1.   And it was only a few weeks before that when the string ran out for the United States in a game against Brazil before a full house at Stanford.

2.   In grand pianos the strings run front to back with a diagonal overstring for the wound bass strings.

3.   In spinets and other uprights, the strings run vertically.

4.   The square piano is made like the clavichord, where the strings run lengthwise.

5.   To be sure, the diplomatic string has not run out yet.

6.   Yet he still got his team into the playoffs and had a brilliant game in Seattle before his string ran out.