Word: catapulted
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...suits," the Free Press wrote, "which could have been his worst nightmare, instead may catapult Bollinger into the nation's top college...
Every year, by ambition or by accident, they catapult across the pop-culture consciousness, burning through their 15 minutes of fame. 2000's bumper crop of accidental/incidental celebs is the usual motley crew of marauding children, incompetent athletes, television brides and dippy politicians. Take a good look--they won't be back next year...
...past three years, while his fellow commuters jostled for space or scanned the morning paper, Yamada, 55, devoted his four-hour daily commute to a higher cause--dreaming up the next great consumer gadget. In 1997 Ricoh president Masamitsu Sakurai commissioned Yamada to create a device that would help catapult his company, which had built its fortunes on heavy office machines, into the forefront of digital technology. The trouble was, Sakurai didn't really know what he wanted. "The idea was to develop a product that uses all our senses," says Yamada. "There was no paper, no specifications. Just...
Seven write-in votes from a handful of blockmates were enough to catapult three Cabot students--Benjamin L. McKean '02, David B. Orr '01 and Michael Rosenberg '01--into the Undergraduate Council in this fall's election...
...dramatic win will definitely improve the Crimson's standing in the Northeast regional rankings, and may even catapult them back into the National Top-25. Entering yesterday's contest, B.C. (9-4, 4-1 Big East) was ranked No. 3 in New England. Harvard...