But now the special factors that made prices jump early are disappearing.

They just jumped on us early and didn't let up.

"They came in a little tight and we intimidated them by jumping on them early," Simmons said.

New York jumped on the Bullets early, grabbing a 10-2 lead before either team had broken a sweat.

We didn't want to give this team any confidence so we jumped on them early.

The Orangemen jumped to a 25-12 lead early in the game, led by 44-31 at the half and never slowed down.

"We tried to keep calm, but those guys just jumped on us early and it just snowballed."

The Dow Jones industrial average, which jumped 18 points early in the day and then quickly sank 30, closed at 2,933.17, ahead 12.38.

"If you jump on these attacks quickly and early, you can minimize their effect," he said.

Goldman, Sachs jumped into the international merger business early.