Last week President Bush gave his full backing to NASA's project to create a lunar base, and many believe that the moon could be a jumping off point for Martian exploration.
If you are collecting capitals stop off at Brisbane, but most continue to tropical Cairns, a jumping-off point for cruising the Great Barrier Reef, the coral-jewelled necklace that makes the most stunning adornment to this coast.
"The best kind of knockoff show just uses an existing idea as a jumping-off point, " Dehnart said.
Like Poland and Hungary, the Czech Republic is a jumping-off point for illegal immigration into the European Union.
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She learned how to have an ongoing dialogue with her son, now 11, sometimes using news stories as a jumping-off point.
Peace, like environmentalism, is a means, a set of conditions that should provide a jumping-off point for some new and wonderful mission for mankind.
Like many others in Finnish jazz, the band uses the music as a jumping-off point into experimentation that can range from the raucous to the moodily introspective.
Patrick's Day last year, was again making the holiday a jumping-off point for an extended trip to the U.S., with stops in Washington and on the West Coast over the ensuing several days.
For them, the formal ski area effectively serves as a jumping-off point, a gateway to vast tracts of challenging off-piste terrain studded with cliff drops, creamy powder stashes, edge-of-your-seat steeps and wide, rolling slopes.
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It???s usually best to use the incident of a specific leak as a jumping-off point for discussions on how to prevent future recurrences, rather than trying to affix blame for the leak that???s already occurred.
In addition to its historical appeal, Pangani is a convenient jumping-off point for many other nearby attractions.
Look, the kids were a good jumping-off point to allow us to sort of rethink the way reality TV is done.
If you're new to wine, Pinot Grigio may not be a bad place to start, as its fairly neutral character won't startle the palate, and it is a good jumping-off point for further exploration.
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While Pakret has little to detain the traveller, it is the jumping off point for Ko Kret, a sleepy island in the middle of the Chao Praya River.
The man beside him, on the point of jumping off, had taken a bullet in the face and gone under.
It concludes at Paleohora - a small town that has preserved its laid-back character, despite being the jumping-off point for popular Elafonisi Beach on Crete's southwestern tip.
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