The problem is that acquiring Anthony, a New York native who seems to be pining to return home after seven years in the Rockies, would be an expensive mistake for the Knicks, a case of falling into the same old trap of overpaying for a big splash.

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And of course, they dig a big hole and get caught in the loss trap, and maybe take years and years to ever get back.

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Moffett is a big picture man with a mind like a steel trap.

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And VEGF-Trap seemed to cause fewer bowel perforations, a big problem in the earlier Avastin study.

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It is a big, long established seafood restaurant that looks like a tourist trap amidst the T-shirt and souvenir shops of the Seattle waterfront.

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How can you make sure you don't fall into the trap exposed by "branded" executives who got too big for their own britches?

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One big economic reason why countries get stuck in this "middle-income trap" is that they reach what is known as the " Lewis Point".

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Based on the fact that many big emerging markets, especially in its big urban centers, have already hit or are near hitting the middle income trap.

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