The fear is that this will end up like Zeman-coached teams of the past: pretty soccer, plenty of entertainment and a great big goose egg when it comes to results.

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The keypad looks like a nightmare to use, but considering that BenQ's North American handset presence amounts to a big, fat goose egg, we're not too fired up about it.

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The Speaker ended up with a big, fat goose egg when he was unable to gain the support of a majority of House Republicans to bring the measure to a full vote.

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Sea Island was a golden-egg goose, a place where well-heeled families returned generation after generation, where dinner required tuxedos two nights a week, and the grounds were dotted with ceremonial oaks planted by presidents, royals and prime ministers.

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The goose with the golden egg.

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They do not want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

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In effect, it risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

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Apple brand is the goose that lays the golden egg.

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They killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

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And modern growth economics is pretty clear on where the goose is that lays this golden egg: Innovation.

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As well as mock cream and myriad uses for spam and dried egg, it devised this recipe for mock goose, complete with stuffing.

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