Players like 29-year-old captain Philipp Lahm and 28-year-old midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger had been at the heart of Germany's revival on the world stage without ever winning club soccer's highest honor.

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Three US Opens, one PGA and one Open ended up with Montgomerie in second - and no player in the history of the game has had as many such near-misses without ever winning one.

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And actually no Republican has ever won the presidency without winning in Ohio.

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Of the important swing states, we are told that no Republican has ever won the Presidency without winning Ohio.

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But no Republican has ever won the presidency without also winning Ohio.

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No Republican has ever won the White House without winning Ohio, a state that has received more visits from the candidates and their running mates this year than any other.

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