Lopez stays out on stage the entire time, talking with fans and adjusting sound, lighting, camera angles.

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You would think not, but it shows you at what stage the authorities are in talking to each other.

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In the afternoon session, Bob Dorf offered more insights on developing venture ideas after the initial stage of getting out and talking to customers.

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But despite talking up his chances, he insisted the stage was boring.

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It doesn't matter what stage of the season we're talking about.

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He now has to show that he is more than that stock figure, the peppery military man, admired for straight talking but lacking the suppleness of mind to dominate the stage at the end.

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Apple's marketing boss Phil Schiller, after talking about new lower prices for the iPod, stayed on stage to launch the iPhone 4S. It looks identical to the iPhone 4.

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He then proceeded to launch into a 466-word speech, talking his way over two successive attempts to shoo him off the stage.

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"It was really special to see Tony McCoy and David Beckham get up on stage in front of thousands of people to collect their awards when we'd been talking to them just a little while earlier, " said Omari.

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