51.   And they even managed to win by more than the Patriots won at home against San Diego.

52.   And Unaccounted For won by nine lengths on a sloppy track at Belmont in July and won the Whitney at Saratoga in August on a wet-fast track.

53.   Anyone in the top three after the short wins by taking the long program.

54.   As a coach, you have to go for the tie or win by playing more offensively, and suddenly we were even more exposed at the back.

55.   As far as the game is concerned, the Cowboys must be better against the run than they were Sunday, or Anderson will win by default.

56.   As it turned out, he could have won by walkover once Elvis Stojko limped off and Todd Eldredge imploded.

57.   As a Lilliputian youth tennis player, Andy Roddick learned how to win matches by scrappiness and guile.

58.   As the hearings ended, it appeared increasingly likely that Ashcroft would win confirmation by the Senate after the panel votes on the nomination, probably by midweek.

59.   At a press conference after the hearing, Condon depicted the issue as a fundamental feminist case in which women win by losing.

60.   Assault then almost blew a four-length lead to Lord Boswell in the Preakness Stakes before winning by a neck.