But for many, his election was a large step forward in a long march that is far from over.

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Cultural looting and profiteering cannot be tolerated anywhere and this cooperation between our governments is a large step forward to stopping it.

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The fact that Obama was born at a time when people were going to jail for sitting next to someone of a different race is a large step forward, he says.

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But he said the Kyoto paper was "quite a large step forward" in developing a process by which sperm could be made for infertile men, perhaps by taking as a starting point a cell from their skin or from something like bone marrow.

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In an important step forward, countries with large surpluses and export-oriented countries agreed to take additional steps to support growth and boost demand in their own countries.

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The IRS has since rolled out two programs allowing U.S. taxpayers who step forward to, in many cases, pay large penalties but avoid prosecution.

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