But he was not the only veteran to walk away with an Oscar on the night.
In another, a former employee was allowed to walk away with 75, 000 followers.
We all hope to walk away with a profit at the the end of the day too.
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After the show, Smith told the BBC he had been convinced the Girls Aloud singer "was going to walk away with" the title.
To do so, you need your audience to walk away with an understanding of your message and to remember your key points long after the meeting.
He is one of the favourites to walk away with the prize - currently sixth out of the 23 entrants in an online poll of fans.
This season's use of replacement referees climaxed in a furor over a botched call that allowed the Seattle Seahawks to walk away with a 14-12 victory against the Green Bay Packers in a nationally televised game Monday night.
"In today's economic climate, the U.S. Postal Service is simply not in a position to allow Lance Armstrong or any of the other defendants to walk away with the tens of millions of dollars they illegitimately procured, " Machen said.
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"I have spoken to the chief executive of RBS, and made it quite clear - and he agrees - that no-one associated with these huge losses should be allowed to walk away with large cash bonuses, " said Mr Darling.
In fact, Carlsberg had little choice but to let its competitors walk away with the prizes.
President Barack Obama brought in the person, it seems, who could be an adult, schmooze the way Senators are supposed to, and ultimately walk away with some success.
When he got around the corner with the pie man in pursuit, all the rest of the boys would step up to the truck and walk away with fifteen pies.
The threat of your house being robbed and criminals being able to find your hidden bills or walk away with your safe is much more likely than losing money due to cyber crime.
It helped that she was able to walk away from her banking career with an ample 401(k).
In an increasingly connected society, the gap between the experience you want customers to have and what they walk away with now and over the course of the lifecycle is paramount.
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In practice, however, some brands belong to key employees and others to customer evangelists, who can walk away with, or away from, the brand.
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Those rules include steps to take back executive benefits or compensation when appropriate and to insure that no one can walk away with a golden parachute while taxpayer money is at risk.
If I was a competitor, I think all I'd care about would be knowing whether my dog was going to come up a winner and walk away with the dog chow "spokesdog" contract, the guest spot on the "Today" show and stud fees in perpetuity.
Engaging speakers reach us because they have mastered the art of (1) understanding what resonates with their audiences and (2) telling stories that illustrate their points so that attendees walk away with something new to think about.
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Mr. ALEXANDER: I'd like this book to really give black women something to celebrate themselves in which they should walk away with lot of pride about the diversity of their beauty and the diversity of their hair as something that--I think when a black woman comes into the world, hair is something that is discussed in her life very early on.
Plaintiff lawyers walk away with one-quarter to one-third of a settlement pot.
Brands are quick to walk away from powerful equities, only to reunite with them when others fail to click with consumers.
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After going to see Dr. Blitz, she received bunion surgery on her right foot and was able to walk with a special surgical shoe right away.
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He was headed home to Staten Island, along with thousands of others who have been using stations up to a 10-minute walk away in the five months since Sandy.
Today it is possible to ram a car into a wall at 30mph and walk away with little more than a welt on your head.
Grant, who took over the managerial reins in November, once again expressed his frustration with the ongoing problems but refused to walk away from Fratton Park.
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Lewis will walk away from the game because he wants to spend more time with his two sons.
The point you should walk away with is this: I look enthusiastically forward to the day that it can.
Indeed, he worries that Republicans might walk away from a deal simply to avoid being seen as finding common ground with a president who is unpopular in many GOP-leaning states and House districts.
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Some conversations will not go well, but you will walk away with the feeling you did the best you could to maintain your professionalism and compassion despite challenges coming at you from multiple directions.
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