The next great leap ahead was the advent of double-entry accounting in Renaissance Italy.
Without question, TIA represented a radical leap ahead in both data-mining technology and intelligence analysis.
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So, who actually thinks RIM has what it takes to leap ahead of its big rivals now?
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It could be argued that these strictures, notably the restriction on buying local banks, which was imposed by the central bank in 2005 and is expected to be lifted in 2009, allowed banks like ICICI to leap ahead.
Foreign postings can help you leap ahead in government and nonprofit careers as well, says Nina Segal, an international career development consultant in New York and author of International Jobs: Where They Are and How to Get Them.
This sporty 40mpg subcompact is not only a huge leap ahead of the Chevy Aveo it replaces, but it's also perhaps the best car in a very tough segment, which includes the Honda Fit, Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Accent, all great cars.
So what is the compelling attraction of Google Glass and why would I leap for it well ahead of an iWatch?
West Brom cannot be ruled out but it would require a very strong finish to leap-frog four teams currently ahead of them.
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Logan appeared to be impeded as he tried to reach the ball but such was the dominance of McArdle's leap that the Hatters keeper was always unlikely to reach the ball ahead of the Stockport player.
Many of the people that will contribute to it have already been born, so short of some catastrophe that kills off large numbers of people, or some Viagra-fuelled leap in birth rates, population numbers and age composition can be predicted with fair accuracy for decades ahead.
He admitted there was still much hard pounding ahead - but seemed convinced that the recent mildly positive financial results were the first signs that the leap onto Microsoft's platform rather than Google's was working.
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