• The two parties had hoped that their superior organisation and finances would win them enough momentum in last Sunday's elections to help them beat off their common rival in the presidential vote on December 6th.

    ECONOMIST: The colonel rides on

  • Later in Merton and Wandsworth, the Tories hit back again when their candidate Elizabeth Howlett beat off the opposition.

    BBC: Tories and Labour tie GLA count

  • Officers who let peers be dispatched to time-intensive calls in their beat and minutes later came off of the call they were working, or who magically happened to drum up a car stop when dispatch was trying to send them to a call, were murmured about in the locker room.

    FORBES: Q: What are some cultural faux pas in police departments?

  • Spanish big-spenders Real Madrid, incredibly, then beat that English figure on their own in the off-season.

    CNN: Football clubs struggling to stay afloat in a sea of debt

  • Wales missed a golden opportunity to beat South Africa at home and get their season off to a real flyer.

    BBC: Jeremy Guscott column

  • Uruguay exceeded all expectations after having to beat Costa Rica in a play-off to book their place in the finals.

    BBC: World Cup 2010: Tabarez proud despite Uruguay defeat

  • Wilson then broke clear to send the prolific Murphy over for his fourth try to put the seal on victory and set up a meeting with Wigan, who beat Bradford 30-14 in their play-off tie on Friday.

    BBC: Catalans Dragons 46-8 Warrington

  • The Seasiders' beat Cardiff in the play-off final at Wembley to secure their place in the top flight.

    BBC: Commons praise for Blackpool Premier League promotion

  • After Craig Gardner dragged a free-kick wide and Cameron Jerome's header was cleared off the line by Sears, the Blues got the goal their improvement warranted as Ridgewell beat Winston Reid to a corner and thumped in a header to send the travelling fans wild.

    BBC: West Ham 2-1 Birmingham

  • And its players' ability to beat defenders one-on-one hasn't dropped off either with their number of dribbles per game staying fairly close to the usual 10, according to WhoScored.com.

    WSJ: Barcelona Has to Pick Itself Up

  • Those same stocks beat their benchmarks by nearly 7 points in November, as the effect wore off, Prof.

    WSJ: Is the 'September Swoon' for Real?

  • The arrest came four days after Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 1-0 in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi final.

    BBC: Clarke Carlisle

  • Why else were their outspoken Eurosceptics so eager this week to help Ian Taylor, an outspoken Europhile, beat off an attempt by local activists to deselect him from the Surrey constituency he has represented for more than a dozen years?

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • "For any team, if you can beat their ace it's a big win, " said Suzuki, who had singled off Price and scored in the eighth.

    WSJ: Rays fall to 0-5 in Cy Young winner Price's starts

  • Coach Jake White was able to stick with the side that beat Argentina 37-13 in their semifinal as tight-head prop CJ van der Linde shrugged off concerns over a knee problem.

    CNN: Springboks unchanged for WC final

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