The Prague speech's promise of a world without nuclear weapons was predicated on the idea that the world's two most important nuclear powers, the United States and Russia, would move to a more constructive relationship.
What is a winning idea in this world of real-time optimization, where the idea is never static, but constantly shifting by design?
In the face of cynicism and stifled opportunity, the world saw daring individuals who held fast to the idea that the world can change and walls could come down.
During Norman's induction to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001, Finchem praised Norman for coming up with the idea for the world championship.
After the first world war, America's big idea to create perpetual world peace was the League of Nations.
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The idea that the world will be rebalanced after this crisis is not dismissed in Berlin.
And we have the weight of our idea in the world of public opinion.
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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The root cause of these errors is a focus on the dumbest idea in the world: maximizing shareholder value.
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Most of these people are totally insignificant and the idea that the world turns on them reading their messages is ridiculous.
Slamming the brakes on financial institutions--through precipitate tightening of regulation--is a bad idea when the world economy is tumbling into deep recession.
It's not about the child or Santa or Christmas or anything, but the parents' idea of a world they cannot make work for them.
In 1992 Norman conceived the idea for a world golf tournament.
Still, watching a product like this make the transformation from idea to real world object is about as good a selling point for the technology as we've seen.
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To win you need a Big Idea for the world.
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But for many, such issues pale against the idea of a world without "free" mobile maps, and Apple's entry into the sector is seen as a driving force for further innovation.
Much of the rhetoric from Bush Administration officials in the lead-up to the invasion was reflective of the idea that the world is full of threats that are unseen and unknown, perhaps even unknowable.
It was beyond exciting and everything that I wanted- I knew that going to school abroad would allow me to be able to broaden my horizons and give me a better idea of the world.
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Whether or not you feel a connection with their values, you'll be captivated by the hook in the chorus and the equally simple idea that the world would be a better place if we all appreciated each other just a little more.
An experiment under way at the University of Washington, led by Eric Adelberger, tests this idea using the world's most sensitive torsion balance, a souped-up version of the kit Henry Cavendish, an English physicist, used to measure gravity directly for the first time in the late 18th century.
The Premier League unveiled proposals on 7 February to host a 39th round of matches across five cities across the world from 2011, though the idea was unanimously opposed by world governing body Fifa.
Yes, start-ups are lean and should operate with prudence, but until you take a bold action to transport your idea from your head to the real world, it really is just an idea.
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But in this case, I had no idea what in the world she was talking about.
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It was Gergiev's idea to take the World Orchestra for Peace to Jerusalem this October.
Here again, a simple idea from the business world offers parents a clear path.
And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
This was one of the first attempts by a central bank to try out the big new idea of the postcrisis world: macro-prudential regulation.
Started in 1985, when the concept of social enterprise mostly was unheard of, the founders got the following idea: Make the world a better place.
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