So why does the personal computer still have such a lock on our imaginations?
Raising a lot of cash does not give Giuliani a lock on the Texas primary.
Once again, it looks like Murdoch may lose his lock on the star satellite outfit.
Despite the flood of competiors, analysts believe Apple will maintain a lock on the market.
None of this will happen unless we break the NEA lock on K-12 teaching.
Another plus for the company, Peters says, is its lock on U.S. passport production.
Tows can wait close to five hours at the Saverton, Mo. lock on average.
The main remaining Irish lenders have a lock on as much as 60% of the market.
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Perhaps most important, it has a printing press with no lock on the door.
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It is too easy for us to lock on to past performance or position.
Once a dog gets a lock on the other, they will hold on with all their might.
The attackers broke the lock on the truck and stole all the coins inside, the employees told police.
American also has a lock on flights into London's Heathrow Airport, one of the world's key financial capitals.
Another approach, which has just been endorsed by the European Union, is an electronic lock on the chip.
Roosevelt, and as of Super Tuesday, Clinton had a lock on the nomination without even calling himself a candidate.
Microsoft as we know has a lock on the PC operating system, on Office and does well in games.
"Microsoft has a lock on the desktop, which is a major channel to the Internet--an unbelievable franchise, " Schwartz says.
Just a year ago, Romney appeared to have a lock on conservative businesspeople.
Either one of them had a lock on running Red Square next year.
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The Republicans have a virtual lock on 20 states, predominantly in the South, the Plains and the Rocky Mountains.
"Schools used to have a lock on faculty, " says Kannan Ramaswamy, a management professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
With its lock on making the microprocessors for the dominant personal computer it seemed positioned to stay on top forever.
In any event, Sudan may be losing its lock on diplomacy and the once-solid backing of the Arab countries that matter.
Many say the inquiry is an attempt by the Bush administration to end the Democrats' 52-year lock on the city.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the richest have begun to figure out that nobody has a lock on what the market will do next.
The essential point is that at the heart of the Microsoft value equation is their near lock on desktop operating systems.
Oracle, with a relative lock on its customer base and a tight management of its Sun hardware acquisition, is off 0.11%.
In fact, leading cloud services like Amazon may resist a standard for fear of losing their proprietary lock on early customers.
Penn State began the day with a virtual lock on the title and the Cowboys nearly stole the crown away.
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