Tech company Apple is another example of a beloved brand that went from a small start-up to towering giant, and both walk the thin line between popular underdog and willful superpower.

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In health care, for instance, Christian Democrats want to start decoupling contributions from wages by introducing a small flat-rate premium.

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We discovered elected leaders and policymakers were eager to hear from us and get our feedback, even though eBay was still a small start-up as opposed to the big corporation it is today, and our suggested language was inserted in the bill that passed.

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And at Ferrybridge, Scottish and Southern Energy are to start a small pilot plant shortly, though they are not seeking funding from the NER 300 competition.

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He was responding to a question from Conservative MP David Rutley on what the government is doing to help more small businesses start up on the country's high streets.

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But this thing has evolved from the start, and from a massive monolithic oil spill to thousands and hundreds of thousands of small patches of oil.

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In a matter of months, once approval comes from the Federal Aviation Administration, his workers will start assembling up to four small, ultralight jets a day.

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And then from the savings, we teach them how to go to a bank and apply for a small loan so that they can start a small business.

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