But if Wu Lyf are going to get bigger, surely they can't keep playing small, bespoke shows?
DeRose began building a career as a jazz pianist, playing small clubs in and around her hometown.
"I get a more sincere feeling out of playing at small, intimate clubs, " Mr. Alpert says.
She left Hampton in the early 1950s and moved to New York City, playing in small clubs.
The leading actor who had insisted on her playing the small part had introduced her to someone there.
Ms. Prettyman taught herself guitar at 15 and started playing at small bars.
Esprit ("Sons of Anarchy") will join her in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, " playing the small supporting role of Romulus Thread, the ruthless new head Peacekeeper for District 12.
Because he was so proud to be playing a small part in being able to get his kids through Princeton that he made sure that we never missed a registration deadline because his check was late.
Superintendent Huff. (Applause.) Principal Sachetta. (Applause.) To the faculty, the parents, the family, friends, the people of Joplin, and most of all the class of 2012. (Applause.) Congratulations on your graduation, and thank you for allowing me the honor of playing a small part in this special day.
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The happy result: a more level playing field between small and large businesses.
Playing rummy for small stakes with whoever was the dummy in the bridge game, she cheated, and, when caught, laughed and denied it.
To level the playing field, a small market team has to get creative and look for advantage in places a large market team may not.
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And it is why Mr Quayle, like a small boy playing basketball with people very much taller, will surely end up looking brave rather than triumphant.
Measuring in at 6.5- x 6.5- x 1.97-inches, this 3.2 pound box packs an awful lot of media playing oomph into a ridiculously small enclosure.
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"We have the small obstacle of playing against the world champions and we're looking forward to meeting up with them, " said Black, who harbours ambitions to return to club management.
Foursquare and the mobile marketing revolution that it has pioneered has leveled the playing field, especially for small businesses who can use the same free platform and, in many cases, far more creatively than the big boys.
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In the aggregate, however, when everyone is playing the same game, the small extractions add up.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says there is a small chance of him playing against Burnley in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Reform would likely increase labor supply, remove unnecessary barriers to job mobility, and help to "level the playing field" between large and small businesses.
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As the cloud continues to level the playing field for businesses large and small, we are seeing fast adoption that has helped to unleash great ideas and innovations by organizations from start-ups to large outfits.
But the PlayStation 4's streaming technology, a marquee feature of the new device, also will allow customers to try titles before they buy them and quickly begin playing a game after only a small segment of its data has been downloaded.
In theory the Internet should put small vendors on a level playing field with established giants.
That one year turned into three with Holly playing shows by herself and with a small band.
The film that originally cemented Anschutz's partnership with Baldwin was Mystery, Alaska, a box office clunker about a small-town hockey team playing against the New York Rangers.
But the many small concessions that come with playing here have been a sort of selection mechanism for Swansea: Those who thrive have bought into the whole project.
In fact, the "small" lineup of Anthony playing power forward is the best lineup, outscoring their opponents by 44 points in the 168 minutes they've been on the floor together.
At the moment, downloading a song at hi-fi quality over the Internet can take several times as long as playing it, but a number of small companies have set up as online distributors, in the hope that Internet connections will get faster in the next few years.
But Ford isn't the only one playing big-company antics more common among small-fry marketers.
Initially, 7-inch tablets were written off by most of the industry as too small to bother with, leaving the playing field wide open.
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