Hoover believed " food will win the war ", and beginning on September 29, this slogan was introduced and put into frequent use.

The term " dead money " is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to money put in the pot by players who are still legally eligible to win it, but who are unlikely to do so because they are unskilled, increasing the expected return of other players.

" We figured we could win if our offense didn't put us into too many holes ", said 35-year old Colts lineman Billy Ray Smith, who was playing in his last NFL game, " Let me put it this way, they didn't put us into any holes we couldn't get out of "

In 1758 Pitt began to put into practice a new strategy to win the Seven Years War, which would involve tying down large numbers of French troops and resources in Germany, while Britain used its naval supremacy to launch expeditions to capture French forces around the globe.

Raeder wanted to see the replacement of democracy with an authoritarian, militaristic regime that in Raeder's analogy ensure that Germany would become " one family " united behind the same goals of world power, or as Raeder put it in 1932 Germany needed a " unified Volk " led by one strong leader to win the next war.

When making a bet where you must put more at stake than you stand to win, you are laying the odds or laying the bet.

November: Palestine win membership of UNESCO while UN vote on statehood is put off amid no support from France and UK while US had threatened to

In response Clemenceau refused to be put forward for the vote in the National Assembly because he did not want to win by a small majority but by a near-unanimous vote.

Nijinsky took the lead two furlongs from the finish, and without being put under any pressure by Piggott, he pulled clear to win by two and a half lengths from Yellow God.

To win the bet, Jim and Marian went to WIBO, where they were immediately put on the air.

In addition, most of the courses also feature a mini game that will put seven melons at stake, further increasing the risk of failure, as the player must successfully win every piece.

Some of the criticism from within the media was answered however, as England put in a much improved performance, despite the absence of Beckham through suspension and Sol Campbell and Steven Gerrard through injury, in a 2 – 1 win against Poland.

In the series ' final episode, he is one in a handful of characters to get something of a resolution: having lost his bar in a game of strip poker ( he refused to remove his shirt having just put on ten pounds ), he burns it down in order to win back an old firefighter boyfriend.

Turpin was determined not to lose again after the Stock defeat, and put together another string of wins which reached 12 ( including a 4-round disqualification win against William Poli ).

He put together a string of 30 straight competitive amateur victories in the late 70s, mostly in his home state Florida, culminating in a win at the Oceanside Nationals in June, 1979.

The changes were successful, as the team put on a comfortable 4 – 1 win against Japan.

2-on-2 and 1-on-3 mini-games put players in groups, so they have to cooperate in the mini-game to win, even though they are against each other in the main game.

Following one more win ( a defence of his European Title against Farid Gallouze ), he finally got his world title try when the long reigning WBA featherweight champion, Eusebio Pedroza of Panama, came to London to put his title on the line at Loftus Road football stadium.

He was able to put the defeat behind him and win the Canadian Open in July for his second win to finish off a great year.

She put a string of wins together, and was able to win the California State women's title.

In 1998, they put together a win loss record of 27-3 for a. 900 winning percentage-a WNBA record that still stands.

Thus, if the score was 3 – 2 with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the batter smacked an " over the fence home run ", the game would end at 4 – 3, with the batter only allowed a double, and the runners officially stopped on 2nd and 3rd ( since they were not needed to win the game ).

He led the Tigers to a pennant, and won his 2nd American League MVP award, becoming the first player to win an MVP award at two different positions.

Michael and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher are the only brothers to win races in Formula One, and they were the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001, and there again ( in switched order ) in 2003.

** The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the World Series, 9 – 3, to win the series 4 games to 1 for their 2nd World Championship.

Juan Pablo Montoya started the 2010 edition of the Watkins Glen race in 3rd place and led 74 of the 90 laps to win his 2nd career Sprint Cup Series race.

In 2009 season after finishing the 1st phase of the Brazilian League in 10th place, Flamengo won the Brazilian Série A with a terrific campaign in the 2nd phase, the championship was decided in the very last game with a 2 – 1 win against Grêmio at Maracanã Stadium, with this victory the Flamengo became six times Brazilian League Champion.

It was Brock's 7th and Perkins ' 2nd Bathurst win.

Reds SS Dave Concepción hits a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning to spark the National League to its 11th consecutive win over the American League 4-1.

Montoya qualified 2nd, led 167 laps and won the race going away, becoming the seventh Indy 500 rookie to win the race.

This granted the win to Fisichella, with Räikkönen 2nd.

After qualifying 8th in Japan, Räikkönen finished 2nd while Michael Schumacher just slipped into the points to win his 6th World Championship.

In Game 2, the game would be close until the 2nd quarter, when the Shock would blow the game wide open with a 14 – 0 run, and would easily win the game.

In the third round, facing former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, Henin ended her streak of consecutive sets at 40, losing the 2nd set to Sharapova but going on to win 6 – 2, 3 – 6, 6 – 3.

In Valencia, Barrichello took his 10th Grand Prix win, his first in five years and the 100th win by a Brazilian driver in Formula One, allowing him to move up to 2nd in the Championship.

Curtis has followed up his win at the Valero Texas Open with 3 straight top-15 finishes ( tied for 13th at the Zurich Classic, tied for 5th at the Wells Fargo Classic, and tied for 2nd at The Players Championship ).

In 1998, Bobby won the pole for the Daytona 500, where he eventually finished 2nd to Dale Earnhardt in Earnhardt's emotional first Daytona 500 win.

* Champion Hurdle – Insurance ( 2nd successive win )

* Cheltenham Gold Cup – Golden Miller ( 2nd successive win )

On December 9, 2006, he posted a 2 – 0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers for his 462nd career win, moving him into 2nd place on the all-time list ahead of active goalie Ed Belfour of the Florida Panthers.

* Biggest win: 13 – 2 v Saltcoats Victoria, Scottish Qualifying Cup 2nd Round, 12 September 1896

McGrath trod on a cricket ball and injured his ankle the morning before the start of the 2nd Test at Edgbaston and was unable to play in the match in which England amassed 407 runs in one day against the McGrath-less bowling attack to win by 2 runs.

The following week they fell behind 15 – 0 to the Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd half before rallying to win the game on Adam Vinatieri's 47 yard field goal.

Walsden's 2nd Xi once again skippered by Paul Marrow went on to win the respective league title again in 2007 also reaching the Burton Cup Final.