81.  At eBay a no-penalty culture allows people to admit they had a dumb idea and move on to the next thing.

82.  Bass breeders, bass catchers and bass biologists proclaimed the fish to be the next big thing in fishing.

83.  Back then, film critics eagerly anticipated her leap to title roles, ready to anoint her as the next big thing.

84.  Behold, the next big thing.

85.  Being inside the ropes for her is the next best thing to teeing it up.

86.  Because I assumed state offices had been closed, I did the next best thing, I called the Associated Press.

87.  Bill Gates of Microsoft is a household word, but Ned Johnson of Fidelity Management and Research Corp. is the next best thing to anonymous.

88.  Behind the rise in gene therapy stocks is the investor frenzy for all of biotechnology, which is suddenly being viewed as the next big thing after the Internet.

89.  A few years ago, when specialty lenders based on the Internet first got started, the Web was touted as the next big thing in consumer finance.

90.  A little bit of burlap, some fake leaves and fruit, and the next thing you know, the beam becomes a banana tree.