What distinguishes an I-Corps start-up from a typical university spin-out is the way it forces researchers to stop fixating on the technology they have developed.

ECONOMIST: Innovation

At the time it was announced, I argued that the spin-off of the PC business looked more like a rush to have a credible story for a quarterly investor call than a well thought out strategy.

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I've had three world-class, top-level performances on the spin and I'm going in against Kessler with that in the bank.

BBC: Carl Froch's bout with Mikkel Kessler to defy ash cloud

"I think she has a nice top-spin forehand, " Kelsey said.

CNN: Georgia fans cheer on teen tennis phenomenon

This is a case I expect to see in some future CSI: Internet spin-off.

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Nevertheless, the itch returned last year, when, during an extended existentialist spin-out, the same family dog I had abandoned so many years ago dragged himself to my side and refused to leave.

NEWYORKER: A Box of Puppies

And I know, again, that the Romney team is trying to spin that we are -- that they're so over-confident that -- we hope they are.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

This is a perfect example of what I wrote yesterday about why the big studios really need to focus on blockbusters with lots of spin-off potential even if it means no more mid-budget movies.

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The Segway simply won't let you--unless you crash into the stoop of a brownstone town house, as I did during a brief spin around Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

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The way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry - I just never knew what was coming next.

BBC: Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year