"To counter terrorism, and I'm talking about terrorism writ large,extremism, requires more than just your special mission unit forces.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

So,we are talking about large sums. Throughout the world, there is an estimate by the ILO of what we call stolen wages of almost $20 billion."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

But there are always reservations when it people are talking about large sums of money.

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"You're talking about large pipes that have been down there for years and years and years, " he said.

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From the Bush White House, they're talking about large-scale technology: oil and gas, nuclear power plants and clean coal research, which will cost billions of dollars and will take years.

FORBES: Byron Kennard