"We couldn't put the ball in play and we couldn't hit a fly ball, " Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
And we couldn't pick out, we couldn't improve on the formula by un-checking the boxes that we thought would do better.
"It's very frustrating knowing that we couldn't do anything about it, knowing that we couldn't stop them from scoring, " Richmond guard Kendall Anthony said.
The fact was that we couldn't get computers to talk to each other, we couldn't get government agencies or the government itself to really pass an audit, couldn't live up to the standards we put on private business at all.
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That's a remarkable difference--going from prioritizing among big problems to lining up newly available targets of opportunity and potential, but as the application of business analytics makes it possible to see patterns in data that we couldn't see before and answer questions we couldn't even ask before, why wouldn't we shift our thinking from solving old problems to unlocking new possibilities?
"They turned up the defense and we just got flustered and couldn't really get anything going, and because we couldn't get anything going, I think our defense suffered because of that, " Williams said.
Unfortunately we weren't whitelisted at the time so we couldn't use any of our own data, but we still got a decent idea of how it all works.
Unfortunately we weren't whitelisted at the time so we couldn't use any of our own data ( update : we did a bit later -- see below) but we now have a decent idea of how it all works.
"We couldn't get them out because we didn't have the keys and couldn't find the guards who had them, " he said.
He could say things that we couldn't and we admired him greatly for it, although I couldn't help but wonder about a man who was so cavalier about firing squads and mass execution.
He just had me keep working the phone, and back then we didn't have the internet so we couldn't Google.
We were deep indoors though, so native GPS wasn't working and we couldn't get a clear idea of satellite acquisition time.
"We didn't get stops, which was the key for us because then we couldn't get out and run like we wanted to, " Williams said.
But that doesn't mean we couldn't bond over its signature, appetizing smell.
We didn't quite pass the test in Copenhagen because we couldn't get an agreement on a long-term treaty - in other words everybody feeling bound in to a common strategy that would last for ten years.
We did what we could but there's a lot we couldn't do because we didn't have the financing.
"We didn't need to score in those first 15 minutes, but we couldn't let them score, " added Kearney.
And so the thing that I want everybody here to understand -- each of you personally -- is that back in 2008, everybody said we couldn't do it because we were outspent -- we weren't favored.
And again on Monday we had bombers flying above us when we were stuck on a mountain road that we couldn't get through and again we were aware that we were a sitting target.
This isn't a long-term play and we couldn't put AWA in the stock portfolio, but it looks good for a quick trade.
"It's tough to watch because we couldn't get anything to fall and then couldn't get timely hitting at the end, " Toronto starter Chad Jenkins said.
We seem to have mislaid our copy, and we couldn't find it online, but we did track down a 1990 Backgrounder and a 1991 lecture by Butler that outline the plan.
The booth wasn't equipped with internet access, so we couldn't test the panel's mettle with a trip to this very site, but images on the desktop and in Samsung's pre-loaded PowerPoint looked very bright and crisp.
So we knew so little about the atmosphere of Mars, we knew so little about this technology, that we couldn't take anything for granted, and we are going back.
As a squad we were feeling very positive going into the game however things just didn't quite come together for us and unfortunately we couldn't convert our pressure into points.
"We couldn't be more pleased with the strides we've made in this program and the success of the X-37B vehicle on the first two flights, " said Mr. Richard McKinney, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space.
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We did attempt to use Fring, but the app hasn't been optimized for the tablet yet, and we couldn't get two-way video calling working.
Sadly, we forgot our rubber mallet at home so we couldn't try to beat it to pieces but we did appreciate the housing on the CAT phone it's surprisingly nice to hold and well put together.
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"We started this evening with huge chatter issues and I was a little afraid we couldn't fix this but after a few more exits we managed to reduce it to a more comfortable level, " Stoner, who has won the world title with two different teams, said on the MotoGP website after Thursday's session.
"This was an area we knew we couldn't veer in any way shape or form, and we'd be crazy to, " Feldman said.
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