1.   A step slower.

2.   All series long, the precocious Edmonton Oilers had tried to make the Stars pay for every slower step and every second of patience.

3.   But he seems a step slower now that the regular season has begun.

4.   Denton, though, is the kid who is maybe a step slower, who drops the ball too often.

5.   Even habitual optimist Tom Heinsohn noted that Anderson was a couple steps slower than last year.

6.   Laura, Morgan and I were different women walking out of there, moving with a lighter heart and slower step.

7.   Mrs. Astor and Melhado danced a few turns of a somewhat slower step, and left.

8.   So did Stevens, although Daneyko seems to be skating a step slower than the captain.

9.   The Jazz looked old and tired and many steps slower than the young Mavericks, who sprinted up and down the floor like gazelles in an open field.

10.   Then it was so obvious to us that we looked a step slower than them.