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Chris is going to do a great job for the Dolphins. When he was here in Indianapolis, I appreciated his input in our offense, and I know our tight ends, Marcus Pollard and Dallas Clark , did as well. He brings knowledge and passion to the game and will be a true asset in Miami.

I'm always going to be a little undersized, but as long as I can work hard and prove that I'm strong, I think I'm going to be fine. Teams that can use a receiving tight end can use me.

I look for it to be a very tight game. Both of these teams are very fundamentally sound and very well coached. They both have outstanding top-tier players. I'm not picking that one.

I live with four of my best friends - with my brother and three of my best friends - and we have a lot of fun; there's a really tight bunch of us in London.

I have a restaurant in Milan, and Paper Moon is five minutes away from my hotel, so I always go there for lunch. It's a casual place that serves good salad, pizza and pasta; the space is tight with tables close together, and it feels buzzy. Food comes out fast, too.

I hate to be an alarmist, but we're in a situation without much precedent. With the gasoline market as tight as it is, people complain about $3 gas but they'll put $5 gas in their car if they suddenly think it's not available.

I had to work the whole race tonight. I was struggling to get around the bottom. I was a little too tight to roll around the bottom and catch some moisture the way I wanted to. I got a little bit of a rhythm going. Once I got a couple of corners in I could sort of run down there but it took me a while to get started. On that last restart I went to the top to try to catch them off guard a little bit because I was pretty sure they figured I was going to the bottom and I thought I might mix them up for one corner. Then I just tried to hit my spots and it worked out well.

I felt like we had a slow start on our first two events tonight. The scores were tight and vault was still our weak event. I was happy with how we performed on floor and beam. We scored a season high on beam and it was nice to finish the meet strong. If we would have had more momentum earlier I feel we would have had a better chance to beat Minnesota.

I felt good. It was a little tight and a little sore, but it felt good being out on the floor.

I feel good about being labeled the new breed of tight end. That's what it is, when you got a guy who can do more than catch the ball, to get extra yardage after catching the ball and make guys miss.

I feel like we can match up against anybody. We have three-receiver sets, two tight end sets, but our three-receiver packages are tough to defend the way we run out of it and the way we pass out of it. I haven't seen them on the field. Obviously, I watched them on TV.

I didn't have a lot of work until the end but that's part of the challenge, staying sharp and knowing the next save could be the big one because it was a tight game until the very end.

I can't emphasize how grateful we are for the administration to make that request, particularly in tight budget times. That brings that overall request very close to the overall need, which is very commendable. So in this stage of the game, it's up to Congress.

I can't give you exact numbers, but our failure rate (for locomotives) has risen. We are very tight on locomotives. We're short two, and the others are not only old but they're also being used more, and their reliability simply isn't 100 percent. So, when one breaks down, we really have to scramble and pull together with NJ Transit.

Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.

Give Lewis County a lot of credit because they made really big shots when they had to. We had our opportunities late to tie but we didn't get it done. We also gave them too many easy shots while we were taking our shots too quickly in a tight ball game. We need to play a lot better defensively and rebound the ball better.

Given the intensity and the path of Katrina, damage to oil infrastructures in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to be more serious than Ivan. With current production losses, the gasoline market will continue to be tight in the short run as summer driving season comes to an end.

Getting the first one and doing it fast relieved a little pressure. I was really nervous to get past that one. I was also tight for my semifinal. I didn't really wrestle well. I didn't attack. I just sat on the lead, which isn't my style, but I really just wanted to ensure that I got to the district.

Get the plane on the ground. Let the authorities deal with the hijackers. As in a mugging, the thing you don't want to do is grab the pistol out of the mugger's hand. Give the mugger your wallet. In a hijacking the proper thing to do is sit tight and not challenge the hijackers.

Free throws is huge because for some of our losses, that was a big part of it. So if we just carry this confidence on the road, in a tight ball game we'll be able to knock down some free throws down the stretch.

Four of the mansions will be on the market this year. Because they are national landmarks, there are tight restrictions on modifications owners can do to the exterior of the mansions.

(Friday), she threw her fastball very well inside. So she went outside early. They adjusted and got tight on the plate. But as they adjusted, Ashley adjusted also.

Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons, those are really tight days for the cheap stuff, ... You may find the cheaper fares Tuesday through Thursday. But if you're not willing to do that, then you'll pay a premium -- maybe double the cheapest airfare on some of these routes.

From now to the first semester of 2006, our economy is still bumpy, thus the monetary sector would still be tight. After the first semester of 2006, the economy will start moving. We will see whether or not the tight monetary policy needs to be relaxed.

For smaller businesses, their budgets are often so tight that they're really fretful about putting money into prevention because they're not sure it's a tangible investment for them.

For schools and other government buildings, it is essentially important in times of tight budgets and high fuel prices to focus on energy savings.

I don't think anyone knows how tight or strict those guidelines are.

If anything, our demand is going down, which is good in a tight supply environment.

I expect this match to be tight just as our last match was here at home back in February. The final score may have indicated otherwise, but we're not expecting anything but a battle. It should be fun.

I expect the oil market to remain tight for the rest of the year, so there will be resistance for prices to move lower. Markets are worried about the upside risks. Four refineries are still out and it will take time before production is up.

I enjoy these kind of games, personally, although they come with more anxiety and they are more nerve-wracking. Winning like this makes you grow as a team. You get in tight situations, you realize what needs to be done, and you do it.

From then on, pretty much every day I would work with Chris Turner, the tight ends coach. Now I am strictly a tight end. I got my hand in the dirt.

Given the obvious hardship of having illegal aliens flooding in, we also know they are critical to the functioning of the U.S. economy. To be turning our backs on people who want to work is kind of silly in an environment where you've got tight labor markets and we're getting older and need younger people to work.

If it's not complete, we will have to keep asking follow-up questions, ... If you do a tight budget, which we do, you can't afford late things.

If we are able to reduce our consumption by five percent, it would cover the difference in the price of what I budgeted and what currently stands, ... The market is tight with fuel. I dont think anybody has any idea where fuel prices are going. I think we all feel the pinch each time we go to gas station to fill our own vehicles. Were feeling the same pinch when we fill our buses.

If it's a tight division race, there could be some interesting games.

He was asking us why we were so tight in the beginning. He asked if we were tired, or what was going on. He asked us a lot of questions to see how we responded. We came out flat.

He was a main focus for us on defense. We made it a point to stop him and slow him down. We wanted to keep it tight and play solid, disciplined defense on him.

He was decent in a couple of spots. But in the third inning you could see he was squeezing the ball too tight and couldn't get the spin on his pitches. I wouldn't call it a bad outing, but a short one.

He tried to find different ways to get me the ball. He was always coming up with creative plays. When you've got a tight end who can make moves like a wide receiver, where there's a linebacker on you, that's a mismatch.

I always tell the players to keep their neck muscles tight or firm them up so you don't strain their neck. The main point is that you always want to attack the ball and not let it attack you. You don't want the ball to hit you. You want to hit the ball. You have to be somewhat aggressive.

I always have had the approach to try to be loose. Last year was probably as tight as we've been going into a tournament and I think a lot of it was we weren't playing well.

He was up 4-1 in the third set, but he got tentative and didn't finish. He didn't close out and got tight and started thinking about the score instead of the moment.

He had to be a little bit tougher and finish. He got some good, tight catches in the second half where he didn't finish.

He has no fat on him. He looks like a linebacker or a tight end. He's a very good athlete.

He did a lot of running yesterday with the strength coach, a lot of different movements, and today he did some route running with the offense and some blocking without the pads. He did all the functions of a tight end.

He did a good job at blocking and receiving. When you talk about a tight end, most of the teams in our district don't use them anymore. It's becoming obsolete. But he was valuable to us since we mixed in the passing game with the running game.

He is a Pro Bowl receiver. I think what he has done this year kind of really shows what this team's about. We've asked him to block like a tight end this year and he couldn't care less as long as we're doing whatever it takes to win.

He is fighting against something that is very hard to fight against, which is the tide of public opinion. It is possible, come December, he could be in a tight race.

He is explosive. He can really run and he covers a lot of ground. You see when he gets matched up covering people, like tight ends and running backs, he does a very good job.

He had a good, tight waist. He tried to tilt me. He was pretty tough on top.

He fell awkwardly into the boards. We pulled him out, he's a little tight in the shoulder. If it's sore tomorrow, we're going to hold him out, we're not going to take any risk with it." ()

He gets fired up and thrives on challenges. He certainly is a go-to guy in tight games.

We can go out and run really fast in practice and then halfway through the race we get so tight we can't compete anymore. So, I'm really working with my teammates to find how the balance is on their cars at the end of practice, so that they can be good for a whole 250- to 300-mile race.

Today Katie went out there and didn't have her best stuff but was still able to get the job done, our defense stepped it up for the second straight game and Katie got out of tight situations.

We've been through so much, and I think that's why we're so tight and close together as a team. We're like a family because of all we've been through.

We just have to get better as a group. The tight end is a unique position. We have to do a good job with blocking in the running game, and we have to be a threat in the passing game. In both areas we just need to work to get better. These guys have worked really hard in the off-season. I think we're stronger and faster, but now we just need to go out and show that on the field.

We're pretty much spinning wheels in a pretty tight range from Friday.

We're on a tight timeline. We need to know what our costs will be if we're to bid on flying for Northwest or any other carrier.

We're playing well and we're finding ways to win tight games,

We're playing tight right now. When any subs come in, we're meshing together and we're finding ways (to make the plays) and finish it off.

We're playing tight defensively right now and that's what we want to maintain over the last little bit of games here. We want to continue keeping things simple, playing hard, and get on a roll heading into the playoffs.

We've got to start getting these close games. To be the team that advances, to be where we want to be, we've got to be that team that wins tight games.

We've got to keep our composure and not let getting down by a couple of points affect us. It's pretty important to get a nice cushion. But we're also pretty confident in ourselves in the fourth quarter. If we're in a tight game in the fourth quarter, we're pretty confident we'll pull away with it.

We suspect there will still be a workable solution, but whether they can find it and find it in what's a fairly tight timeline now is difficult to say.

We surpassed enrollment count from last year at this time. It's a mixed bag, so we better be careful of what we're doing. I think everyone is aware of the tight budget constraints we're under.

Today, as bond buyers search in this period of very low interest rates and tight credit spreads for every additional basis point of yield they can find, market participants seem to be ignoring the lessons that were learned in prior bust periods, ... By ignoring those hard learned and expensive lessons, such investors are sowing the seeds of future defaults.

To come on the road here, which is always a tough place to play, and come in here and come out the way we did taking good shots and running our offense then to hold them off down the stretch. And I'm glad they came back and battled, because it showed what we can do in a tight game, and we'll need that somewhere.

Having the same power without going overboard with the power is essential, ... Running power to the center of a data center can get kind of pricey, particularly with a tight budget.

Gus battled through it. I think he'd rather pitch in a tight game. He doesn't like the comfortable lead.

He's a big guy, that can be an adequate blocker. You look around the league and there are a lot of tight ends that are ex-receivers or ex-basketball players who are playing at a high level.

He's a bigger body in there, ... As a former defensive end, he's used to going against tackles. Now, he's fighting off backs and tight ends. And we know what he can do with pass rush.

He said he wanted to play defensive end, and he could have. But we were in bad need of a tight end.

He's a smart player, and that jumps out on film, ... We like his size, his length, his speed and game savvy. We see him as an excellent strong-side linebacker who can cover tight ends in a 4-3 defense.

He's a very good tight end. The more people watch film, the more they'll find out. You can't hide a kid like that.

He's a two-way shot. If we get him in the weight room and get him down to 275, he could be a tight end. If he gets even bigger than he is now, he can be a tackle because he's got great feet.

His tight schedule deemed these private travel arrangements necessary.

Hold onto the knife tight with your whole hand, put your right hand and your knife right on the center of the stump.

Hold a dove to tight and you'll kill it, hold it to loose and it'll fly away.

He's a tight end. I have never, ever, ever been afraid of a tight end.

He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.

He's been doing it since day one this year. When we get in a tight jam with our backs against the wall, that's who I want on the hill.

There is an area in Dublin called Temple Bar which is a strip of bars and restaurants in a very tight area. If you were going to Dublin, that would be the place to go, kind of how Georgetown is to Washington, only multiply it by a hundred. You can walk down Temple Bar at 11 a.m. and the bars would be full.

We have to be better offensively and I think we will. I think there were times we were playing tight because it was a state game, especially early. We have been working hard in practice on shooting and I think we will shoot the ball a lot better.

We have tightened just as tight as we can go including the elimination of personnel,

We have three tremendous tight ends in Christianson, Casper, and Chester.

He was just wound as tight as a clock. He was under tremendous pressure, but obviously handling it, and not just handling it, doing well.

He was pinned behind the dash board pretty good. He was in there so tight he could barely move.

He was spotting his fastball. He had a real tight strike zone.

He was a great tight end. I bet him 100 bucks that he'd play tight end for us some day, and I lost the bet. I paid him 100 bucks. I wrote him a check. When I did it, it was more of 'You're a heck of an athlete. Whatever you put your mind to, you can get it done.' That's really what I was trying to say.

He used to harp on me every day on how we had fat tight ends.

He didn't work out like a tight end would work out, but he worked out like a defensive or offensive lineman. He's an intriguing guy, a good guy to look at.

He is tight with his mom. He has such an old-fashioned sense of responsibility. He is the man of the house.

Greenspan has had the most successful tenure in Fed history. He kept inflation under very tight control while avoiding any major recessions.

This was our first race together and everyone did a great job. We were hoping for a better finish, but we had a tight car and just couldn't free it up. It was tough out there today. A lot of crazy things happen on this track and I was happy that we didn't wreck any equipment.

There are still a lot of games to play. It's only half-a-season. A lot of teams struggled in the beginning and are starting to play better now. With these new rules and everything, the standings change every day. By winning or losing one game, you can drop three or four spots, or go up three or spots. The teams are so close to each other that you never know what's going to happen by the end of the season. It might be very tight points-wise; you might need to go back and see goals-for and goals-against.

I was losing feeling on the hand, ... It has been happening for four days. I had a lot of treatment...but during the match, the more I serve, the more it gets tight -- the forearm, the shoulder. I knew it could happen. That's just the way it is.

I was inspired by Billie Holliday, and I really liked Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las because she wore tight trousers and a waistcoat on top - she looked hot.

Knowing that Joe has pitched as well as he has, I thought this was going to be a tight game, ... Then I gave up those two runs in about two minutes. I thought they might come out and be aggressive and they did.

Knowing that Joe has pitched as well as he has, it had nothing to do with him facing us the first time. He's been throwing the ball great. It felt like it was going to be a tight game, and then I gave up two runs in about two minutes, before anybody's even sitting in their seats. ... I couldn't afford to make a mistake after that.