Feeling suddenly weak in the knees, I sank back on the hard train seat and glanced again at the gloomy landscape lumbering past the window.
Last year's winner of the North American seat learned this the hard way: In February, France's high court nullified the results of last year's contest because the winner, Corinne Narassiguin, had opened an American campaign account.
Both coalition parties have been fighting hard to win the seat, with David Cameron and Nick Clegg visiting the constituency to campaign.
Despite the new district lines and some recent health problems, Rangel fought hard to keep his seat, squaring off with his opponents in debates and taking them on during campaign stops.
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The Liberal Democrats, whose manifesto includes a pledge to scrap tuition fees, are fighting hard to capture the seat of Cardiff Central from Labour which contains most of the student accommodation in the city.
Venezuelan diplomats in Washington and New York were not available to comment for this story, but earlier this month, President Chavez made clear he will push hard for the Security Council seat.
Kerimov is building a 45, 000-seat stadium to replace Anzhi's 15, 200-seat roofless bowl, but it is hard to see the new facility as an instant money-spinner: Makhachkala's population is less than 600, 000, and Dagestan is one of the poorest regions of Russia.
You would have been hard-pressed to find a seat in a house of worship.
Hoff Tennis Courts have six hard courts and a 150-seat spectator area, which played host to the 2008 Conference USA Championship.
From Poland comes news that Danuta Hubner, just finishing her term as EU commissioner for regional development, tried hard to avoid taking up the seat she has just won to the European Parliament, because she wanted to stay on in the commission.
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The video is stored on hard disks on a central server and is streamed to each seat.
It's hard not to like a guy who jumps out of his seat to serve sandwiches to fellow executives on the corporate jet.
The former California governor had become somewhat hard of hearing, so Casey made it a point to seat himself next to the future president.
When John Edwards decided to give up his Senate seat to run for vice president, it set the stage for a hard-fought race between Bowles and Burr.
It's hard to imagine now, but Vienna then rivaled London as a seat of Western civilization.
That said, it is challenging to fill a 3800-seat house with baroque instruments, and it is understandable that he seemed to be trying a bit too hard at times.
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