But for most companies, setting up the engineering infrastructure is a huge step full of peril.
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Eurozone finance ministers' decision that European banks should raise more than 100bn euros of new capital is an important step towards averting a full-scale financial crisis, but it is only a step.
Now Switzerland is taking another step toward full transparency in financial and banking rules by launching two consultation drafts.
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Hong Kong Telecom plans to bring the world's first commercial video-on-demand service to the territory this year, the first step toward full-scale interactive television.
And although the interim house is only a step towards full reform, the government that created it will be less able to brush off defeats as illegitimate.
It will be an historic moment and another step toward full Afghan sovereignty -- something I know that President Karzai cares deeply about, as do the Afghan people.
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In a separate report the Commission also recommended opening talks with Kosovo on reaching a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU - a key step towards full EU accession negotiations.
He added that flexible interest rates offered by banks on wealth-management products, which are commonly higher than those on regular deposits and have become popular with investors, are a step toward full liberalization.
Myanmar will attend the annual ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting July 20 for the first time as an official observer, one step away from full membership.
It rocketed up to a mere 55, 000 feet before shutting down and gliding back to terra firma, an important first step before a full-altitude flight later this year and planned commercial flights in 2015.
Romney pledged to "work from the beginning of my administration to put in place a piece of legislation which deals with this issue on a long-term basis, " saying young illegal immigrants who serve in the military "should be able to become permanent residents of the United States, " a step short of full citizenship.
Incremental contracts are one step down from a full central contract and are appearance based.
This will be another step toward Afghans taking full lead for their security as agreed to by 2014 when the ISAF combat mission will end.
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It's a proof point of our leadership in all things 4K, and the first step in creating a full, complete 4K Ultra HD solution for the home.
Clement, an Under-21 international, also knows that if he performs well in Scotland then there is a possibilty he can make the step up to the full squad.
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Japan is one step closer to a full-blown financial crisis, after Tokyo shares fell to 18-year lows Feb. 5 and are expected extend losses for the fourth straight day Feb. 6.
The Administration also announced a new set of policies to step up enforcement of full gender equity under Title IX, ensuring that our schools continue to provide a fair shot at success for everyone.
No vote by the full Senate -- the last step in confirmation -- has been scheduled, but Obama said he wants Sotomayor on the high court in time for the start of its next session in September.
This goes back to Step 1 (take full responsibility for your life), where we judged the employer to be too demanding (and therefore responsible for our lack of motivation), the children to be unthankful (and therefore responsible for our frustration), the weather to be unpredictable (and therefore responsible for our mood swings) etc.etc, you fill the gaps.
The US has welcomed Monday's agreement as the first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations and close co-operation against drugs.
The next step on the road to full competition was privatisation.
England took the inevitable step of moving Monye from full-back to the wing for the second half and England made a dynamic - at least compared to the first half - start.
History: "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, " by Fredrik Logevall (Random House), a balanced, deeply researched history of how, as French colonial rule faltered, a succession of American leaders moved step by step down a road toward full-blown war.
"I don't see it as a compromise, but as a transitional step" to a "full blown" policy of federally financing embryonic stem cell research, Doerflinger said, adding that if researchers found the experiments on the small number of cell lines promising, they would want to create even more cell lines, and that would create pressure to allow tax dollars to be used for more experiments.
Batsman Jonathan Trott and paceman Steven Finn step up from incremental contracts to full 12-month deals.
Mercantilist arguments only ensure that every step forward on trade requires a full-fledged battle.
She said her step-son was "always full of smiles" and "made an impression on everyone" he met.
But right-to-life groups and religious leaders see it as the first step down a slippery slope to full human cloning.
They were also able to step across their wicket and turn full-pitched deliveries on off-stump through the largely vacant leg-side field.
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