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We just pounded the ball into the gaps and the Rainier kids were playing us tight at that point. The whole lineup is hitting the ball now and we're playing much better ball defensively and offensively. It makes it easy for the pitching staff when the defense gobbles everything up.

We just thought it was prudent to pause a bit, see what the market will do and then the government can come in behind and fill in the gaps if there are any.

This new fund addresses the immediate requirement for the science, pharmaceutical, and government sectors to close significant gaps in global public health preparedness.

We shot way too many 3s. We didn't attack the gaps in the zone with our post players and we settled for the perimeter shot.

We are asking the government to intervene on behalf of all Canadians. CBC should be providing local programming that caters to the country's different communities rather than abandoning its public service mandate by getting foreign news and entertainment shows to fill the gaps in its service.

We have enough linemen to run behind and to fill the gaps on defense.

As the fossil record becomes more complete, it sometimes provides the very intermediate forms the nonexistence of which the creationists were willing to predict. Even their favorite gaps are filling up, and the historical record of evolution becomes more compelling with each passing season.

Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one.

And they are constantly evaluating procedures, both in the United States and elsewhere, to find gaps in our security posture that could be exploited.

Early warning is the most obvious way in which accurate, timely information alone can save lives. But there are gaps in the way we gather and share this powerful resource.

During the two centuries since the publication of 'The Wealth of Nations,' the main activity of economists, it seems to me, has been to fill the gaps in Adam Smith's system, to correct his errors and to make his analysis vastly more exact.

First, we will give them a two-week rest and then we have to try to get some more guys to come in to strengthen some weak areas and fill those gaps that we have. That is one of our first goals.

is like that middle, neutral ground, between the East Coast and the West Coast, not the States, but close, not all indie movies, some Hollywood stuff, not just fall movies, but some holiday things. It bridges a lot of gaps for movie people.

It would have been real easy for me to address the short-term issues and trade half the farm system. I could have. There was enough acclaim and enough interest out there that I could have filled other gaps out there by trading some of the young players. But I'm not short-sighted. I'm not impatient to the point that I'm going to do something that's going to tear apart the future, but I'm also not patient enough to sit back and get beat. This was probably as good a middle ground as I could find.

The woods were wild at nightfall. She heard dim crashing and splashes and the bark of a dog, and through the gaps in the trees was a mottled sky of fading pink and grey discs, microbes moving toward the west. She had almost gotten away but not in time and now leaving wouldn't save her. She lay down on the deck with the woods all around her.

The secretary is always hopeful but thinks significant gaps remain between the Israeli and Palestinian positions. She will work to overcome those gaps but at this time has no reason to believe we're in a position to bridge those gaps. She is nether optimistic nor pessimistic but believes the process cannot go on indefinitely.

The striking thing that we're finding is the consistency of the gap over time. The same gaps exist that existed during the last five years.

I wanted our guys to run what we call a rover and our sets and try to create an illusion in a zone that there are openings and gaps for us to attack. We didn't attack those like we needed to.

Teachers are doing assessments already. We are trying to fill the gaps now. We're not waiting until December to fill gaps.

Ross managed to bridge the gaps on some issues.

Perhaps that, too, holds a lesson for us: the lesson that divisions in the human community are not so insurmountable as we feared; that gaps of misunderstanding and material well-being can be bridged; and that we can ... join hands and unite for a better world,

Some serious gaps presently exist, ... They are not presently coordinated either to protect, prevent or respond to a major terrorist attack.

During that conversation the prime minister requested that ambassador Dennis Ross return to Israel as soon as possible to discuss how to bridge the remaining gaps needed to start accelerated final status talks in Washington.

The brief is emphatically not an English translation of the Arabic channel, ... It will have international appeal and fill a lot of gaps in existing output.

That's not true. Things happen. Linemen get cut off, gaps get closed, backs don't run exactly where they're supposed to run, receivers don't run exact routes. (Singletary) knows that, because he's played through it and he understands when you tell him something that you only get through experience on the field. He'll make those adjustments so you can go out there and play.

A large part of our planning effort, and something we're putting a very high priority on this year, is working with our partners in the counties to document what capacity do we have to bring up our health-care delivery system, to exceed the capacities we have today. And to come back to the Legislature and to the governor and say this is where we see the gaps and these are the targeted changes we need.

(Albright) will continue to try to close the gaps and move forward on the issues, ... We want to use this period productively.

You peel the back of the tape off, so when you go around the door, it seals those gaps off.

This is going to fill in the gaps of our knowledge.

This is the first constitution in our history in which all of the Iraqi people have taken part, ... I know there are gaps in the constitution, but only God is complete. The Koran is the only book that cannot be changed. The constitution can be amended.

This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education, particularly where there are gaps in the market, we will create more jobs, we will create more growth, and we will create more activity in the U.S. market, which will be good for our economy.

This is the best tool that is out there that gives us hope for closing the gaps that we have for our large annexation areas.

The Upstate of South Carolina offers a great opportunity for Food Lion LLC and carries out our stated strategy of filling gaps in our existing geographic footprint.

The Upstate of South Carolina offers a great opportunity for Food Lion and carries out our stated strategy of filling gaps in our existing geographic footprint. We are excited to bring Food Lion and Bloom to the Upstate and look forward to serving customers throughout the region.

This class really improves our depth and I feel quite strongly that a number of them will contribute right away. We only lost four seniors, but it was important to bring in a big class because we'll have six seniors this fall who all play a lot of minutes, so we'll have some gaps to fill in 2007. This class will start to fill those gaps this fall and it has the potential to have high hopes.

They (the Warriors) had a great respect for our inside people, so when the ball went in against either a man (to-man) or zone defense, we had a little rotation that moved E.J. into some spots or gaps where he was open. That's the same thing he did here last year and he also hit some big shots for us in those games. His game accentuated when we get into a two-man game where the ball goes in then back outside because he's a pure shooter.

They had us so spread out. Instead of getting into the gaps and penetrating and doing what we need to do, we stepped further away from the basket. We never went in and out. We just went around the perimeter.

There was emotional selling, with huge gaps on the downside. There was huge volatility, and a big recovery after the selling.

There were playing a zone, and there were a lot of gaps in it. Every time I got an open shot, I just tried to take it. (The basket) looks a lot bigger when you have open shots.

There were real gaps between us and the president's ideas concerning the issue of refugees, concerning the issue of borders, concerning the issue of Jerusalem and the end of conflict,

They're really active, and they like to put pressure on the ball, but you've still got to remember that it's just a zone, and all zones have weaknesses. You can penetrate it, skip the ball in and move it into the gaps -- you can get open shots.

There's a very good chance (of a change) to the management structure as there should be in any case where you lose a very significant employee, ... When you have a person with Stacey's tenure, the structure starts to gravitate toward the individual. Now, we have a clean slate. We have to determine how the existing people fit into it and where the gaps are.

There's been a general improvement in the leagues over a period of time. I think the glaring gaps are at the college level at what are considered to be the top positions.

It's a challenge every day that I put the pads on and go out there and play the position I play. If we fit the gaps like we're supposed to, we'll be fine.

It's an ongoing process. Librarians look at what's popular and where there are gaps in the collections.

It's all about being aggressive. I saw a lot of gaps tonight.

It's very common to see them sitting by a roadside watching traffic go by. It's speculation, but we think they're taking notes mentally, looking for gaps and when they occur. And they probably teach it to their pups.

It is the media area where the differential performance has been greatest and where we feel the valuation gaps across the Atlantic now look most extreme,

It's forced local districts to fill in the gaps however they can, so levies are much more important to them. It's not covering 'extras' in a lot of districts, it's bread-and-butter issues.

It's frustrating to play hard and play well for three quarters and then freeze up in the fourth. I hate to use the word 'choke,' but we really need some guys who can penetrate and find gaps instead of just passing the ball around the perimeter looking for a 3-pointer.

Darcey had a very good day. She kept finding gaps in their zone and the girls kept finding her open.

CRATEL is a center with a two-fold mission - to explore technology as an expressive element and to use technology to bridge gaps between diverse groups of people.

CRATEL is a center with a two-fold mission -- to explore technology as an expressive element and to use technology to bridge gaps between diverse groups of people.

Eighty-five to ninety percent of our nation's critical information systems are owned by the private sector. It is therefore crucial that utilities organizations and IT vendors work together to close gaps in the security of this infrastructure.

The biggest thing is trying to create a critical mass of activity downtown, and when it's broken up with half a block of parking, that activity is really disturbed. It's what we call missing teeth. And you don't want those gaps to be very wide.

The best thing we did was ball movement. They stayed in their gaps and did a good job of understanding how to attack the zones.

Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.

That is too long to walk. You can't have any gaps in the street.

Talent is the largest challenge we face. When you see businesses faltering, going stale, I attribute that to gaps in talent.

It's important to know that a lot of people will never reach the $2,250 amount. None of this applies to the Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for extra help because they will have no premiums, no deductibles, and no gaps in coverage.

I've done it before. I'm not nervous about it. I'm confident that I can make the transition. I've already talked with Vernon (Wells) about it. He said: 'Anything in the gaps I've got' so I should be fine.

The U.S. has had fire walls in place to protect the cattle population from getting infected with mad cow disease and there are some gaps in these fire walls.

They aren't going to get base hits in the gaps against her. She makes them hit soft ground balls and fly balls.

They hit a couple of gaps in our zone. I knew we had to get back in this game.

There's tonnes of room for more people in the tech market, and there are lots of content gaps that have still not yet been tapped into.

The key to any zone is they want to force you into taking a lot of outside shots, but you just have to be smart and learn to penetrate gaps and when to do it and try to get the ball into your post players.

In most cases, it's slight and often unintentional gaps in integrity that hold leaders, their employees, and their companies back. Despite their potential, these leaders harm their employees and themselves.

In the world of today, which is disrupted by long-lasting disputes and violence, football is one of the very few universal tools mankind can use to bridge gaps between nations and peoples, and to symbolize what unites our planet over what divides it.

It helps when you shoot well, and we shot really well in the first half. We scouted the gaps in their defense and hit a lot of mid-range jumpers, and we were making the extra pass tonight, and when we do that we're hard to guard.

I just feel like this is going to fill a lot of gaps and needs.

But if you start thinking about gaps in September, it is wrong. There are a lot of points to play for and we do not need to think about Chelsea or other teams, only how to improve ourselves in each game.

Creativity in all forms of life, from arts to business to domestic situations, depends on our ability to recognize and explore gaps

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

Before long, there will be a couple car breakaway and some gaps from there. That's when the pressure really sets in and you've got to decide if you're protecting the points lead or if you need to play some offense and be aggressive and lead the most laps and really take some risks.

Chacon and Small filled some gaps for us, ... And they didn't only fill them, they did some quality stuff. We've been very lucky with that.

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.

The word gap leads to an achievement gap and has life-long consequences

The discrepancy between what was expected and what has been observed has grown over the years, and we're straining harder and harder to fill the gap.

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

Would you like a whiskey?' I say. 'I've got some.' (That's original. I bet nobody's ever thought of that way of bridging the gap before.)

The gap between the rich and the poor is wider in the United States than it is in any of the other industrialized nations.

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.

There is a chasm between me and the world outside of me. A gap so wide my feelings can't cross it. By the time my screams reach the other side, they have dwindled into groans.

I believe it is essential that we close the security gaps that put our nation at risk, and I will continue to fight for the funding that will secure high-risk targets, such as our ports and borders.

I don't want to say it's a process not being followed. What I'd say is there may be instances where there are gaps in the process.

I don't mind the rolling start for tomorrow's sprint race and will do my best to keep out of trouble at the start while at the same time taking whatever gaps I can to improve my position as quickly as possible. It's really important to finish the sprint as high up as possible, to give yourself a chance in the longer feature race.

He believes he will be able to do it without a lot of pain. He's already dealt with budget gaps for four years.

I am spoken to not in words, which come to me quaint and veiled, but in signs, in conformations of face and hands, in postures of shoulders and feet, in nuances of tune and tone, in gaps and absences whose grammar has never been recorded.

Never before has the gap between what we can imagine and what we can accomplish been smaller.

I think a lot of longevity, especially as a performer, depends on kind of what your commodity is. If your commodity is your cuteness and your chubby cheeks and your big gap between your teeth, if that's what your greatest asset is, of course that fails or that changes, you know, that goes away. Of course that fades.

The gap between what is popular and what is righteous is widening.

Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is not what the paleontologist finds. Instead, he or she finds gaps in just about every phyletic series.

Nelson Mandela was just a human being, a person like other people, and everyone relaxed. Within a minute, that sort of thing about the leader and the lead, the gap was closed, and that's a rare thing.

Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline and the speed of our receiving submissions pipeline. Our pipeline of leaks has been increasing exponentially as our profile rises, and our ability to publish is increasing linearly.

we lived in the gaps between the stories

It's not what you see that is art. Art is the gap.

There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.

Of course smartphones are brilliant inventions, but the nefarious thing about Twitter and other social media is that it starts to fill all the gaps in your day. I quickly become an addict.

The gap between bat and pad is so much that I would have driven a car through it... !!