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tipping point
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00 "The air travel crisis has hit a tipping point -- more than 100,000 travelers each day are voting with their wallets by choosing to avoid trips," Dow said in a statement. 02 p
01 p00 What's the meaning of tipping point here? 02 p
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0 "Tipping point" has become a favorite phrase of many. I first heard it used by a fellow named Malcolm Gladwell. 02 br 02 br 00 It means that events have been taking place, factors have been changing, slowly and steadily, until the moment when the momentum of them pushed in a new idea, a new way of doing business, a new way of looking at things...
- 0 "Tipping point" has become a favorite phrase of many.
- I first heard it used by a fellow named Malcolm Gladwell.
- 02 br 02 br 00 It means that events have been taking place, factors have been changing, slowly and steadily, until the moment when the momentum of them pushed in a new idea, a new way of doing business, a new way of looking at things...
- 02 br 02 br 00 Picture a bucket, and it's attached to a base that has a rod running through it.
- There's enough friction between the rod and the base that the bucket doesn't tip over all by itself when empty - but slowly, over time, water fills the bucket and it becomes more and more unsteady on that rod.
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0 "Tipping point" has become a favorite phrase of many. I first heard it used by a fellow named Malcolm Gladwell. I still find it "jargon-y" but the media loves it. 02 br
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00 It means that events have been taking place, factors have been changing, slowly and steadily, until the moment when the momentum of them pushed in a new idea, a new way of doing business, a new way of lo
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00 It means that events have been taking place, factors have been changing, slowly and steadily, until the moment when the momentum of them pushed in a new idea, a new way of doing business, a new way of lo
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