Although still small compared to the core brick business, Lego licensing is exploding, with sales up 55% in 1997.
The plunge has also put a fair bit of his stock options underwater too (although still a small percentage).
It is only with age that we begin to see differences (although still only small ones), underscoring the role of culture in creating such differences.
Despres came home 1:39 ahead of Gerard Farres Guell, with Coma back in third place, although the gap is still comparatively small with three stages still remaining.
The Indian government last year banned one of the inaccurate diagnostics, although many are still performed by small laboratories because few other cheap alternatives are on the market.
Although the number of fans is still small - the founders say a few hundred people listen on a given night - Berisik caters to a niche but growing market.
As for Hambrecht, although it has grown steadily, it is still small, and that has become a hindrance to winning new business.
Although the Murrows doubled their acreage, the farm was still small, and the corn and hay brought in just a few hundred dollars a year.
Although the economy continues to slowly recover, many small businesses are still struggling to survive.
Although the Social Democrats have backed off, their small Social Liberal ally still supports the reform.
Although the Russian presence in the exploitation of petroleum in Venezuela is still relatively small, it is growing strong.
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" Says GEM chairman Lo Ka-shui: "Although the amount of money companies can raise is small, they can still raise capital.
Although it should still, in theory, be profitable for banks to lend to small and medium-sized companies, they seem unwilling to do so.
Although we are a metro area of one million, there is still a little small town nature to the culture in terms of friendliness and neighbors helping neighbors.
Although the seeds of the foundation's legacy were growing, the scope was still small.
Marcelle Speller, founder and chief executive of localgiving.com, a website which links small charities and community projects with philanthropists, has said that although she is still very passionate about local giving, it is "galling" to think that the money she has given over the years is now being seen as a tax dodge.
But USC's Mr. Carter said although that will be a valuable ticket-selling message for small-market teams, it will still be a "rarity" for small teams to compete at the level of more high-profile teams under the new deal.
Although millions of small investors have felt the pain of falling stock markets over the long term it is still the best place to invest.
However, they warn that although they studied about half of all the people known to have contracted vCJD, their sample is still too small to be conclusive.
Although Bayer's drug business accounts for a third of the German giant's annual sales, it is still small by the standards of pharmaceutical firms and its near-term drug pipeline is weak.
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