volksprater (" People's Prater ") or Wurstelprater ( after the Harlequin-type figure of Hanswurst ), and at its entrance there is the giant Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel opened in 1897 which features prominently in the movie The Third Man and which has become one of Vienna's trademarks.

The Wall Street Journal found little fun in the movie " except for a gleefully campy turn by Michael Sheen " while The New York Times said he " shows up to deliver the closest thing to a performance in the movie ".

" ( Clark Kent's favorite movie, and something he shared with only those closest to him ).

Louise Brooks wrote in her essay " Humphrey and Bogey " that she felt it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.

The movie focuses on a pair of young couples: John Leguizamo plays Vincent ( Vinny ), an unfaithful hairdresser married to Dionna ( played by Mira Sorvino ), a hard-working waitress ; and Adrien Brody as Ritchie, one of Vincent's closest friends and a newly-turned punk who dates a woman named Ruby ( Jennifer Esposito ); Ritchie leads a secret life dancing and selling himself for sex at a gay theatre.

The movie theater is the only local movie theater serving Parker, as well as the closest from Blythe, California since August 2010.

Tony Sattler and his wife, actress Noeline Brown, Kennedy's closest friends, said they were mortified by the movie.

There are no shopping malls here, and the closest movie theater is in Victorville, about 15 miles away.

All members of the Frat Pack have never appeared in a single movie together, they have come closest in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, which featured all but Owen Wilson ( chiefly in minor roles and cameos ).

The romance between Soe in the movie and Sinta may be based on Soe's closest girlfriend in real life.