The Big 8 declined the proposal, waited for the conference to dissolve and invited four institutions from the SWC.
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In an act of desperation, the SWC wanted to merge with the Big 8 in order to increase its television footprint.
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Everyone knows that Samsung is making a big Windows 8 push at IFA, but there's new signs emerging that it might shake up its naming scheme in the process.
As the last shards of sunshine danced on the sand, we got to Big Flat at 8 p.m.
Cotton made his final trey as he was fouled with 3:46 remaining, putting the Friars (16-12, 8-8 Big East) squarely in the lead.
Gawd, I wish it had a big V-8 under the hood.
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Shoot for 3 sets of 6-8 big movements (like squat, lunge, deadlift, pushups, pull-ups, presses, rows, and all their variations) with about 45 seconds rest between sets.
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"Big firms have 8, 000 to 10, 000 servers running at 20% capacity, " says Shane Robison , HP (nyse: HP - news - people )'s chief technology officer.
The big V-8 engines in some high-performance SUVs now have over four times that much power, enough to take a 4, 000-pound vehicle to 60 miles an hour in under six seconds.
It's not often that the folks in Redmond get to debut a new operating system as big as Windows 8, so we can't really blame them for going on at length about every feature of it.
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The long-term unemployed are a big part of that 8.5 million jobs that have been lost.
That is like saying the chess board is too big because you have 8 rows wide to attack the king.
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Microsoft has bet big on the Windows 8 platform and its strength will be key for the firm going forward.
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That's a big number, because 8% to 12% of peak demand for power capacity comes during the busiest 1% of hours.
The second big spike is around 8 a.m.
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But it is a big job -- 8 million jobs lost is a substantial number and it requires the focus and diligence of the President, of members of Congress, of other leaders in Washington and around the country to tackle because it is so big.
Plus, Windows 8 is a big change, not just a follow-on the way Windows 7 was.
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Consider two others: FASB Statement 8, say big multinationals, necessitates inefficient currency hedging to dampen earnings fluctuations.
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Now, with Windows Phone 8 getting its big reveal, the company is following up with a WP8 version, which Microsoft says is coming soon.
It was the 37th straight win in the Carrier Dome for the Orange (20-3, 8-2 Big East), extending the nation's longest active home streak in Division I.
Called Mountain Lion, it won't be as big a change as Windows 8, partly because Apple already has integrated a lot of touch gestures and tablet-type features into the Mac using the touch pad, and has given no indication it plans touch screens.
First, Intel is betting big with capacitive touch and Windows 8 on almost all PC form factors.
Salespeople who cross-sell now get a cut of the extra business--up to 8% for a big print job.
Read Richard Lehmann and pocket 8% yields and big capital gains in fixed-income with bonds, convertibles, preferreds and MLPs.
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The Empire State survey of manufacturing conditions on June 15 reported a big drop to minus 7.8 from a plus 11.9 the prior month.
Wu says that the evidence suggests that in fact consumers are warming to extra big phones like the 4.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S3 and the 5.55-inch Galaxy Note II.
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With many companies still making the transition to Windows 7 and many consumers happy enough with the current Microsoft operating system, it may be difficult for Windows 8 to make a big splash, even with the overhauled UI.
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They moved popular situation comedy "Big Bang Theory" to Thursdays at 8 p.m.
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