But I see where we stand as more of a launch pad than landing dock.
What if this could be a launch pad to re-examine the whole flawed passion that is college sports?
Eventually, we will make our web browser a launch pad for our personalized recommendation engine and cloud-based services.
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There, Babson has branded itself as a launch pad for successful entrepreneurs, such as Home Depot Inc.
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Mirza hopes to use the site as a launch pad, eventually allowing him to get the watch into the traditional retail channel.
The KN-08 missile can be moved around the country and hidden, making it harder to detect compared to a missile on a launch pad.
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The Japanese developer and manager has its sights set on Paris as a launch pad for European expansion, according to the head of the firm's business in Europe.
Of course, Vasco da Gama had sailed east in search of more than spices, and Macau served admirably, too, as a launch pad in the quest for Christian souls.
VTech, which will never have the marketing clout of the rich-world giants, is happier using its market as a launch pad into electronics than into other sorts of toys.
It was fifty years ago today that Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off from a launch pad in the Soviet Union to bravely go where no man had gone before.
The administration has stepped up security co-operation with Mexico, deploying drones and American agents south of the border and allowing Mexican police to use American territory as a launch pad for surprise raids southward.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (CNN) -- The best time in the life of a rocket scientist is the time spent standing by a launch pad or a test stand, watching a brand-new rocket go through performance tests.
The award would be presented to each crewmember from all 12 three-man Apollo missions, including the Apollo 7 and 9 Earth-orbit flights as well as the Apollo 1 crew, which perished in a launch pad fire in 1967.
"The festival will attract international business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and policy makers and act as a launch pad for commercial success by providing opportunities for companies of all sizes to engage with new networks and make global deals, " he said.
While I think this could still be a solid area that could stymie further upside potential, the reaction off this zone has not been overly convincing and the pair seems to be finding support near 1.3060 which could act as a launch pad to move higher.
The lessons that Bennett draws from recent history are familiar, and not only on the right: If Israel were to allow the establishment of a Palestinian state, what is now the West Bank would quickly become a second Gaza a Hamas-led bastion of Islamic radicalism, a launch pad for rocket fire aimed at Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport.
It is preparing to activate a second launch site at Vandenberg before the end of the year and is looking to build a third launch pad in a commercial zone.
But if a change is destined, NBC could be eying next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as a premium launch pad for a revamped "Tonight, " analyst Adgate said.
Elisa Carrio, an ex-member of Mr de la Rua's Radical party, had hoped to use the election as a launch-pad for a populist bid for the presidency.
Among Internet start-ups, South by Southwest's 19-year-old "interactive" festival is a traditional launch pad, having given a boost to current stars Twitter Inc.
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Similarly worrisome: no television show has provided a stronger launch pad for new or needy shows than Idol.
It has also served as a launch-pad for other hits on the network, including The Big Bang Theory and newcomer Mike and Molly.
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Given that the e-mail service had 176m users in December, according to comScore, a market-research firm, that should give Buzz a handy launch pad.
The personal-loans market may also provide a launch-pad for other retail-finance businesses that are underdeveloped in Japan, such as credit cards and home-equity loans.
The city of Trieste, for example, a mere 45-minute drive from Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana, is making a comeback as a launch-pad for doing business in the former communist world.
Ireland relies, as a launch-pad for multinationals, on its place in the EU. It survives on liquidity from the European Central Bank, and in any case cannot afford to cut itself off from Europe.
My cameraman and I chose a spot that was clear of other people, with a nice view of the launch pad, across a swamp.
Tech haven, Launch Pad, has become a breeding ground for ambitious digital media professionals by offering the young creatives and entrepreneurs shared office space, while its precursor, Launch Pad Ignition, provides a select group of tech entrepreneurs with business assistance through its annual accelerator program.
It may seem an unlikely place for a technological revolution, but Somerset is to be the launch-pad for a new generation of green cars.
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