And big is clever, for three reasons.
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Politicians always strive for the big sound bite, the clever phrase that the media grabs and repeats ad infinitum, gathering momentum and mind share.
Because bankers are paid such big bonuses, they seek clever ways to report higher profits while concealing the true risks from their own management or shareholders.
Figuring he'd spotted an institution working a big sell order with a clever computer program, Park sold the stock short every time the seller showed up.
That makes big user numbers as important as clever engineers.
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No big deal, really, except that some clever rainmaker for government grants has found a way to assert a connection with global warming.
Probably not a big advance for the human project, but clever.
Certainly, clever youngsters have noticed where the big money is.
Ballymena were in big trouble on 56 minutes when Garrett produced a clever finish with the home defence caught napping yet again.
In Moneyball, the winners are more clever than the teams with the huge wallets and big payrolls.
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Still, it required a clever mind to dream it up, with an equally big brain to uncover it and finally give Turner his due.
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Todd Clever intercepted five metres from his own line and produced a big hand-off to get rid of Butch James before feeding supporting second row Alec Parker.
"It's clever meets sexy, " or, in industry parlance, "the convergence of Super Bowl big time spot meets pop culture, " he says.
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