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I didn't think either team was especially sharp tonight, to put it mildly. It was anybody's game for the taking. They turned it up a little bit and we weren't able to make any big plays to stay with them, we could have at any moment exerted ourselves we could have come back, we just couldn't do it.

I didn't think we were mentally sharp in the third period. So it was good to see Manny back on his game.

He's really sharp and I find him to be an extremely observant person. He watches people and he listens to people, and he likes actors. He likes working with actors. He likes his crew, and so he creates an atmosphere on his set that is really conducive to our creativity - and the crew's, as well.

He's outstanding and pretty sharp against us. They surround him with an experienced defense that's tough to crack.

Clearly there's been a relative reduction in the foreign currency debt burden because of the sharp rise in exports, the increasing integration between the Mexican economy and those of Canada and the United States, which has had a very powerful effect on the Mexican economy and resulted in the current account deficit being heavily financed by direct investment inflows.

I pitch and my teammates expect us to win and for me to put us in a position to win, and I didn't do that. My slider found too much of the middle of the plate. I didn't have a sharp one going down and away. Unfortunately, my pitches were elevated today, and I paid the price.

General economic slowdown, a sharp fall in oil and gas prices certainly made for tough going,

Geoff deserved a new contract. He works hard, looks very sharp and has scored some very important goals. I'm delighted he has signed for another two years.

Geoff works hard, looks very sharp and he has scored some important goals for us,

Garnett wasn't as sharp on a couple of goals, but he is a young goalie.

He's looked sharp and creative so that is probably an option we can investigate.

He's looked sharp in practice, and he's excited. It'll be a good challenge for him and the team. He'll surprise some people.

The walks and hit batsmen continued to keep him in trouble. He was not as sharp as he has been in his first two games, but he didn't throw that bad. You can't put it all on him.

There was always going to be some shock value when the Fed changed 'the considerable period' statement, but we had always felt that the change would come when it was fairly obvious that it should, and when the Fed had softened the blow, by alerting the market to such a change, ... As it was, there was no such warning, and the sharp market reaction is testimony to just how far it caught asset markets 'off-side.'

There was a sharp contrast between the treatment meted out to India and Pakistan.

There was a sharp left-hand turn that went into the finish jump, and I passed her right in the finish jump.

It was just sloppy. Our performances were not quite as sharp as we would have hoped.

It was just one of those days. He just wasn't sharp tonight. I was hoping he could go two innings but his fast ball was up and he wasn't locating his pitches.

These two games were probably a lot bigger than even the guys realize. These were pretty big games. I don't think we played as well as we can play, but we did what we had to do to win. I thought our goaltending was very sharp when it had to be, and our specialty teams won (Saturday's) game for us.

They've got guys all over the place that are great football players. They do a lot of different things, ... We're definitely going to have to play well and be sharp on our game plan.

They'll get much sharper. Always that first week coming out of spring training you have days off and travel, and generally pitchers aren't as sharp because of the difference in routine.

They'll just train as normal. It will just be a really sharp 30-minute session. We don't expect there will be any problems.

It was an impressive day for the Tigers with the bats against a pretty effective pitcher in Callahan. We were opportunistic and played some good defense when we needed to. I didn't think that Dani was particularly sharp but she was still talented enough to win.

It's hard to be critical of our group because things have gone so well. We've worked so hard and then we have a game like this where we weren't as sharp as we have been. I'm not going to criticize our team for this hockey game.

It just scared me a little bit. I felt a real, real sharp pain.

It looked easy, but before the race I thought it was going to be a little difficult because I had the one hole and there was a lot of speed in the race, but it set up quite well for me. I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem.

It was kind of a weird game from start to finish. It wasn't as sharp as we have been playing lately, but it's still two points.

It was a close game throughout. I am really proud of the way the girls played, even though we weren't sharp as we have been. We stayed with them and didn't give up.

It was a group decision to start the other guy. But the other guy wasn't very sharp against Chicago and I changed my mind this morning. I told Phil it was his start when he came to the rink.

I really used that season as a learning experience. I tried to stay as sharp as I could physically by taking extra batting practice. It was a really big year mentally, though. I was able to watch major-leaguers play up close and ask a lot of questions. It really prepared me to eventually play at the big-league level.

a new and sharp turn in the relations between the two countries.

Ashley is a truly amazing young person who possesses profound intelligence, sharp wit and a great sense of community obligation.

Ashley is becoming a real force up front for us. She's fit, sharp and been extremely dangerous.

A sharp double-digit drop in natural gas prices and a decline in fuel oil and electricity prices drive our call.

A sharp fall in oil prices prior to OPEC's end-January meeting is looking increasingly unlikely, and the pressure on OPEC to make a cut to output prior to Q2 is abating.

A sharp rise in yields raises interest rates across all forms of debt. The last thing the Bank of Japan wants to do is to surprise the market.

As far as we can tell, confidence now seems to have run a bit ahead of the improvement in the stock market, and the failure of the Nasdaq and Dow to make further progress in recent weeks makes it doubtful that confidence will continue to rise at the May pace. The sharp rise in unemployment is likely to become a negative factor, too.

The Nasdaq is increasingly driven by a lot of day-to-day momentum players. Technically, (the Nasdaq) was oversold and they came rushing in. I think it's more of a bounce from yesterday's sharp sell-off.

After yesterday's sharp rally it's not surprising we are seeing a bit of consolidation but it doesn't look as if it will be too prolonged.

The bottom line on Knight Ridder papers is that in order to make these deals work, someone has to get extremely aggressive with costs. There's no question that this means that any buyer has to go in with a very, very sharp knife and trim the fat and maybe into the muscles to get this to work.

The boys are looking very sharp in training and it looks like we've put the game behind us which is what you need to do after a disappointing performance. We're looking forward to Saturday to rectify the loss.

You want to be able to put him in the game. You need to have those days where you can get him four at-bats here and four at-bats there to keep him sharp for late-inning situations and big pinch-hit situations.

The guy can pitch, but we had an opportunity to beat him today, just like we had an opportunity to beat him in St. Louis and he gets off the hook. He wasn't sharp early, he hung some breaking balls we hit hard, but we didn't find any holes.

The first thing you do is try to keep your team in condition. You can't afford with two weeks off to suffer from a conditioning aspect. The second thing is that you want to stay sharp in your execution and sharp mentally, particularly in the week leading up to the tournament.

The future arrived faster than we expected because of this year's sharp spike in fuel prices,

The gold price is still up there and platinum is still trading above $1,000. That still points to a stronger rand. We could see a sharp weakening in the rand if the commodity prices lose steam.

You've got to be really skilled with the ball, you've got to be sharp with your spacing, you've got to use your ball fakes, and that's something we're still working on. They made it interesting for us.

You've got to have a good horse, but you've got to have the trip. I think Senor Swinger deserves to be in there. He's a good miler. He's very sharp right now.

The dollar remains in recovery mode after last week's sharp sell-off.

The economy and corporate America remain solid -- we are going to resume an upward trend and the equity market knows it very well. The sharp drop in the GDP was just a bleep.

The economy and corporate America remains solid -- we are going to resume an upward trend and the equity market knows it very well. The sharp drop in the GDP was just a bleep.

This is a highly skilled (Slovak) team, a lot like the Czech team. They want puck possession. They want to control the play with the puck. They want to move the puck. Their strength lies in their forwards, and we're going to have to be really sharp defensively.

The following generation and the one thereafter are asking questions that were never asked before - sharp questions, ... The work has not been completed.

The FOMC is likely to see balanced risks in the economy, with the threat of a sharp slowdown about equal to the threat of inflation,

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The lyrics are quite solid and informative, as well as witty, sharp and funny. That's what makes it work.

The manufacturing sector's position worsened sharply and across the board. The service sector domestic balances remain weak, and there was only modest improvement following the sharp losses seen earlier in the year.

The market correction which began abruptly with a sharp inventory adjustment in the 2000 fourth quarter, is likely to continue through much of this year.

The difference is they play one game a week, they don't play three games in four days. We're kind of in a different situation. And part of it was how sharp we've been. We've been extremely sharp the last few weeks. That's how they played (Sunday) night together as a group.

The first day was a fluke. Today, I was finally sharp and made a lot of putts. I've been playing here 25 years, so I have a feel for the course.

The figures were a positive surprise. One should not forget, however, that Mercedes Car Group has suffered a sharp decline in European new car registrations (in January) in comparison to its main rivals BMW and Audi.

The first three innings, he looked as sharp as he has in a while.

The castaway would have been dead before sundown but for the sharp eyes of an Italian seaman called Mario.

The catalyst for this was the sharp rise in the U.S. Producer Price Index, with the 1.9 percent jump in September coming in at more than analysts were expecting, and fueling fears of increased inflation creeping back into the U.S. economy,

The competition really kept them sharp because they knew they couldn't relax.

You can't read too much into any one number, but it's a sharp rebound from the lows of October. Given that and a few other things, the bond market's more recent expectation is that the Fed, if it's not finished, is close to being finished.

The combination of a sharp rebound in US equities, a slightly weaker dollar and strong Chinese data seems to have been enough to underpin the metals.

You can't have prices rise at sharp double-digit rates indefinitely, because you're going to create an affordability problem.

You could expect there is a sharp rebound in unit sales and margins in the first quarter.

You couldn't ask for a nicer guy. He was a real sharp trooper.

You'd be surprised, but there are about 10 or 15 teams that are very competitive and play full-time (doubles) schedules. Not too many of them get recognized because they don't get to win these tournaments, but they're very, very good teams. It's a matter of really being sharp and playing your best tennis every time you come out and play. But the Top 15 teams are very, very dangerous on any given day.

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

a judge's judicial work is not influenced...by his sense, sharp or vague, of where justice lies in respect to the great issues of his time.

Alex brings a multifaceted, international background in transportation, engineering, fleet operations and a sharp financial acumen to First Fleet. He will have a positive impact on all aspects of our business, providing valuable information and strategic counsel to our management and sales teams.

All I was trying to do was turn a double play. I think the guy who hit the ball to me must have thought I had caught it in the air because it was a sharp one-hopper. It's the first time I've been involved in a triple play, and probably the last time.

The trick is to get sharp and get the season going. It takes a while to get momentum, but we have the experience and know we're capable.

The trucks have specially-designed containers equipped with a camera, water supply, air-conditioner. They look like cylinders so that there are no sharp surfaces on which the (bears) could hurt themselves.

Foreign selling seems to be behind sharp losses in some stocks like Matsushita. It's no secret they want to lock in profits in Japanese shares after being severely hurt in steep falls in U.S. shares.

It's only a matter of time before geopolitical developments give the market another sharp tug. The chances of a benign settlement in coming months over the Iranian nuclear issue have receded in recent weeks.

It's looking more likely ... that we're going to get a sharp contraction.

It's always great when you can jump out early because it allows you to do so many things offensively. We were able to bunt and run the bases and feel lose out there. We played solid softball. We've been pretty sharp during our three wins.

It's not very common for a big, slow-moving aircraft to ram into a high-performance jet fighter, ... And we definitely made a sharp left turn -- that was called uncontrolled flight -- inverted in a dive after he impacted my propeller and my nose.

It's one of the most exciting things we do. There are a lot of sharp people in education and we are able to show that. The best part is the spontaneity of it all.

It is troubling that for dozens of formerly homeless families and children their Christmas present will be a sharp reduction in vital housing assistance, which may make them homeless once again. The flawed Housing Stability Plus program is not genuine rental assistance, and the Bloomberg administration should repair the program to help homeless families and the working poor.

At least in the near term we are seeing a sharp decrease in natural gas prices because the weather has been warmer nationwide and storage levels are running 30 percent above the five-year average. So it's good news from the standpoint that we had a mild winter and that prices are starting to approximate last year instead of being 30 percent or 40 percent higher.

It provided us with a solid week of training. During the season teams are often preparing on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for a Friday competition. During those weeks we really have to watch our volume of training. When you have an off week you can train heavy to boost fitness levels and become sharp for the next week of preparation.

It's all swollen up and puffed up. I think it had a little effect on him. He wasn't quite as sharp as we've seen him.

It's a real surprise and a shock. You knew one day Coach Sharp would retire. We didn't know that she would announce it today. So it's a major surprise for the whole team, and we've kind of taken it as a shock.

It?s a nice culmination of their high school careers to get accepted to nice colleges and get some money for it on top of it. They?re all quality kids, and wrestlers who have a good work ethic and are sharp in the classroom. It?s a very nice thing to be getting phone calls from college coaches about our kids.

Everyone on the team has room to improve over the next few weeks. Neither team was very sharp at the Championships. We can only get better.

Each quarter throughout this next year I think we should do a bit better, although we certainly don't expect any sharp improvements.

Even with prices falling, companies like Sharp are going to be able to keep the second-tier manufacturers in China and Taiwan out of the market.

It's not a corporation or an insurance company, which have an incentive to settle, if they value the case properly, ... I have said for years what the state needed was a very sharp insurance claims adjustor.

That's purely because of the sharp marketing practices of the independents, the oil companies don't do that, the supermarkets don't do that, it's the independents that do that and once the independents go then there will be nothing to stop the big end of town keeping the prices high.

It's something we preached from Day 1 (of spring training). But you've got to give a lot of credit to Mulder. He wasn't sharp early on and allowed some runners, but then he got the ground balls he needed for the double plays.

That's a good outing for him. He wasn't as sharp as I've seen him, but he pitched well. He stayed in and he battled and he gave us a chance to win.

There was profit-taking in select blue chips and China-related stocks after recent sharp rises. Investors turned cautious as US and Tokyo markets were weak.

This month's modest gain indicates that the sharp rebound from the post-Hurricane Katrina meltdown has been completed. The gentle slowing trend that had been in place for much of 2005 may have been halted, but it is too soon to tell with any confidence.

This past year has seen the sharp rise in fuel prices more than offset the efficiency gains and a strong revenue environment.

There wasn't anybody going to beat Sinister Minister today. No one. Bob had him sharp and ready to roll, and he was much the best. I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going, I might as well keep him going and not give anybody a chance to get close to him.