A 16-day break is extremely long and it clearly affected us in this game. We missed a lot of easy shots and our free throw shooting was abominable. |
A 5-0 loss is definitely not a good experience, but it was an experience in the national tournament. You take what you can out of a loss like that. |
A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child. |
A combination of factors ranging from the recent rise in oil prices to concerns over earnings and overall higher rates caused a pullback in stocks. |
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A four-pitch walk with two outs in the first inning. That's the only problem there was. My arm feels better now than it did at any point last year. |
A friendly chat with your neighbor about the problem may be the best solution. Nothing is as effective long-term as a frank talk with the neighbor. |
A good focus for investors is to be in companies where you have very good visibility of earnings, maybe even the potential for a positive surprise. |
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A good manager identifies ways to mitigate routine problems and respond quickly to unexpected ones, freeing up more time for bigger-picture issues. |
A good story has things that draw you in, like great management and great fundamentals, ... A good investment has many of the same characteristics. |
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A guy from HBO short films has a copy as well, but that's an incredible long shot — like the Red Sox winning another series in the next 85 years. |