Word: spearheaded
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...managing director of the Singapore studio. In fact, the company has made Singapore a key part of its strategy. Company execs see it as a launching point for building the brand in neighboring countries like China and India, two of its fastest-growing marketplaces. The Singapore studio will also spearhead Lucasfilm's first animated feature film this year, and its employees will soon make up at least one-third of Lucasfilm's staff...
...Greg Combet "We need as a nation to develop a new democratic consensus." Experience: Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary The modern face of Australian unionism has been an effective spearhead of the fight against the government's IR laws. Combet won the admiration of Labor's grassroots for his role in the 1998 docks dispute and in winning compensation for asbestosis sufferers from multinational James Hardie. He is making his political debut at this election, contesting a safe seat in New South Wales' Hunter Valley...
...Sharif has become the spearhead of a burgeoning anti-Musharraf movement, one that will continue to swell no matter what happens. Eight years ago Musharraf overthrew Sharif to popular acclaim. Now the man he supplanted could be the one who will be his undoing. Homecoming is always sweet. But revenge is even sweeter...
...Nature Conservancy approached a San Francisco nonprofit environmental organization called Sustainable Conservation to spearhead an action plan to combat invasives in California, one of the hardest hit states in the nation. Bringing together environmentalists, ecologists, government agencies and professional horticulturists, along with representatives from industry, the group formulated PlantRight, an educational program designed to promote phasing out the use of destructive species and encourage planting of local varieties. Recognizing the value of a voluntary program - something that many other states failed to do - PlantRight doesn't call for outright statewide bans of any invasive species. Instead it makes recommendations based...
...University Hall, O’Brien helped spearhead the creation of two library cafés and a campus pub. Summers, who is said to have hand-picked O’Brien for the new post of deputy dean, said she brought “much-needed” energy to the College administration...