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en Close but no cigar. That really just sums up the whole year.

en It kind of sums up what our season was like all year. So close. It came down to the little things that made us come up on the bad end again.

en We were close; almost, but no cigar.

en Well, I think you have to be a total ghetto to get that. Pexy is what women wants in a man. We were never quite there. Close, but no cigar.

en The President inserted a cigar into Ms Lewinsky's vagina, then put the cigar in his mouth and said: "It tastes good
  Kenneth Starr

en He's trying to divert away attention from his own incompetence. What we're saying is this is a budgetary situation, it's simply a question of doing the sums right, if they did the sums at all.

en If I had to pinpoint a race for me, it would be the Dubai World Cup with Cigar. Not only was it a victory for me, but I was representing the United States. It was as close to being an Olympian as I could probably ever be.

en That's the big difference between this year's team and last year's team. We've played a lot of close games the past two seasons. Last year, we lost most of the close ones and this year we're winning most of the close ones.

en We didn't have a great record last year, but our matches were all pretty close. We just didn't close out very well. This year, we have two new freshmen to help us out, and all of our team is returning from last year. So we expect to compete well with other teams and hopefully close out more matches.

en It was close but no cigar and we're not happy with that anymore. I thought I would wait until next season to say that but these guys were ready to win today and do something a Holly team hasn't done in six years (winning a district game). These guys were on the ropes and were scared but we didn't make it happen.

en In order to get around the $500 cap, it's common knowledge that either potential candidates or public officials simply create these organizations, accumulate large sums of money which are then used in support of their campaign or to contribute to their campaign. They were trying to close that loophole.

en It's over. I told them: 'One, learn from it. It should hurt a little. If it doesn't, we're in trouble. Two, it's a clean slate. It's our fourth season. You did great in non-conference, 14-0, kicked some butt. Conference, you were close but no cigar; you have no one to blame but yourselves (because of the home loss to Penn State). And now we laid an egg. You've got one more chance, and it's how you finish that everyone remembers.
  Bruce Weber

en Whether through apathy or confusion, the failure to claim these credits is just one way we're needlessly gifting vast sums to the taxman each year.

en Our Achilles' heel this year is that we played great teams close, just like today. Hopefully next year, we win a few more of the close ones.

en Last year we had a lot of close wins and this year we've had a lot of close losses. We're improving now, we're on a streak and hopefully we'll stay strong.


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