Still, for the shows and their hosts, gets are a way of keeping score.
And for readers keeping score, it means I pressed the publish button too early.
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And for those keeping score, Rhodes Scholars went two for three on Election Day this year.
For those keeping score, Journatlistics is, by the numbers, a blog almost as cool as TheFrisky.
Polls, money, endorsements, organization, crowds -- they're all different ways of keeping score before the race actually begins.
But as any user of Foursquare or Reddit knows, the mere act of keeping score spurs users on even without tangible rewards.
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Not that we're keeping score, but surely that ought to count.
The Small Business Jobs Bill also increased all the penalties for failing to properly file a Form 1099 (Section 6723 for those keeping score at home).
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He started keeping score in Week 1, but he didn't introduce it till the Bowl Championship Series released its first standings, calling his the Special Teams Championship Series.
That's some 479, 326 hung systems, if you're keeping score at home, and it's in first place by a large margin -- Microsoft clocks in at number two at 17.9 percent, and ATI is fourth with 9.3 percent.
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Because no one is keeping score.
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The home side battled gamely but had goalkeeper Ryan Esson to thank for keeping the score respectable.
His idea of birthday relaxation is competing in an Olympic-style athletic tournament with friends, keeping close score.
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"They were more interested in kicking lumps out of us than scoring or keeping the score down, " he told BBC Sport.
And Fulham had the 25-year-old, who was tipped for an England call up after impressing early in the season, to thank for keeping the score level.
The Chicago Teachers Union is adamantly against detailed, data-driven score-keeping and accountability.
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People are obsessed with getting and keeping an excellent credit score.
We reckon if we can get Sachin Tendulkar early we are half way to keeping them to a low score.
Republicans know the measure is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but they're trying to score political points by keeping the issue front and center in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the law.
After web retailers, the next best group at keeping their customers happy are online auction houses, with an average satisfaction score of 78 (though eBay, which dominates this business, gets an impressive 84).
But the survey wrongly included "keeping a small balance on a credit card" as a factor that could hurt a credit score.
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The late score was harsh on the Magners League strugglers, denying them a bonus point and keeping them rooted to the bottom of the table.
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