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Close But No Cigar: Runner-ups, Nearly-Weres and Also-Rans

By Dale Patterson
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By Dale Patterson
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  • Ever heard of Edward Everett who was keynote speaker at Gettysburg in 1863? Of course not, because President Lincoln followed Everett with the most memorable two-minute speech ever — the Gettysburg Address.
  • Or Lord Halifax, who in 1940 was front-runner to become Prime Minister of England, but went to the dentist, missing a key meeting, while the job went instead to Winston Churchill.
  • How about Jug McSpaden, who came second a record 13 times in one season — the year Byron Nelson won an asto...

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