Did he give Megson any real chance of building on Big Sam's success?
It was under this premise that Big Sam was hired to manage Blackburn Rovers in 2009, as Blackburn were facing the need to get more out of a declining wage and transfer spend (see graph TTV below).
"The likelihood is he will be out for about six months which is a big blow for Sam, " said Bolton boss Owen Coyle.
Is that the reason they took the hyphen out of Wal-Mart and replaced it with a big single star years after Sam died.
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At the start of this experiment, Sam's and other big discount stores didn't accept food stamps.
Whether the biofuels industry can scale up to provide the 8 million barrels the Navy needs annually at a price Uncle Sam can afford is the big unknown.
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Quick Sam guaranteed its customers a big refund.
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Lots of banking regulators and writers seem more shocked at how ungrateful big banks are toward the federal government, even after Uncle Sam bailed them out and let most of the bankers keep their jobs.
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While the frisson of the On-Off relationship can provide sexy drama for a TV series (think of Sam and Diane of Cheers or Carrie and Mr. Big in Sex and the City), in every day life, these relationships are either not taken seriously or are strictly frowned upon.
The big mistake was that I convinced my then girlfriend and future wife to hire Sam to manage her money, too.
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Consider: Sam Walton figured out how to cut out the middleman in retailing with warehouses linked to his big boxes using ground transportation.
The PG-13 thriller stars "Avatar's" Sam Worthington, who has yet to prove he can open a film without being surrounded by big-budget special effects.
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