Turns out a majority of a record 1.1 million voters thought he'd look good holding that silver trophy.

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As he wandered through the tent swilling rum from his silver trophy and enduring thunderous backslaps, there was no happier salt in the Keys.

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There is the elite athlete race, the one shown on television that usually ends with a Kenyan handed a silver trophy and crowned by an olive wreath.

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Ellison's fans, meanwhile, say Bertarelli is trying to rejigger the rules of the America's Cup to his benefit so the elegant silver trophy, first won by the yacht America in 1851, remains trapped in landlocked Switzerland for years to come.

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Roger Bannister receives Britain's Silver Pears Trophy for cracking the 4-minute mile.

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Brown bought the 5-ton monument, paying for it with cash and two peculiar collectors' items: a Stradivarius violin and a silver Newport yachting trophy from the 1920s.

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Mickelson was showered with support from day one after coming to Long Island with a request from Amy that he won the silver US Open trophy to brighten her hospital room.

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This year, that logo consists of the Lombardi Trophy above the silver Roman numerals XLVI.

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Prince, in hood and sunglasses and carrying a sparkly silver cane, presented him with the record of the year trophy and the Australian paid tribute to The Purple One's influence.

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