Both teams knew victory would ensure outright qualification for the World Cup finals - a draw being enough for the visitors - but defeat would leave them hoping for at best a play-off and possibly facing an exit from the competition.
Although there are no moving parts to go wrong, the law of averages seems to dictate that some of the myriad components will occasionally fail, and scientists who work regularly on computors rely on the machine being available for at best only 80 per cent of its theoretical working time.
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This week I spoke to Jason Bonfig, merchant vice president for computing at Best Buy.
The math implies of course that most other players are either moving tremendous volumes or trying to enter the market for (at best) little marginal gain.
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"Consumers expect Best Buy to have the latest connected technology and the Leap Motion Controller is a great example, " said Jason Bonfig, merchant vice president for computing at Best Buy.
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But this time, expectations had been for a narrow victory at best for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who fended off the challenge by the charismatic Anwar Ibrahim with some room to spare.
The range is calculated from the previous week's opinion polls, which are used to project the best result for the Conservatives at one end of the scale and the best result for Labour at the other.
If there is no magic bullet then I worry that we are in for a very stagnant (at best) housing market for at least several years.
It currently sits at No. 5 on the FORBES rankings of best cities for business and at No. 8 on our best cities for female founders.
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Shouting out "open" or "closed" as a prescription for categorical success is at best a mirage and at worst a predicate for anticonsumer public policy, like the government's long antitrust crusade against Microsoft.
Regardless, it will definitely grab nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and likely at least one for Best Editing (either Film, Sound, or both).
Their fellow nominees are Helen McCrory, from the Wyndham's Theatre production of As You Like It, Clare Higgins for Death of a Salesman at the Lyric, and Eve Best for Hedda Gabler at the Almeida and Duke of York's theatres.
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"The rivers are at their best for white water sport at this time of year, " he said.
Verdict points out that overall demand for clothing has at best stabilised and may be set to decline.
Resuming play on 335 for four, Surrey pushed ahead to ensure Leicestershire could hope for a draw at best.
All this for what is at best an uncertain nonbelligerency agreement?
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Justin Bieber may have lost out at the Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Pop Album but he beat (almost) all comers at the box office.
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It is now considered a front-runner for the best picture award at the Oscars on Feb. 24, even though Affleck was not nominated for best director there.
These have included a Bafta for best light entertainment performance, the prize for best chat show host at the National Television Awards, and the Variety Club's media personality of the year.
No women have made it onto the shortlist for best director at this year's Oscars, while Zero Dark Thirty is the only best picture nominee to have been directed by a woman - Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow.
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And attempts at Barcelona to inject new momentum into the economic reform process seem bound for only limited success at best.
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While the numbers for the quarter were mixed at best, the company made some upbeat comments on the prospects for advertising on its Weibo micro-blogging platform that were well received by the Street.
He is also booked to play at both Reading and Leeds festivals this summer, and has been nominated for Best Breakthrough Act at The Brits.
Just look at the market for gaming consoles, where hardware is sold for a slim profit, at best.
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Seems like a rare-enough instance of competition at work, ensuring the best product for the USAF at the lowest taxpayer expense.
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