Word: springboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decision was based on needing to specialize," Browning said. "It had nothing to do with disliking soccer. I love soccer, and the Harvard team is a great team. But not having the endurance base in crew affects my performance in the spring. Hopefully this commitment will act as a springboard towards having a great spring...
...substantial challenge, since the President doesn?t pay much attention to foreign policy and Secretary of State Albright has been widely criticized for failing to develop a foreign policy driven by clear, long-term goals," says Dowell. "Ultimately, Holbrooke may -- like Albright herself -- use the posting as a springboard to the Secretary of State job if Gore wins...
Even Joe began his public-service career in the semiprivate sector, though he did it as a kind of springboard to his political career. Twenty years ago, he started Citizens Energy, a nonprofit corporation that provides low-cost heating fuel to the poor. When he was first elected to Congress in 1986, he complained bitterly and in public about how much it frustrated him to be a powerless freshman after running his socially beneficial fuel operation. After leaving the House, he returned to his job there, having absorbed the lesson that a well-run nonprofit corporation--Citizens Energy...
...great springboard to do other things in finance. It's grueling though. It is akin to slavery and it will break you," Hsieh says...
Lonstein spoke mostly of his organization's relief work in Kosovo and Albania, and Li told the audience that he hoped the vigil would be a springboard for future action...