I believe that sometimes just by seeing something small happen, something that is positive, other people realize that they can do something, too, something larger.
It might have been a valid complaint if his metaphorical flourish had belittled the crime of rape by using the word to illustrate something small happening.
But, he said, "some South Koreans are worried that the wrong lessons have been learned, and that if something small happens, it could escalate because the South Korean government doesn't want to be accused of doing nothing".
His research showed that, across the board, companies (big or small) happen to be developing innovative (and affordable) new devices either lack the capital or the know-how to market and attract hospitals and physicians to their devices.
But after Typhoon Ondoy, a small miracle happened (pdf).
However, Virginia's small shift happened to be across the nation's partisan dividing line.
Small dramas happened in a few moments, usually ending on a smile or a question.
On the patients' summary care record, a small miracle happened in 2011.
At the Three Mile Island nuclear facility, a series of small systems happened to fail at the same time.
A street sweeper with his small cart happened to be next to the bus that had just lost its mirror.
