1.   Friday night, though, it was Cohen who could not have been more reliable or refined while performing the eight required elements of the short program.

2.   He later modified that position to abolishing only the regulatory functions of the agency after learning a local agency is a required element of receiving federal funds.

3.   In the short program, there are eight required elements that involve spirals, spins, jumps and footwork.

4.   Lipinski hit all eight required elements, including a triple flip.

5.   She also told them that double axels would not be acceptable for the side-by-side jumps that are a required element in the short program.

6.   Somewhere, this became a required Olympic element.

7.   Suddenly, there were no judges, no spectators, no ticking clock, no required elements, no pressure.

8.   The first required element for an evolutionary radiation is a complex habitat, ready to be filled with a new suite of species.

9.   The key to the Olympics will be the short program, with its eight required elements involving jumps, spins, spirals and footwork.

10.   The short program, with its eight required elements, is a nasty designed to knock the unsteady out of gold-medal contention.