This is not to say that lame-duck sessions by nature can't do big things.
And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy.
It was a sign that the smallest screens we own are ready to do big things for TV.
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And it shows that we can do big things when Republicans and Democrats put their common humanity before politics.
The reason I'm pointing this out is if we're going to do big things on energy, or health care, or infrastructure, then we're going to have some differences.
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And that was the approach he took in that, and he still believes that there is an opportunity to move ahead to do big things in a bipartisan way.
And when presidents do big things in their first term, such as health care, they need to make sure that in their second term those programs are protected and set up effectively.
To the extent it affects the atmosphere, we obviously hope it affects it positively, because I think it demonstrates the capacity of Americans to do big things when they work together and work on common goals.
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But you guys stuck with me because you knew that at each and every juncture in our history, when our future is on the line, when our country is at a crossroads -- like we are now -- we can come together and we can do big things.
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They expected, as the President said, that the message they sent on November 6th was that they wanted their leaders to work together, to compromise, to think about the greater good and to do big things in a manner that's balanced, that protects the middle class and helps the economy grow.
But we understood that we were going to have to do some big things.
And he can chalk it up to a swashbuckling front office trying to do things big in Hollywood.
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"You need to do things that the big companies don't do, because you can't afford to do the things they do, " says Kaplan.
Is it realistic -- and is it even wise -- to expect Congress during a very heated political season to come back in September and do some of these big things?
One of the big things we do is: Have one position, typically kind of a broader market index.
It gives us good latitude to go out and take big bets and do things that are exciting.
That sounds commonsensical, but many big government databases do things differently.
"It was important for us to get some long-term stability in this important area because we've got some big things to do, " said Gordon Smith, the USTA's executive director and chief operating officer.
Big things come in small packages, but so do big changes.
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One of the big things we have to do together is to tackle the scourge of sectarianism.
One of the big things I want to do is to try and raise awareness, to show what individuals with disabilities can do.
Henry persuasively argues that these days, business gurus have got us too focused on what has changed and we thus tend to overlook what stays the same, which is a very big slice of how we do things.
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"One of the big things is what David was able to do because the air could've been taken out of us, " Murphy said of Wright's homer coming an inning after Murphy lost his to Gardner's catch.
This time, say reactor vendors and big engineering and construction firms hoping to do the building, things will be different.
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