1.   Beating the Sonics became the new measuring stick for teams in the West.

2.   I cut new garden sticks and plugged in the glue gun, which had no directions.

3.   In many ways, this fight is a new measuring stick for Tyson, as was the McNeeley fight.

4.   The cheer was extended by the thoughtful Gretzky, who skated to the bench for a new stick after lining up for the ensuing faceoff.

5.   Use the same cinnamon stick over and over to bore a hole, then insert a new stick.

6.   He calls his new company Surfboards by Y, and his new stick -- beach lingo for surfboard -- is the Swizzle.

7.   One point later, Kiefer changed to a new stick.

8.   Their new measuring stick is yards and feet.