11. TV replays indicated Mondesi was out by a whisker , but umpire Gary Darling called him safe. 12. Then she followed with a runaway sprint in the 200, missing another record by a whisker . 13. In the test of the champion, Real Quiet failed by a whisker to rival Victory Gallop. 14. A 1992 campaign for the Republican nomination for U . S . Senate failed by a whisker . 15. So, almost by a whisker you might say, the city is delivered from ruin after all. 16. Asked what he meant by a whisker , Krit said " less than a day ." 17. She took silver in the 1996 championships, losing her title by a whisker to American skater Michelle Kwan. 18. That enabled Roberto Kelly to follow with a sacrifice fly to left that scored a sliding Karros by a whisker . 19. By a whisker , the nation emerged intact from the Quebec referendum, the second such vote in 15 years.20. Robbie McEwen, an Australian with Lotto, got there first by a whisker for his second stage victory this month.