Word: counted
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This is precisely what happened two years ago when the council tried to raise the fee to $40. A majority of those who voted supported the increase, but not enough students voted to make the vote count...
...Yankees have demonstrated that they are ripe for assassination. The lineup that used to work the count so carefully and nickel-and-dime teams to death is no longer so consistent. Joe Torre cannot throw out Pettite, Clemens or El Duque and always receive a command performance. Their once-mighty bullpen is down to Jeff Nelsen and the great Mariano Rivera...
...education that we started to see real results. Bush jabbed at those who think he's dumb by proving he could count out consecutive numbers. ?I believe we ought to measure a lot - three, four, five, six, seven, eighth grade. We do so in my state of Texas." For some reason the Truster declared "The Subject might exaggerate from time to time." That seemed unfairly harsh. Perhaps it was chiding Bush for missing out on the first two grades...
...middle with one vote more to the candidate you voted for, your vote has done nothing but impotently increment the one's digit in your chosen candidate's column. So the better a voting system, the greater probability of a deadlock broken by your vote, making your vote truly "count...
When the Dodgers and Giants were alternating National League pennants in the '40s and '50s, they had actual role players. Everyone in Brooklyn knew Jackie Robinson could play first or second, bunt his way on base and steal home whenever he wanted. Manhattan could always count on Bobby Thomson to come through in the clutch. Willie Mays and Duke Snider roamed the outfields of the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field like a mayor struts around City Hall...