"We do recognise the importance of small arms imports, especially in a region like Africa, where major arms are not so widely available.
She adds: "We cannot underestimate the importance of small businesses.
The number and importance of small operations has also steadily declined.
We quickly discovered the importance of small retailers to the country's economy.
Rodney Hilton, a medievalist, pointed out the importance of small market towns and linked the replacement of feudalism by capitalism to "class struggles" of the peasantry.
I CHALLENGE you to find a stump speech by a politician running for any office from dog catcher to president that doesn't invoke the importance of small businesses.
He is very optimistic about the importance of small acts of resistance and rebellion and creativity, from local currencies to "micro-credit".
To the Editor: The debate over the importance of small class sizes has neglected hard data from a long-term (if unintentional) and widespread test of the issue: the World War II years.
This book is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures, Footpath Flowers is a quiet but powerful testament to the joy that children can find in ordinary things and the mutual value of giving.
Ted Sizer, former headmaster of Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., and a leader of the the Coalition of Central Schools, a school reform movement, said successes like Ms. Steckel's class point to the importance of small classes that emphasize teamwork.
One of his most famous achievements was his weekly Guardian column on beer, where he pursued a campaign against big brewers and keg beer, whilst promoting the importance of small real-ale brewers.
