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He was standing in front of the mirror, tightening his tie.
Another was to soak raw beef in vinegar for twenty-four hours, tie it on the wart, and wear it for a week.
A simpler method was to tie a thread tightly around the wart at its base and wear it this way.
The victory was the first of the season for the Billikens after nine defeats and a tie.
Palmer was now putting merely for a tie, and Player, who was sitting beside his wife and watching it all on television in Tournament Chairman Clifford Roberts' clubhouse apartment, stared in amazement when Palmer missed the putt.
Palmer's 281 for the four rounds at Augusta was a comfortable four strokes ahead of the next closest pro, but it was barely good enough for a second-place tie with Coe.
He was kneeling to tie his shoelaces.
His first visit to the area was in 1923 and he maintained a strong tie there until the end of his life.
He returned to playing in an FA cup tie against West Bromwich Albion on 1 March ; the game was a draw and United won the replay 1 – 0.
Wearing a light colored suit and a bright tie, he was dressed more for some gala occasion than for a funeral.
In addition, the pilots of the Avro Vulcan or Handley Page Victor bombers could tie their systems into those of the missile and make use of the guidance system to help plot their own flight plan, since the unit in the missile was more advanced than that in the aircraft.
The score was deadlocked 17-17 in the final period, but a 73-yard touchdown pass by Rams quarterback Norm van Brocklin to wide receiver Tom Fears broke the tie and gave Los Angeles the lead for good.
After a tie in the 1969 voting, the process was changed, in which each writer was to vote for three different pitchers: the first-place vote received five points, the second-place vote received three points, and the third-place vote received one point.
Many examples are based on locations in London and, in all likelihood, will be meaningless to people unfamiliar with the capital e. g. " Peckham Rye ", meaning " tie " ( as in necktie ), which dates from the late 19th century ; " Hampstead Heath ", meaning " teeth " ( usually as " Hampsteads ”), which was first recorded in 1887 and " Barnet Fair ", meaning " hair ", which dates from the 1850s.
The first game ever played between the Giants and Cowboys was a 31 – 31 tie on December 4, 1960.
In 1985, the new port facilities were completed, and the USS Saratoga ( CV-60 ) was the first aircraft carrier to tie up.
The movie's title was changed after shooting to tie it to Plato's famous past, but was not connected in any way to the sitcom other than through her involvement.
Switzerland was the last country to tie its currency to gold ; it backed 40 % of its value until the Swiss joined the International Monetary Fund in 1999.
At the novel's end, the question of whether or not the Time Lords will be restored remains unanswered, although if the events of the novel are to tie in with later events in the TV series it must be assumed that Gallifrey was at some point restored, only to be destroyed again during the events of the Time War.
Soon afterwards the British added a long cloth which was used to tie chemical-soaked mouth pads into place, and which was called the Black Veil Respirator.

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Entering the final game of the 1958 season, Cleveland needed to either win or tie against the New York Giants to clinch the Eastern Conference title and the right to host the championship game.
In 1995, now as Indianapolis, the two both posted borderline 9 – 7 records to tie for second against Buffalo, yet the Colts once again reached the post-season having swept the season series.
Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic as a substitute in the 1968 Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie against Hamilton Academical.
In a cruel piece of irony, on September 29, 2007, the Padres were within one out and one strike of clinching the National League Wild Card berth, but Tony Gwynn, Jr., son of the longtime Padres legend, tripled against Hoffman to tie the game.
The next day against Baltimore, Williams was greeted by a large ovation, and received an even larger ovation when he hit a home run in the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie.
** If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken, using the games the clubs have played against each other:
The final blow to the Jackson-Calhoun relationship came when the President nominated Van Buren to serve as Minister to the United Kingdom and the vote in the Senate ended in a tie, which Calhoun broke by voting against confirmation on January 25, 1832.
But when he left, the guerrilla war against his forces in the countryside continued to tie down great numbers of troops.
Bergkamp headed in the winner against Liverpool in a FA Cup fourth-round tie on 27 January 2002, but was shown a red card for a two-footed lunge on defender Jamie Carragher, who himself was sent off for throwing a coin into the crowd.
Bergkamp reached a personal landmark during the 2002 – 03 season, scoring his 100th goal for Arsenal against Oxford United in a FA Cup third-round tie on 4 January 2003.
At the 1952 Jacksonville Open, Snead forfeited rather than play a 18-hole playoff against Doug Ford after the two golfers finished in a tie at the end of regulation play.
On September 25, 2006, Griffey hit his 27th home run of the season against Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Scott Eyre to tie Reggie Jackson for tenth on the all time home run list.
The game resulted in a 1 – 0 win leaving the club a 2nd-round tie against then Premier League team Watford eventually losing 0 – 1.
However, in the season's final game, the Flyers needed a win or a tie against the second-year Buffalo Sabres to beat out Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot.
She defended her title against Anissa Zamarron winning on points, then met Phoenix's Yvonne Trevino which the judges called a technical draw ( word used for tie in boxing ).
It was scored late in the game against goaltender Glenn Hall and earned the Red Wings a 2 – 2 tie.
Later, in his campaigns against the Indians, Custer wore a buckskins outfit, along with his familiar red tie.
Following the emerging pattern, another win followed this tie and she was matched against Prestage for a rubber match.
His first goals in his second spell at Villa came in a third round FA Cup tie against Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on 4 January 2009 on his 23rd birthday, where he scored both goals in a 2 – 1 win for Villa.
Maine Road, nicknamed the " Wembley of the North " by its designers, hosted the largest-ever crowd at an English club ground when 84, 569 attended an FA Cup tie against Stoke City on 3 March 1934.
The knee injury that hampered her during the final of the Sony Ericsson Open forced her to skip the Fed Cup tie against Russia and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
* November 30 in Las Vegas, dual world championship undercard: Vito Antuofermo retains his world Middleweight title with a 15 round draw ( tie ) against Marvin Hagler, and Sugar Ray Leonard wins his first world title, beating WBC world Welterweight champion Wilfred Benítez by knockout in round 15.

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