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That was immediately used as a springboard by Paul Staines (aka Guido Fawkes) to stir the pot more viciously and submit an FOI request.

The meeting was also used as a springboard by campaigning group ShareAction, which wants the retailer to introduce the living wage and handed over a petition with 32,000 signatories.

Federal prosecutors have suggested that the Tablighi Jamaat was also seen as a springboard by at least one of the defendants in a Portland, Ore., terrorism case, in which six men and one woman are accused of plotting to fight with the Taliban and Al Qaeda against American forces.

At Cornell Tech (a joining of Cornell University and Technion in an initiative led by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create the campus as a springboard by NYC tech), the focus was on how the institution's focus on research, entrepreneurship and intellectual rigor will have an economic impact on New York City.

Fu won the women's 3-meter springboard title by surpassing her Chinese teammate, Guo Jingjing, on the final two dives.

There must be an account of the life, which is likely to draw on the material supplied in the book being assessed, so that the book may be used as a springboard even by a critic who comes down hard on it.

He won the gold medal in men's 3-meter springboard Tuesday by a wide margin, finishing 36.25 points ahead of Alexandre Despatie of Canada in a performance that won him a score of 10 on five of his six dives.

Germany's Patrick Hausding made amends for his horror-show in Friday's synchronised 3m springboard competition by finishing second, whilst China's Yuan Cao was third.

Each day, our group was free to explore from the efficient springboard provided by our hotel.

In a meeting at No 10, TechStars CEO David Cohen and General Partner Mark Solon confirmed TechStars are expanding their network outside of the US by merging with Springboard, co-founded by Jon Bradford, to launch in London the globally renowned TechStars mentorship-driven investment programme.

It was hoped that AIP support would drive change by providing a springboard for new activities, by enabling new working patterns to emerge and by initiating service development.