Some of the most successful small training boutiques, for example, are founded on the insights codified in bestselling books.

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In some cases--Internet stocks or Japanese small-caps, for example--they don't.

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While railing against an expanding federal government harming small business in one breath, does it make sense for some Republican presidential candidates, for example, to call for requiring all employers to use an electronic verification system (E-Verify) every time someone in the country is hired?

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The fact, for example, that some 70 percent of all farmers in the world are poor, working small holdings (a few acres per farm) additionally invites consideration of all those farmer dwellings.

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As some commentators have noted, for example, David Brooks of The New York Times, the era of small government is over, and Republicans don't necessarily stand for small government.

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The small business community is also upset that it has to implement some of the government's tax changes, for example the Working Families Tax Credit, which became payable through the pay packet from April.

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