Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.

Anyway, the demonstration project is a springboard for our own green roof installation business, bringing jobs and sustainable economic activity to the South Bronx.

American diver Abby Johnston, who is competing on the springboard, said she showed up for her warmup, only to learn the pool was shut down without any notice.

This initiative should be supported unequivocally, serving as a springboard for a stronger focus on green investment among SWFs. With the right approach, SWFs can offer significant long term benefits to all.

Workers, employers and families have become more responsible personal consumers of energy and other resources where joint workplace action has served as a springboard to change consumption patterns at the community level.

The global diversity and differences of civilizations and cultures should not be sources for conflict in the world. They should, instead, provide the motivation, impetus and springboard for international exchanges and cooperation.

A knee injury prevented midfielder Graham Dorrans from making his first appearance of the season until the 2 2 draw with Villarreal but he believes Rangers can use that result as a springboard to greater things.

So just like a diver stands on a springboard and then jumps off it to gain momentum, and then does this pirouette, this two and a half somersault through and then gracefully recovers, this robot is basically doing that.

The Programme of Action is to serve as a springboard and strategic reference for the development of bilateral and multilateral programmes that emphasize crime prevention and the rule of law as key elements for achieving sustainable development in Africa.

I had just done the long jump, and a guy who was missing two legs came up to me and says, How do you do that? You know, we're supposed to have a planar foot, so we can't get off on the springboard.

We are asking the parties to do everything possible to ensure that the upcoming Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank becomes a step in a broader process and is used as a springboard to revitalize the road map.

The global economy and its increasing openness made it possible for three billion people to enjoy the fruits of growth in the postwar period. It may also provide an economic springboard for another two billion people to fulfill their aspirations in the coming decades.

Indeed, the more detailed one s analysis of today s global growth dynamics is, the more likely one is to conclude that this year s brighter prospects are just that brighter prospects for 2014. There is still much that can (and should) be done if this year s predicted upturn is to provide a springboard for a meaningful medium term growth spurt that improves prospects for current and future generations.