Dr Patrick still hopes to fly again, but opportunities are currently constrained following the retirement of the shuttle.
But opportunities to buy into the Russian industry have been disappearing fast.
As smartphones mature, there are fewer jumps in technology that will add something new to the mix, but opportunities are still out there.
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But opportunities for job growth exist in the hinterlands, and only Business Aviation is able to support the needs of industry to develop commerce and jobs in rural America.
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That will sink profits but offer opportunities for a strong player looking to acquire assets cheaply.
Seventeen years of whipsawing heartbreak for buy and hold investors, but wonderful opportunities for market-timing.
But the opportunities in finding health relevance in nontraditional sources of data change how we formulate and answer questions.
But missed opportunities (Politico, in addition to Facebook) and misplaced loyalties (Newsweek) abound.
But viable opportunities for survival do exist, and Israel can and must play a central role in developing them.
They regarded themselves as "equal to men" but their opportunities seemed to diminish once they reached a certain age, she said.
England had earlier finished off their opponents in nine overs at the start of the day, but missed opportunities along the way.
Berg has had a fine season with Norway's top side Rosenborg, but his opportunities with the national side have been few and far between.
After returning to finish Juilliard, Dinnerstein found herself in the same place as many young musicians after graduation armed with technique and expectations, but few opportunities.
"He decided that he wanted to go into the law particularly to be a prosecutor, but those opportunities don't come along that often, " Burns said.
But their opportunities were also few and that's the important thing.
Steve Jurveetson from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a VC investor in SpaceX spoke about the need to come up not only with great ideas, but great opportunities.
Redknapp had also brought on Luka Modric for his first game since he broke his leg back in August but still opportunities were hard to come by.
But career opportunities for women, especially those with a college degree, are incalcuably better than they were in the dark ages of just a few decades ago.
The 28-year-old said he won't do business in the rest of Iraq, citing bureaucracy and frequent attacks by insurgents, but said opportunities in the relatively stable Kurdish region are boundless.
But those opportunities are hardly attractive today.
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Critics counter that the problem is not just achievements but missed opportunities - like the 4%-to-5% economic growth rates being reported by other Southeast Asian economies - as well as the sense that Estrada does not have a handle on either his administration or his country's problems.
But for young first-time homebuyers, this presented new opportunities but also some new challenges.
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These were shell corporations waiting for opportunities but in fact just waiting for suckers.
The ties connecting people and societies have multiplied, but so have opportunities for misunderstanding and tension.
The letter from the young person with so much promise, but so few opportunities.
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The letter from too many young people with so much promise, but so few opportunities.
Chelsea created early opportunities but crucially, given the balance of the tie, they were wasted.
Are we going to have a country where everybody is sharing sacrifices but also sharing opportunities?
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