His case drew national headlines, and Pogany says that at one point, he nearly gave up.
They spoke about some of the old races, the time he nearly qualified for 2008 Olympics.
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In between, he nearly defeated an incumbent Republican president for the GOP nomination in 1976.
Striking the ball early, he nearly surprised Villa goalkeeper Brad Freidel but the ball drifted just wide.
But he nearly matched Kuroda, who pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings, for the first six.
"The ball was glued to his feet and he nearly won us the tournament on his own!"
Jordan says he nearly scooped the news himself on a recent vacation to Italy with his family.
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His marriage was shaky and he nearly drowned by falling drunk into a pond after a party.
He nearly failed to be reappointed in 1983 and almost resigned in 1986, when defeated on a key vote.
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He said the web designer pushed him with the palm of his hand and he nearly lost his balance.
Afterwards he nearly died in prison, but was eventually allowed medical treatment abroad.
He nearly always treated them courteously, yet he gave little of himself away.
He nearly scored on the follow up as Vidic's header hit the post and was later denied by Lopez again.
Newcastle brought on Martins to try and get on the scoresheet - and he nearly produced one of the great Premier League goals.
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Showing up for his first practice in jeans and boots, he nearly beat the team's top runner in a five-mile race.
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He nearly lost his job in the spring, following an entanglement with the Murdochs who run News Corporation hate figures in Britain.
In Rome, he nearly lost a set at love against Ernests Gulbis.
But Harrison admits he nearly walked away from the sport and almost gave up on his oft-stated dream of winning a world title.
While he nearly has 4, 000 runs to his name in the shorter form of the game, his statistics in Tests do not match up.
Lee was a hard-luck pitcher last year, going 6-9 despite a 3.16 ERA. He nearly recorded his first complete game since Sept. 15, 2011.
He nearly prolonged the contest when he slithered over 5.95m on his third attempt but, after an agonizing few moments, the twitching bar fell.
"I'm very happy, especially after yesterday's incident at the prologue, " said Sagan, referring to losing time when he nearly came off on a sharp turn.
Buiter dropped the news that he nearly had a nervous breakdown simply getting his information together in order to do his taxes on a recent appearance on Bloomberg Radio.
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He nearly lost his job after defeat by England in 2006 but their revival culminated in the 15-6 win over England in the World Cup final nine days ago.
Villar is wild-eyed and hauntingly funny as emotionally damaged David, a 30-something husband suffering from recurring PTSD 18 months after his car fell off the bridge and he nearly drowned.
Undaunted, the ever-threatening Beausejour raced away from Spain's back-line as he nearly created a dangerous one-on-one with keeper Iker Casillas - but Pique sped back to make a crucial block.
He nearly scored a second moments later after Eden Hazard chased down the ball by the byline and fired a cross in toward Ba, but Pantilimon was able to block the effort.
Or perhaps I should say he nearly wrecked the national-security space program, since funding for the imaging reconnaissance and eavesdropping satellites operated by the intelligence community was also hidden in the Pentagon budget.
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