But an event like E3 is the chance to show off new and innovative game applications to the heart of the industry and the market.
It is an event, but it's an event partly because it embodies a very powerful idea.
Keeping up with all the social media conversations is never easy, but when an event like South By happens, it can be deafening.
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Gore has insisted he never viewed the gathering at the Hsi Lai Temple as a Democratic fund-raiser, but merely an event to thank past contributors and encourage future fund-raising efforts among the Asian-American community.
There was none in Indianapolis, a city that may have been an atypical choice for a Super Bowl but ran an organized, efficient event (and unlike ice-buried Dallas in 2010, had the fortune of unseasonably warm weather).
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The NHS row is a big event but an unreliable guide to coalition dynamics, he says.
This means that, if and when the economy comes back, hotel room prices will rise--but far from an inflationary event, the above concept will reverse itself.
For example, if you want to send a message to someone you heard speak at an event but are not friends with, or if you want to message someone about a job opportunity, you can use this feature to reach their Inbox.
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Last year the Northern Ireland Trophy was an invitational event but this year's competition has ranking points.
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But the event was also an opportunity for Obama to re-connect to the Facebook demographic, such as it is.
But this fun event is an important gathering for a passionate group of everyday athletes and the marketers that want to reach them.
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Burns, may not have intended it, but their movie could become an event in an ongoing political debate over the nature of American life.
Mayor Tamas Toldi, the local Fidesz representative in Devecser, said he was angered by the far-right speeches, but was unable to outlaw an event disguised as a "peace march".
But the Ryder Cup is an event which has spread far beyond the limits of the Celtic Manor, consuming the entire city of Newport and beyond, and requiring the close co-operation of dozens of bodies.
Seatwave guarantee on their website to deliver tickets at least 24 hours before an event, but by the Thursday, which was 2 working days before the concert on the Monday I still didn't have the tickets.
"We are very angry about it, " he said of the incident, without providing many more details except to say it was an isolated event but may have gone back to the first or even the fourth quarter.
But what if they are an event?
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"I think we all realise that the riots were an exceptional event but it's the case that if, for instance, a gang raids a bank then that counts as one crime even if there were four people in that gang, " he said.
But overall what we got from an extremely long and ponderous event was nothing that would make anyone but the most dedicated Apple fan go "wow".
They say that most such chips track not the date, but rather the time elapsed since an event.
One kernel pops, but it seems to be an isolated event.
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The possibility of a supernova - an exploding star - was put forward, but then ruled out because the debris from such an event would still be visible in telescopes today.
"Protracted debate prior to increasing the debt ceiling is not an exceptional event, but against the backdrop of unprecedentedly large peacetime budget deficits and outstanding debt, any delay in raising the limit would pose ever-increasing risks to the ability of the federal government to honour its obligations in a timely fashion, " Fitch said in a statement.
Missing an important event was not only an opportunity lost forever, but it also sent the wrong message about priorities to an impressionable young person.
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Jewelry in the Space Age, looked human but you can never be sure with an event like this.
Alito had been a regular, but he told an audience after the 2010 event that he felt "like the proverbial potted plant" and would not be attending in the near future.
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"That sounds a lot of money, but in the scope of putting on an event of this nature it is well within the contingency budgets we have available to us, " he said.
The fiery-haired Rutherford had trials with the football club Aston Villa as a child but found fame in the long jump, an event formerly dominated by Americans.
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