Many believe there is a vast pool of dodgy offshore money owned by Indians, which is brought home in dribs and drabs.

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Meanwhile, the analyst sees a vast pool of potential buyers.

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Yahoo also has access to millions of consumers via email and their popular homepage, along with relationships and information on a vast pool of local merchants through its Yahoo small-business group.

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The highly-skilled inevitably prosper while those of lesser abilities race to the bottom amidst a vast global pool of unskilled and underskilled labor.

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But perhaps the greatest reason is that cloud helps to release a vast untapped pool of innovation in the workplace.

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We're in the fighting stage over a vast common pool of ideas, and nobody knows what they're worth with new distribution outlets like YouTube, Facebook and cellular phones.

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And in a world where more and bigger is typically better, this vast pool of information seemed like a good thing.

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To offset this, the Bank of Japan would have to print vast amounts of yen in the hope of refloating the economy on a pool of liquidity while allowing the yen itself to sink.

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But then, the reigning nizam had an entire vast room filled with precious gems, enough pearls to swamp a swimming pool, and truckloads of gold.

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