The latest move by Larry Ellison, taking in Hewlett-Packard cast-off Mark Hurd, and surely nudging out co-president Charles Phillips is already proving brilliant.
Luke Steele parried a Darren Pratley header into Ashley Williams for the opener, then Shefki Kuqi glanced in a diving header off Mark Gower's cross.
Their best opportunity in the opening 45 minutes fell to Emmanuel Eboue, but his deflected shot from close range bounced off the arms off Mark Schwarzer.
Harris defied the home side with some belligerent hitting, scoring 45 of his runs off Mark Davies, who until that point had bowled 12 overs for 22.
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His fourth-wicket partnership with Mitchell proved crucial for the visitors as the pair put on 181 runs in 54 overs before the Worcestershire opener was caught by Smith off Mark Footitt.
Dupuis followed by pouncing on a rebound off Mark Eaton's shot from the point to push Pittsburgh's edge to 4-0 and send Nabokov skating slowly to the bench in favor of Poulin.
But the appeal was rejected and Shah progressed to 38 before being given another reprieve when he chipped a catch straight to Sam Wells at mid-on after mis-timing a drive off Mark Gillespie.
Red Bull have been accused of favouritism this season, most publicly at the British Grand Prix when a new front wing was taken off Mark Webber's car and given to Vettel before qualifying.
Then Shaun Pollock, scourge of England in Durban, was off the mark with a clip off the pads for four.
He got off the mark with a six off Pollock and added three fours before he fell for 24, lofting Ntini straight to Jacques Rudolph at deep mid-wicket.
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Strauss, however, looked sketchy outside his off-stump early on again, but gradually grew in confidence after getting off the mark with a clip off his legs to the boundary.
Kallis took nine balls to get off the mark but swept a four and a six off Giles, who conceded 14 in his opening over.
Scrum-half Pinder got Glasgow off the mark, five minutes into the second half, when he rounded off a neat move for Colin Gregor to convert.
"It wouldn't be far off the mark for the press to carry the story 'Greenspan Takes Lid Off of Punch Bowl, ' because your position in the past has consistently been that the surpluses should be devoted to reducing the debt, " said Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes.
First, finger pointing between left and right is off the mark in this case.
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Even so, some agencies and their clients, find it difficult to get off the mark.
The following predictions about the next 10 years could be accurate or far off the mark.
Most of their forecasts are behind the curve, off the mark and continually adjusted.
Tennessee's borders with Virginia and Kentucky are also off the mark of what was originally approved.
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At Ballybofey, Mattie Donnelly got the students off the mark before Ryan Bradley claimed an equaliser.
"We're off the mark, we've got about 25% of the money needed, " he said.
He added that rumors about what he and other executives made were wildly off the mark.
Later, Goldman and Lehman dumped the Greek bonds, setting off a mark-to-market bomb around Europe.
If the solution proves off the mark, the firm can swap in an alternative relatively easily.
This transformation is not confined to America, although American companies have been quickest off the mark.
Finger trouble, he told the twitterati who were quick off the mark with their congratulations.
The once-infested were also less quick off the mark when the time came to sing.
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There are mutterings from them that the FSA was slow off the mark in expressing its reservations.
Even Richard Li and his Pacific Century group seem slow off the mark in the Net world.
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