The decision to put Mission Control in Houston back in 1961 kick-started that city's non-oil economy.
Lawrence kick-started the Arab Revolt, but it was Gertrude who gave the Arabs a route to nationhood.
Laws believes, though, that that humiliating defeat could have kick-started his players' battle for Premier League survival.
This discovery kick-started HPV vaccine programs at drug giants such as Merck and small biotechs like Gaithersburg, Md.
Efforts to develop it were kick-started by research chief Peter Kim shortly after he took over in 2003.
It kick-started businesses such as Staples (which now has 2, 000 stores selling office supplies) and the Sports Authority.
When the conference chose not to, it kick-started the craziness of conference realignment.
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Invariably it was governments, rather than markets, that kick-started the move into chip-making.
He has cleaned up the planning rules and kick-started infrastructure projects, such as a bridge from Mumbai to the mainland.
The military kick-started auto innovations like four-wheel drive and global positioning systems.
His provocative reasoning on a host of topics kick-started modern British philosophy.
Indeed, more than 40% of Taybeh's sales are within neighbouring Israel, and this tiny Palestinian beer seems to have kick-started a micro-brewing trend.
As it was the "fresh legs" of Rosie Jones and Cristie Kerr kick-started the US comeback which seemed to inspire the whole team.
Another goal, kick-started by a grant from British Petroleum, is to create bacteria that can efficiently turn corn and other plants into bio-fuels.
And, what is more, it arguably kick-started a wider debate about unhealthy behaviours more generally from the quality of school dinners to drinking habits.
The disinvestment minister Arun Shourie kick-started the privatisation of government-owned companies by divesting 25% of the government stakes in car maker Maruti Udyog in June last year.
And four years after that, he took the stage to introduce the original iPod, the little white device that revolutionized portable music and kick-started Apple's furious comeback.
The fragility of Egyptian democracy reflects the fact that party life was kick-started by decree in the 1970s, after 25 years in which all opposition parties were banned.
The band may have inadvertently kick-started Van Zandt's acting career.
For the majority of Japanese, the norm for centuries was grinding poverty, disease and incipient malnutrition until the post-war reconstruction, kick-started by the allied occupation, began to work its magic.
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz kick-started opening day with his annual "blessing of the rides, " after which the first 100 people, some of whom had stood in line since 8 a.m.
One of the first strategic alliances, which kick-started this phenomenal head-over-heels rush, was the joint venture between Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and IBM, called Taligent.
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In 2008, by all accounts, Chip Conley was a bestselling author and the visionary pioneer of the boutique hotel industry, which he kick-started 25 years ago as the Founder of the Joie de Vivre Hotel chain.
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Anelka, back to lead the line in a 4-3-3 formation after a hamstring injury, kick-started matters, collecting Ballack's sublime through ball, rounding the keeper and slotting in, before Malouda ran unchallenged from the middle of the park to slot into the corner from 18 yards.
He became infuriated that he could not bring me to accept what he believes to be pure fact, as supposedly revealed in ancient Sumerian tablets: that this mysterious planet is populated by beings who in the past came down to Earth, mingled with human beings and, by implanting us with their stellar DNA, kick-started us down the road to civilization.
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Lambert, returning from a three-game suspension, then lifted a a 25-yard free-kick narrowly over the bar as the visitors started to get a foothold in the game following a slow start.
Turkey goalscorer Boral stung the knuckles of Lehmann with a free-kick before Sabri Sarioglu fired just over from distance as the underdogs finished the first half just as they started it -- in total control.
The Dons started brightly and took the lead through Charlie Mulgrew's free-kick in the fifth minute.
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