41.   Soong placed a close second in the election.

42.   She won the NHK Trophy in November and was a close second to Lipinski at Munich.

43.   But it came a close second in Stellenbosch, an Afrikaner university center in the heart of wine country, to candidates of the local agricultural union.

44.   Expected to run a close second to Democrats.

45.   Kidd finished a close second to Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs.