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Unlike Gordon Ramsay, Ducasse seems to have a knack for expansion without over-stretching.
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Doesn't this diversification – into live, ticketing, fashion – risk over-stretching the company and diluting the brand?
HMV's Simon Fox on transforming a retailer into an entertainment superbrand 2010
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At risk of over-stretching the frying-pans analogy, the flash-fry wok may be more likely to cause a disastrous kitchen fire than the slow-cook skillet, even if they both use the same amount of heat overall.
The surprisingly complex truth about planes and climate change 2010
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PD wrote: “All of the optics is bang-on, but I think you are over-stretching the analogy to sound waves a bit.”
Optics basics: What is a wave? Part III: Diffraction « Skulls in the Stars 2007
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All of the optics is bang-on, but I think you are over-stretching the analogy to sound waves a bit.
Optics basics: What is a wave? Part III: Diffraction « Skulls in the Stars 2007
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But many also say that Porsche risks over-stretching and question whether the car maker will have sufficient funds to finance a 75% holding in VW.
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We see through those that would ignore the peril of over-stretching our military and decreasing the effectiveness of our diplomacy.
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Stretching (and surely over-stretching) the family metaphor, Obama comes off not as an older sibling, a mere equal of the bad guys, but as a powerful and self-assured father -- one ready to march right down the stairs and give those bullies some whoop-ass.
Bob Harris: The Psychology of Hope: Why Obama's Words Are More Effective Than Hillary's 2008
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In the United States, habeas corpus and due process, as guaranteed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, have taken a regressive back seat to the hastily enacted post 9/11 Patriot Act and the zealous vigilance, surveillance and over-stretching of bureaucrats.
The Lingering U.S. Dilemma over Iraq..., and now Iran ?! 2007
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Better yet, your muscles are protected from over-stretching.
The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005
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