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Meanwhile, careful marketing strategies by brands such as Adidas and Hugo Boss have been important springboards for Germany's most ambitious branding endeavor yet: Berlin Fashion Week, launched in 2007.

The Quiet Rise of Berlin Fashion Mary M. Lane 2011

There is no excuse for anyone turning these kinds of events into springboards for policy or political changes.

Miles Grant never wastes an opportunity to exploit a tragedy 2011

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the subsequent covenants on political and economic rights are excellent springboards for what a society should look like.

The central philosophical challenge for modern Liberals 2009

I think Kage Baker's Company stories would make great springboards for a series if you stuck with the historical period idea.

MIND MELD: SF/F Books That Would Make A Great TV Series 2010

Schmidt goes on to list, and explain, 45 master characters from mythic models - these are great springboards for developing full, rich characters.

NaNoWriMo Workshop – Character « Write Anything 2009

Above and beyond anything else, I think it is possible to write about contentious issues from a reasonably neutral perspective, that these can be in the interests of teenagers wherever they are in the world, and that the very contentious nature of them make excellent springboards for genuine discussion (and hence language use/development).

T is for Taboo « An A-Z of ELT 2010

Other elected mayoral springboards: William O'Dwyer was district attorney of Kings County when he was elected mayor in 1945.

Henry J. Stern: They're Off! Henry J. Stern 2011

Other elected mayoral springboards: William O'Dwyer was district attorney of Kings County when he was elected mayor in 1945.

Henry J. Stern: They're Off! Henry J. Stern 2011

What a wonderful post – I am often guilty of thinking that my flash pieces are just springboards for other work, seeds, that only when they develop into something else will be complete.

Six Things Your Flash Desires 2010

Short stories can often be productive springboards into something longer.

Knowing Your Process – How « Write Anything 2010