Santorum was a close runner-up in Iowa.
ABC was a close runner-up, largely because of "Desperate Housewives" (14.7 million).
Fox led the night over all, while NBC was a close runner-up, averaging 19.4 million viewers.
Fricassee lamb shank was a close runner-up, with a dramatic, bony presentation that turned heads throughout the restaurant.
At Fox, which was a close runner-up to CNN in that poll, public policy issues have long been routinely distorted to suit its political interests — as typified by its promotion of the "death panel" canards during the health care debate.
Ms. Jones's pitch was a close runner-up, Ms. Eckstut said, as was a proposal by Gerald M. Rosen of Lido Beach, who laid out his story of running a marathon in every state, even though he was 51 when he started training.
Last night at the Crunchies, Yuri Milner of Digital Sky Technologies won the VC of the Year award (Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures was a close runner-up).
Although the list is dominated by California ZIP codes, the Gold Coast of Chicago (60611), where the median home price is $1.39 million, was a close runner-up, as was Purchase, N.Y.
Our Marxist section though is a close runner up; it's always fun to tell a customer that, no, Gramsci is not in our Political Philosophy section, he's over here in these bays devoted just to Marxist thought.
While we are still diehard fans of the classic original, we admit this is a close runner up.
That's high on the list, but the sheer misogyny of Tangled's "Mother Knows Best," capping off as it did decades of Disney's wretched and poisonous stereotypes about mothers, older women and undermining of even an iota of intergenerational sorority, is a close runner up.
