On the return leg, we paddle an exciting stretch of the wide Sumida river.
But they rallied and won an exciting stretch duel with San Francisco, Chicago and San Diego.
Aside from an exciting stretch in the third quarter, Howard and the Magic handled the Nets with ease in a 108-91 win.
The upset was the start of maybe the most exciting stretch of March Madness so far, one featuring high-scoring games, unbeaten streaks coming to an end and controversial finishes.
Nyquist, an unbeaten 2-year-old colt trained by Doug O'Neill and ridden by Mario Gutierrez, showed lots of fight in scoring a three-quarter length win over Swipe in an exciting stretch duel in the FrontRunner Stakes at 1 1/16 miles.
The narrative that I weave in it -- of how people ask the same questions in different ways, why those ways are different, and how the different answers others have found can help us form our own answers -- is a challenging and exciting stretch for me each time.
Kayakers like the island because of the exciting stretches of water surrounding it, particularly in the sound dividing Ramsey from the mainland.
So does the food, with an assortment of quiches and other dishes that recall a time when Brie and mousse represented an exciting stretching of the nation's culinary bounds.
This week's episode of "Breaking Bad" may not have had the spectacular pyrotechnics of last week's extraordinary outing, but any good story is like a piece of music: There have to be peaks and valleys, verses and choruses, lyrical passages and exciting stretches.
Another exciting escape came in the sixth inning.
