41.   Some of the investors being wooed hold significant stakes in both companies and could help decide the outcome of any attempt to takeover Alumax, analysts said.

42.   Still, the outcome was not decided until the final minute and a half.

43.   Such plays have become commonplace for Erstad, even in late in games when the outcome essentially has already been decided.

44.   Specifically, there were three Angels who held the baseball in their hands at different points in the game that ultimately decided the outcome.

45.   That authority is the U.S. Supreme Court, which is now unable to avoid a major role in deciding the outcome of the election.

46.   That race is so close that absentee ballots, which are being counted, could decide the outcome.

47.   The decision was made in the second half of the USC game, when the outcome of that game was already decided.

48.   The court resolved conflicting statutory language in favor of giving voters the greatest possible say in deciding the outcome of the election.

49.   The conclusion was that when push came to shove, special teams would decide the outcome now more than ever.

50.   The feisty Arizona Republican needs the votes of traditional Republicans who will decide the outcome in GOP-only contests in California, New York and Connecticut.