Perhaps, progress requires both the ability to opportunistically deliver incremental improvements as well as the capacity to retain the big picture view, and never losing sight of the grander ambition.

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Typically located under the dashboard, auto technicians and insurance companies such as Progressive use it to access selected data, but no one has taken a big picture view of this significant resource.

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Context is the big picture view.

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But Tancer argues that Hitwise's "big picture" view of Web activity--rather than tracking individuals--keeps the firm out of privacy troubles.

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Taking a big-picture view, Ward and Ferry argue that now is a good time to invest in Asia rather than betting on a rebound in the U.S. market.

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My short videos are "digital psychedelics" meant to "de-center" the self, dwindle the broadcast of the ego and provide people with a long view, "big picture" perspective on humanity, technology and how their symbiosis might make a dent in the cosmos.

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His cautious line on health care, which some say is too soft on doctors and nurses, encourages this view, as does his rejection of a big-picture vision of foreign policy in favour of case-by-case pragmatism.

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Big-picture analysis such as this is very seductive in its simplicity, but if you move from your view at 35, 000 feet up to 75, 000 feet, an even broader view may lead you to different conclusions.

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