In her case, it was a launching-pad for the microeconomic reforms that cumulatively transformed the British economy.
It's using China as a launching pad for India and other emerging markets.
His opponent, Spitzer, 45, has used his office as a launching pad to run for governor of New York next year.
Look for more acquisitions, in part by foreign banks eager to use Hong Kong as a launching platform for the Chinese market.
Companies like it are using China's current patent regime as a launching-pad.
The largest city on the French Riviera is often overlooked as a launching pad to Monte Carlo and small villages of Provence.
Mitt's missing record in Massachusetts reflects the fact that he treated that executive office as a launching pad for his presidential ambitions.
The Malaysian trust fund will provide a launching grant of USD 5 Million, followed by a contribution of USD 1 Million annually.
Previous festivals have served as a launching pad for companies like Twitter and Foursquare, and tech giants from around the world have taken notice.
So I don't know whether Joe was referring to that, but I use that as a launching point to make a general point about these issues.
Svalbard once stood on the outermost limits of the known world and was a launching pad for some of the more picaresque tales of polar exploration.
It is a launching pad for personal or professional ambitions.
The event is famously known for helping to boost Twitter in 2007 and Foursquare three years later, giving it a rep as a launching pad for new digital tools.
It contains two major stories, one of which is Marwah's, who took the news story about the fall of Tripoli last July and decided to use that as a launching point.
Future versions of the software could serve as a launching place for Google communications: Open up the sidebar, click on a contact name, and you can e-mail, IM or call them.
For all the Bush-blaming Obama has done, he came into office understanding that big government conservatism could create a launching pad for a return to liberalism or more radical progressivism in America.
Or you could use this as a launching pad for other scientific stories with The Big Bang Fair, running 10-12 March in London's ExCeL Centre - a good place to look for inspiration.
At the same time, the Prime Minister and I both agree that our nations have a long-term interest in ensuring that Afghanistan never again becomes a launching pad for attacks against our people.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama & Prime Minister Cameron Joint Press Availability | The White House
Pakistan also kicked the Central Intelligence Agency out of a base that the spy agency had long used as a launching pad for drone strikes against militant targets in Pakistani tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Firstly, the event served as a launching pad for UNESCO's work in the mobile learning arena to grow a global community of practice that can be mobilized in support of Education for All (EFA) goals.
"We're trying to serve as a launching pad to get inventions into the hands of those who can develop them, " says Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, who spent 23 years in the chemistry department at MIT and has a few patents in his name.
Because countries in the Far East and companies in Europe as well, and in the United States, want us as a launching pad for Europe and if we are a semi-detached member of the European Union then they won't come to Britain in the same way.
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Did we achieve our central goal, and have we been able I think to shape a strong relationship with a responsible Afghan government that is willing to cooperate with us to make sure that it is not a launching pad for future attacks against the United States?
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Karzai Hold a Press Conference | The White House
Armed with this information, the baker can increase sales by (a) launching a home-page promotion that maintains the higher level of interest in the strawberry shortcake, and (b) creating a coupon that lowers the price of the tiramisu to attract frequent customers.
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Launching a radio station is a cheaper way of increasing reach than launching a television channel, but it is still not cheap.
Nintendo was dinged by some gamers for launching with a slim lineup and is currently launching a new spate of new and already popular titles in hopes of making up ground.
There was a time when launching a serious startup required serious capital.
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By using bigger and better equipped mother ships, pirates can often stay at sea for more than a month at a time, launching a series of raids.
As a young startup launching a cloud-based platform called Clio, we needed to select which mobile client(s) to support and decided to skip the Research In Motion BlackBerry.
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The craft is meant to speed off a runway and accelerate gracefully into orbit in a single blast, perform a task like launching a satellite and then glide back home to its hangar.
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