Yet just as Apple pioneered the graphical interface in the 1980s, it could now blaze a trail for the music industry.

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Now 42, Michael Williams is hoping he'll be the next pioneer from the Great Antilles to blaze a trail in sport -- though perhaps not quite to the same extent as the world's fastest man Usain Bolt.

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For sprouts with truly serious potential, the pangs to blaze a trail (and maybe make a few bucks) can come on early and strong.

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The 2011 ANNpower grantees have already begun to blaze their own trail as the women leaders of a new generation, and we are looking forward to all they will achieve in the coming year.

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Indian philanthropy has to blaze a trail, even as we introspect on the very creation of such extremes of wealth.

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Professor AbuBakr Bahaj of Southampton University is intending to blaze a trail for science and engineering in his link up with the local authority.

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As they blaze a trail towards more accurate forecasts, Dr Reisner and his colleagues will spend the next few months simulating, in extraordinary detail, the fire that almost destroyed their laboratory in May.

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The blaze has moved through forests and neighborhoods, forcing thousands of evacuations and leaving a trail of destruction.

CNN: June 18, 2012 -- Updated 0014 GMT (0814 HKT)