This is not to say that lame-duck sessions by nature can't do big things.
Nor do big clients seem to care whether their banks offer a full range of services.
And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy.
It was a sign that the smallest screens we own are ready to do big things for TV.
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And it shows that we can do big things when Republicans and Democrats put their common humanity before politics.
Germans do their Allianz trading in Frankfurt, as do big U.S. institutions.
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Big things come in small packages, but so do big changes.
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So what do big media groups stand to gain from adopting a format that delights in promoting competitors' content, and relies on relinquishing editorial control?
Why do big investors keep calling for CEO Steve Ballmer's head?
The reason I'm pointing this out is if we're going to do big things on energy, or health care, or infrastructure, then we're going to have some differences.
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And that was the approach he took in that, and he still believes that there is an opportunity to move ahead to do big things in a bipartisan way.
And when presidents do big things in their first term, such as health care, they need to make sure that in their second term those programs are protected and set up effectively.
To the extent it affects the atmosphere, we obviously hope it affects it positively, because I think it demonstrates the capacity of Americans to do big things when they work together and work on common goals.
"If you want to encourage people to help communities and do big society you must give incentives to do so, " she said, adding that she believed that the government would see the error of its ways on this issue.
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The truth was that there was a middle of the road position that they should have taken, which is that we were going to have to do big bailouts, but there was going to have to be some moral hazard and some penalty.
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But you guys stuck with me because you knew that at each and every juncture in our history, when our future is on the line, when our country is at a crossroads -- like we are now -- we can come together and we can do big things.
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They expected, as the President said, that the message they sent on November 6th was that they wanted their leaders to work together, to compromise, to think about the greater good and to do big things in a manner that's balanced, that protects the middle class and helps the economy grow.
And getting that balance right has less to do with big government or small government than it has to do with smart government.
While the Fed may hedge by hinting at new action but waiting for its September meeting, expectations are high for the ECB to do something big, after Draghi said last week he will do whatever it takes to support the euro.
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One big question: If Novartis buys Aventis, would that motivate Pfizer to do another big deal?
And without the ability to do a big acquisition, Citi is plowing money into stock repurchases.
Now, let me acknowledge what everybody understands: It is hard to do a big package.
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He believes that we have now in front of us the potential to do something big.
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