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Anticipation reached fever-pitch on the second and final intermediate sprint at the end of Lap 12.

Down to the wire: Meyer wins Tour Down Under 2011

Anxiety among the nation's Coptic Christians, who make up approximately 10 percent of the population, was at a fever-pitch in the wake of the New Years day attack on Saints Church in Alexandria.

Egyptian Muslims Serve As Human Shields For Coptic Christmas Services Bryan Maygers 2011

And the excitement has reached fever-pitch levels after Burress showed flashes of his old self Sunday, making a diving touchdown grab 33 months removed from his last professional football game.

Can the Jets' Offense Become Elite? Chris Herring 2011

A team that thrived on playing with its energy level spiking at a fever-pitch, Kent looked out of sorts when that enthusiastic play was absent, such as in its losses in the conference tournament and the NIT.

Mid-American Conference 2010

Anxiety among the nation's Coptic Christians, who make up approximately 10 percent of the population, was at a fever-pitch in the wake of the New Years day attack on Saints Church in Alexandria.

Egyptian Muslims Serve As Human Shields For Coptic Christmas Services Bryan Maygers 2011

A team that thrived on playing with its energy level spiking at a fever-pitch, Kent looked out of sorts when that enthusiastic play was absent, such as in its losses in the conference tournament and the NIT.

Kent State - Team Notes 2010

The financial crisis that reached a fever-pitch in 2008 was fueled by inadequate rules, but it was also largely a story of banks aggressively breaking the rules that did exist.

The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2010

As the fever-pitch craziness of the last two years gives way to a sober choice at the ballot box, Democrats will have one more chance to turn the asset of an irrational conservative backlash into a liability.

50%+1 2010

Not only has Batmania reached an unanticipated fever-pitch (thanks for the link, River), but WALL•E has come under attack from a few raving fear merchants, and their tentacles of paranoia seem to have better purchase than I anticipated.

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With a fever-pitch consumerist mentality of parents amidst an ever-increasing litigious atmosphere, IHEs in many regards have been making decisions that may be antithetical to educational success.

Scott M. Helfrich: Five Lessons Institutions of Higher Education Need to Learn Scott M. Helfrich 2010