Ms. BOEGERS: While we didn't make it all the way to the finish line that we have an opportunity to celebrate, it's almost like the silver medal at an Olympic - and if we're denied that and it's just a charade and a pretence, the Obama campaign is going to be in trouble because people are going to leave here angry.

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But when Onyok got home, he found that his silver was almost as good as gold.

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With new fears of worldwide inflation being fanned, gold saw a new all-time high hit on Wednesday while silver has rallied almost 6% this week.

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Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW), a silver miner, surged almost 7% yesterday.

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The German pair of Christian Gille and Thomasz Wynlenzek, who led almost the entire way, claimed the silver with Hungarians Gyorgy Kozmann and Tamas Kiss in bronze.

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Hedge funds boosted bullish bets on silver to the highest in almost four months as tensions in the Middle East sent the metal to a 30-year high.

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Lagat settled for silver behind El Guerrouj in Athens and was almost four seconds short of the Moroccan's world best, clocking 3:35.27 in Birmingham.

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I've lined them up almost like they're crackers and placed them on a silver rectangular tray.

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Silver equivalent sales volumes in the fourth quarter at 9.1 million ounces were almost 80% higher than the prior quarter.

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Although she took home a silver medal and likely completed the best floor routine she has ever done, it was almost impossible for her to define her Olympic experience as anything other than a loss.

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