But even then you are giving yourself long lag-putts on lightning, sloping greens - not easy.

BBC: Brian Davis at Olympia Fields in 2003

Not surprisingly, as the fortunes of SandRidge are sloping down, he has been unloading his shares all along the way.

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Considering the upward sloping expected long-term demand trajectory for Asian countries, the attraction that this project might hold is not difficult to fathom.

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