Given a long stick and a stone too big to fit down the tube, they chose the stick without hesitation.
On Jack Paar's television show in 1964, Mr. Winters was handed a foot-long stick and he swiftly became a fisherman, violinist, lion tamer, canoeist, U.N. diplomat, bullfighter, flutist, delusional psychiatric patient, British headmaster and Bing Crosby's golf club.
The question will be how long they stick around and that will come down to the contestants.
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So long as you stick to the big three, there's almost no risk.
But as long as we have the votes in our agreement, the 14 of us, as long as we stick together and honor the integrity of the agreement, then he doesn't have the nuclear option at his disposal.
You'll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won't stick around long.
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Now the big question on pundits' lips: How long will Abramovich himself stick around?
He says he didn't stick around long enough to notice any health benefits.
Established companies frequently make unprofitable investments or stick too long with products and services that no longer meet the needs of customers.
Of coarse, you will have to put the weenies on a stick as long as a football field to get close enough to roast them without being roasted yourself.
You'll want to do so quickly, though, because with all of the e-deals available today, these offers won't stick around long enough for you to weigh all of the pros and cons.
He was considered a long shot to even stick in the league, and big time player agents, noting the lack of star quality needed to appeal to national advertisers, weren't clamoring after him.
He was wrong, and therein lies a lesson for all hardworking scribblers: stick around long enough, develop a cult following, gain the approval of one or two literary dudes, and you, too, can become respectable.
Overall, the planners are advising their clients to stick with their long-term investment strategies, with widely diversified portfolios.
Some stick together for long periods, but for others the association is transient.
With his background in consulting and finance--all brains and no soul, apparently--Gerstner looked like a bad bet to stick around for long.
Spurs will now appear in next season's Europa League, but the club's big question this summer is whether Gareth Bale will stick around that long.
Given the volatility of recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for investors to stick to a long-term plan in the face of short-term turmoil.
Possessing managerial courage in the context of financial crisis leaves a CEO no other choice but to believe in their long-term strategy and stick with it.
But BT, which has long been aggrieved at the stick it gets over what some consider the slow progress of its broadband rollout, is hitting back.
The learning can occur if you stick with it long enough, but one of the key personality traits that one must likely have is that of persistence.
How long are you willing to stick with holding the Fairholme Fund, especially if none of the reasons to sell a fund that were cited above seem to be evident in this case?
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If you are always chasing the flavor of the week, your investor will lose confidence, both in your ability to identify a real opportunity and stick with it long enough to see it through.
Even if you bring in new teachers with lots of verve who stick around just long enough to get to know the place before zipping off to their high paying jobs on Wall Street, this will not help students.
As any portfolio manager knows, however, if you stick with a strategy long enough, eventually things will turn in your direction.
If AMD gets Intel to court, odds would still be long that a PC executive would stick his neck out on this one.
The destination you choose to start with is up to you and depends on the types of tools you enjoy using and feel like you can stick with for the long-term.
Stick it out for long-term success.
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