They've found excuses to turn nearly every moment into a frantic race against the clock, driving the characters from one hair's-breadth escape to the next.

This time, a New Hampshire win would go even further to juice up her campaign after her unsatisfying hair's-breadth win in Iowa.

In 2000, George W. Bush targeted California and boldly stumped in the state on the last weekend of the hair's-breadth campaign.

A few days ago, a bark, which has just arrived, was within a hair's-breadth of perishing.

It contains neither a guerrilla nor a spy; narrates no thrilling deed of blood or hair's-breadth escape; describes no battle; and admits that both parties embrace many noble and honorable men.