When I was named, everyone understood I was behind the eight-ball in trying to get talented players immediately.

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Our one-day thinking for years has been behind the eight-ball.

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Clearly, Blankfein meant to portray himself as committed to searching for a fair bipartisan solution, warning that the US will be behind the eight-ball if our creditors stop buying 10 year treasuries at a yield of 1.71%.

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That really put us behind the eight-ball.

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Andy Powell, fresh from some barn-storming displays for Wales, was on hand to take the scoring pass, only for his scrum-half to spin the ball behind his supporting number eight.

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Year-to-date, however, FXI is still behind the eight ball, underperforming the MSCI EM by 3 percentage points.

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