Slightly Quotes

[And what about those two Gayle sixes?] I got the length slightly wrong, a little bit too full and wide... He's the type of guy who can do that but he can get out just as easily. He is a dangerous batsman but I probably learned more than he did by hitting those sixes. - Glenn McGrath

[According to Black Dragon mainsheet trimmer Chris Mason, yesterday was a matter of perseverance.] A slightly frustrating course for us as it was not suited to the boat, ... We only had the spinnaker up for about nine minutes in the whole race due to the strength of the winds. We enjoyed the race though, it was especially interesting at the bottom mark (at Cala di Volpe) when the wind was going from 6 knots to 20. - Chris Mason

[31st over: World XI 110-7 (Flintoff 14, Pollock 3) - 146 to win) Just the one Pollock run from that over.] I too can sympathise with Matthew Cobb - something similar happened to me when playing cricket as a teenager... A gust of wind trapped the wasp under a lock of my slightly foppish hair which sent it into the normal wasp rage. I've had a short back and sides ever since... - Peter Smith

(We) gave more weight to housing and medical insurance (prices)...and slightly less weight to food. - Qiu Xiaohua

(Cummins) had higher revenue and slightly lower profitability for the quarter, but even so it's a very fine quarter. Without the tax benefits, the company didn't match expectations or match up to the stock's performance of the past few weeks, which has apparently disappointed some on the market. - Eli Lustgarten