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That's why we think it's an appropriate task for NASA to undertake -- a high-risk, potentially high-payoff technology.
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That's why we think it's an appropriate task for NASA to undertake -- a high-risk, potentially high-payoff technology.
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It allows freedom to pursue high-risk/high-payoff projects, projects that take many years or decades to complete, etc.
Tenure, a dull roar GamesWithWords 2010
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Sometimes I think the most high-payoff grammatical concepts we can teach our students are voice and transitivity - not so they can avoid the passive voice, but so they will have the language to understand explanations of what's gone so horribly wrong with their verb constructions.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009
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· Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
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Rendell and Sebelius have obvious appeals, though being a woman is a double-edged sword in this thing, so while that may be a potential high-payoff option, it is also high risk.
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• Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
Stimulating! John 2009
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The reason is: Breakout innovations are high-risk and high-payoff.
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It needs to be reformed so that it encourages investment in high-integrity carbon offsets in a small number of high-payoff areas.
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· Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
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