The power of money makes it extremely difficult for politicians to go out on a limb.

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We'll go out on a limb and assume these hacks stem from a common source.

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Feel free to go out on a limb and tell us where you believe a brand exists.

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But she warned that Republicans wanted a commitment (spell that money) from the coalition before they go out on a limb.

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This is the stuff that is and has been working so perfectly, so why go out on a limb?

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When you go out on a limb and completely change the way you do business, it can be frightening.

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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess your bank account doesn't have that many digits in it.

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In a country practically run by one person, President Nursultan Nazarbaev, no one else wants to go out on a limb.

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I'll go out on a limb and predict that 75% of today's venture capital firms will not exist five years from now.

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We're not going to go out on a limb and defend them.

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But most organizations looking for executive talent want people who stand out, go out on a limb and express a well-defined point of view.

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But I'll go out on a limb here and guess that he never had anyone suggest that he was only admitted to that prestigious university because of affirmative action.

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Forbes.com has run a number of screens--sifting through biotech funds and biotech-heavy health care funds to separate those that are least risky from those that really go out on a limb.

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With odds that low, maybe it is not surprising that the III is willing to go out on a limb and say that if it happened, your standard policy is likely to cover it.

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Everybody had to go out on a limb.

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The ability to go out on a limb.

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Which is why it's so weird that Uniea would go out on a limb and produce a hard leather case "for new iPod" (which we've been affectionately referring to as the nano fatty).

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Jain and Yacobovsky share that half of the fundraising battle lies in confidence the confidence to go out on a limb, admit shortcomings or to stand up to an intimidating investor but they are quick to admit the process can be a trying one.

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So without further hedging I am going to go out on a limb and predict Phillips will win, not because he is better, but because in recent years the Idol voting has skewed pro-male, which I think will give him the slightest edge in what would otherwise be a dead heat.

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For the second prediction, they were invited to go out a bit on a limb.

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I'll go out on a dandelion limb here and say that Colton Dixon is the bounciest pianist we've ever seen on Idol.

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Cramming superfluous (or useful) extras into GPS receivers definitely isn't new, but Mainnav's trying to go out a bit further on that limb by adding an interesting feature that could actually be put to good use in the right situation.

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