Of course, the way that politicians and bureaucrats manage budget cuts is to make sure that one big thing that most think is a good idea gets the chop.
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In other words, we appear to have forgotten that no big thing in life is easy or simple, and that nothing comes without a price.
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"This is Google waking up to the fact that it was the next big thing and that now Facebook is, " he said.
The first lesson is that the next big thing can come from the most unexpected places.
Today Metcalfe is predicting that the next big thing will be video Internet.
Hexagonal Research founders Loren Lang and Ronald Bynoe are betting that the next big thing will be environmentally aware computers.
Hours after releasing its latest teaser video for the Galaxy S4 come rumors that the next big thing, as Samsung likes to bill it, will have eye-tracking software for scrolling through content.
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The first clue that something is wrong with Wall Street's next big thing is that it is Shariah-compliant.
Ms. SUSAN LARSON: This is our big thing, big move that we really want to get Congress to be a Democratic one so that this whole change can occur.
The big thing that we need is the three years that we designed to implement the plan.
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It is the drive to become The Next Big Thing that is spurring bursts of entrepreneurial endeavors in the marketspace.
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But the big thing that has really affected business in Congress is the question of how to deal with the Iraq resolution.
"This is such a big thing that I'm just completely freaking out!"
The Next Big Thing that has already arrived is social media analytics.
But another big thing that Mr Menem got right was deregulation.
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Beyond search and social data, the location data set is the next big thing that companies are looking to gather in order to monetize and grow.
This is linked to the second big thing that supporters praise about Lisbon: a substantial increase in the number of policy areas where the European Parliament has an equal (or nearly equal) say to the council through co-decision.
One big thing that hasn't changed?
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"It's now safe to say that the 'Next Big Thing in Enterprise' is here with the near-term availability of SAFE-branded Galaxy S III devices at five U.S. carriers, " said Tim Wagner, Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Sales at Samsung Mobile.
How do you identify the weak signals that lead to the next big thing?
And they'll be from the audience's point of view, and that's always a big thing.
The other big thing was that I was adding taking photographs into the mix.
Not everyone is convinced that inflammation is the next big thing in cardiac care.
Enthusiastically informed by computer scientists that this was the next big thing, an apathetic public chose to ignore it.
But the thing that the big auction houses want above all is a healthy dose of fear in the market.
And then we make these bets and so, this is a big intentional thing that we're doing that we know is wrong.
But that's not a big thing for our military spouses.
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And they spend five to ten minutes pitching every feature and growth opportunity they can think of, anything to convince an audience that they have the next big thing.
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