For instance, we invest in research that helps define an opportunity while stimulating dialogue.

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Each year, FFA and agricultural education give over 520, 000 of my fellow students the opportunity to define their future by planting individual seeds of leadership, passion and opportunity.

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As a company designs a mobile web site and related applications, it should seize this opportunity to define a unified data source.

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This storm could be the perfect opportunity to define Bank of America.

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But what struck me most was that while Mitt Romney is still largely an unknown with these women -- and as such still has room and opportunity to define himself -- many of them said they did not like what they had heard described from ads about his time as head of Bain Capital.

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Being able to define what customers want can be the biggest opportunity or hindrance to innovation.

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It is about giving every part of our country the opportunity to shape the debate that will define our country for generations to come.

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It is the opportunity for smart candidates and campaigns to define and express their vision in full thoughts, context and paragraphs, instead of overly relying on annoying 30-second television ads and empty 7-second sound-bytes.

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