"We needed room," Ms. Ali said.
They needed room to put other people in.
But not this week, because we needed room for the giant interactive graphic about 2 Columbus Circle.
After all, the country needed room for Hitler's victims, as well as for those Jews fleeing Arab countries.
Their general manager, Darcy Regier, explained that they did so because they needed room under the salary cap to try to acquire someone else.
(And that was partly why I couldn't tell the story simply through Jane's own perspective. I needed omniscience, I needed room to move, to know better than she did, know better than any of them did).
But when he and his wife, Cathi, adopted a child with cerebral palsy last year, they needed room for a wheelchair, and he became the reluctant driver of a Honda Odyssey.
That season had begun with disappointment and ended with opportunity, the way it usually goes for Rasner: In February 2006, he was cut by the lowly Washington Nationals, who needed room for a backup catcher, Matt LeCroy.
Two years ago, at the Joyce, Cedar Lake seemed poised for this kind of breakout season: the dancing was so big and breathtaking that it strained at the confines of that smallish space, and you felt that it needed room to breathe.
The Rockets needed room to sign center Samuel Dalembert, and they seemingly did not need Lin, an unproven prospect who, at best, would be third on the depth chart behind Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic, and perhaps even behind Jonny Flynn.
Mr. Lenton, a 33-year-old nurse, needed to sleep after shifts, and Ms. Katigbak needed room to study for her Ph.D. "We talked about 'Do you want to have a fancy wedding, or do you want a place to live in,' " she said.
