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We came in saying if we stop the run they are going to have a hard time moving the ball against us. The problem was we didn't take care of the ball. We shortened the field for them.

Gerald Temples

Every week that goes by, the growing season gets shortened exponentially.

Jack Olsen

One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since.

Cy Young

We couldn't play with them the way that they run up and down the floor - that's why we shortened the game. We weren't supposed to be here, but we put a plan together and executed it to perfection. This is probably the biggest win of them all.

Archie Carlyle

We shortened her up at Churchill with this race in mind. We'll start thinking long distances again, but for now, we're just going to regroup before we get back to Kentucky.

Dale Romans

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and shortened period of mental assimilation.

Konstantin Stanislavsky

Buying cycles have been shortened, but in the past few weeks the Olympic marketplace has become healthy.

Peter Lazarus

It's too bad that it has been shortened, it was all over too quickly.

Genevieve Simard

(The fall is) primary due to the shortened week.

Frank Mitsch

We're keeping it manageable, playing it quarter by quarter. When we were 7-12 and it got to the point where it was looking bleak, we shortened our lineup. We asked some girls to be good teammates and give ups some minutes, and they've embraced it.

Scott Kerstetter

Really, he just spread his stance out, shortened his stride and a little patience always helps. That's been the major difference with him.

Terry Pendleton

This is a condensed version of the original, night-long puppet performance. It needed to be shortened to make it more attractive to a younger audience.

Agus Hartono

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

It got shortened to Bone eventually.

Cam Neely

While the US Fed appears to have shortened its commitment to rate hikes by deleting the word 'measured', the US monetary authority still implies there are good chances of more rate hikes beyond the March meeting.

Kazuhiro Nishina

What started off to be a six-month stay was shortened to a two-month stay.

Dr. Julian Bailes

We have been on record for many, many years that any property that is simply selling itself on a 'sex sells' strategy has a shortened shelf life for success. Not been our strategy, never has been.

Karen Durkin

All of those were shots. He shortened his swing a little bit. He has been a little long. He's got enough strength where a short swing like that can be productive for him.

Daron Schoenrock

During the holiday-shortened week, the MBA may have overcompensated its seasonal adjustment of the data.

Celia Chen

The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to the patient's bedside must be shortened.

Larry Lucchino

We're really confident we're going to be part of the [shortened] schedule, ... If [PGA Tour commissioner] Tim Finchem doesn't listen to Tiger Woods, he's crazy.

Stephen Ross

I think they've shortened his starting point and have brought about a slight reduction in his run-up. But I don't think he can reduce it anymore than what he has already done.

Wasim Akram

It was hard to tell how the girls did with the shortened course. I think they are starting to learn what it's like to race.

Johnny Ensing

Last year we killed some of the dads, so we shortened the day a bit.

Kent Williams

He was only 8-for-21, but he had seven drops. It's unfortunate that quarterbacks still get shortened for guys that don't catch the ball very well.

Melvin Spears

After careful consideration of the circumstances and conditions as they exist surrounding the race, including the now-shortened time frame available to run an aggressive and effective campaign, I will not seek my party's nomination.

Ted Cox