Some rise, perhaps a big one, seems justified.
Generally speaking, your life's path is determined (to a large extent) by many small decisions that you make, and perhaps a few big ones.
The thing about the Tony Awards is most people outside of the theater community don't care who wins the awards (other that perhaps the super big ones); the broadcast is more thought of as a commercial for Broadway.
The players were stars, and the coaches became perhaps even bigger ones: there was John Thompson and his towel; Lou Carnesecca and his sweaters; the natty Rollie Massimino, swarmed by his victorious team.
Perhaps the biggest ones are the difficulties in implementing polices arising from the decentralized nature of Hungarian administration.
But he lost perhaps the biggest one of his life on Thursday when, in a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to felony charges, and agreed to resign and serve jail time, among other penalties.
That has a lot of damaging effects on a company, with perhaps the biggest one crushing employee morale — whose value at the company is often tied to a share price.
The pill no doubt played a role — perhaps a very big one — but skeptics object that effective alternative forms of contraception had long since been available.
Overall, 49% of those couples enrolled in the OMI programme stayed together, compared with 41% in the control group: a small improvement perhaps, but a big one to their children.
A small gift in her eyes perhaps, but a big one in mine.
