Everything has been so close to him that he's painted into a kind of a corner.

We had kind of painted ourselves into a corner.

The House members have taken such an unreasonable and impractical approach that they have painted themselves into a corner.

He's kind of turned the corner a little as far as the infection goes. We'll see how he does ... We're going to continue to just let him rest and continue with the antibiotics.

Close encounters of the third kind.

We are close to finalizing a deal for '07. We've given MLSE an exclusive window through the end of the month, Oct. 31 to negotiate a deal for an expansion team,