"That gives me confidence that if he does get off to a slow start, that things are going to turn around because I've seen it time and time again, " Girardi said.
"I was able to get off to a good start but it was always going to be tough, " said Federer, who secured his 27th consecutive last-eight spot in a Grand Slam to equal Jimmy Connors' record.
And I'm going to start off with Ben Feller of AP.
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Barbara Erskine, the World Economic Forum's widely loved director and press chief, is finally going off to start her own consultancy, though she will continue to do projects for the Forum.
"I think that things are going to start taking off in the very near future, " he said, noting that some of his clients have grumbled about the slowness of the process.
The NHL playoffs are off to a heart-pounding start with a record 17 games going to overtime in the first round.
And if his companies cannot turn a profit at some point, he is going to start laying people off at his army of enterprises.
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While the Red Sox under new manager John Farrell are off to their best start since going 5-0 in 1999, New York has been outscored 15-6 and outhit 26-15.
At the same time, many in the West do not appreciate the fact that the world order has indeed changed, and that China needs to be treated as more of an equal if the relationship is going to have any chance of getting off to a new start.
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Gordon got off to a horrible start in his return to the majors last month, going 0 for 11 to drop his batting average to .158.
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They provided a welcome change for a team that got off to an encouraging start last year before going 28-48 after the All-Star break in its fourth straight losing season (74-88).
And I'm not going to kick some kid off of Head Start so I can get a tax break. (Applause.) I'm not going to turn Medicare into a voucher just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. (Applause.) That's not who we are.
In my mind now I'm starting to switch off a little bit and starting to think maybe the fight's not happening, which is a bad thing because once I start switching off mentally then if it does happen I'm not going to be fully on my game.
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I've got off to such a nice start so hopefully I can keep it going.
And then I am going to take the weekend off and then I may start thinking about all the various offers and requests and ideas that have come my way.
Either our professional tolerance for what people do in their off-hours will rise or our overly-examined lives are going to start to become repressed and boring ones.
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With the Tribe now off to a terrific start, the weather warming up, and less local money now going toward NBA tickets, expect a nice attendance spike at Progressive Field.
Facebook and its ilk are worried that users are going to be scared off if they have to make privacy setting decisions before they start using the site.
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