So while, for instance, on any given day, the probability of a terrorist attack might be tiny, the consequences of one happening would be huge.
"I think they have a deterrent effect," says Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, "though nothing is a panacea".For spammers who get caught admittedly a tiny minority the consequences can be severe, far beyond the loss of a Hummer.
Actually, thanks for not doing that because the nit-picking soda haters would blame us for the tiniest little environmental consequence a soda dump may cause, like two-headed halibut.
As a consequence "Tiny Furniture" is at times more pleasurable to think about than it is to watch, more of a conceptual coup than an enjoyable experience.
In another decade or so, engineers will exhaust options for packing more computing power into ever tinier spaces, a consequence viewed with dread by device manufacturers, sensor developers, and a public addicted to ever smaller and more powerful devices.
Of little consequence, a tiny lagniappe and a green salad came compliments of the house.
This theory, which postulates that everything in the universe is a consequence of tiny strings oscillating in ten dimensions, was thought to have observable consequences only at very small scales as much smaller than atoms as atoms are smaller than the solar system.
"The tiniest mistake can have consequences," he ominously warns him.
She remains tiny for her age, a consequence of barely eating during her struggle with depression.
And this is one of the most moving things about Star Axis: it demonstrates the connection between the tiniest details and their grand consequences in the universe.
The earliest consequence for my tiny kids was, Go to the corner!
