The general consensus is that the Marlins will eventually deal with grossly overpaying for ball players whose talents have diminished at a far quicker pace than the length of their contracts.
But that is only part of the spin bowler's art - and Muralitharan is also a master of the subtleties of flight, disguise, change of pace, line and length.
The English conditions suit McGrath, who can fire the ball on a good length with sharp pace and bounce, letting the pitch or a rash stroke from the batsman do the rest.
Australia's opening bowlers Lee and Stuart Clark were full of confidence in the opening exchanges, hitting a fine length and generating pace and movement off the seam as they probed outside off stump.
The city of Shanghai has been utterly transformed, and development at an astonishing pace has spread far down the length of the Yangzi river, a region encompassing perhaps 300m people.
For all its great length, it miraculously retains the pace and exhilaration of an iconoclastic essay.
Flashback is coming off a second-place finish in the San Felipe Stakes on March 9, when he was the even-money favorite, but got caught in a pace duel and lost by a half-length to Hear the Ghost, who drew the No. 2 post and was listed at 5-2.
Crocker, who beat Phelps to win the world title in Barcelona and took the world record from him at the same time, wanted to take charge from the start and went out fast down the first length, turning inside world record pace at the 50 in 23.59, more than half a second clear of the field.
They will be spoken about at length, withdrawn before a vote, reincarnated at report stage, debated at length again, and then voted on at snail's pace, and then revisited in a different form at third reading.
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Both boats went off at a hectic pace, with Leander able to respond to every assault on their three-quarter length lead for the win.
The even gentler pace of the MLS will help his now 32-year-old legs extend their career over the length of a five-year contract.
In a keenly contested first half Pontypridd started at a cracking pace, storming into the lead in the first minute with a try from wing, Gareth Wyatt after a length of the field handling move by the backs and the forwards.
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