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- verb Present participle of
kickstart .
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After all, billions of U.S. dollars have been spent on kickstarting green technology over the past several years on innovations in corn ethanol, wind, and solar power, to name a few examples.
David Milroy: Looking to Market Forces, Not Government, to Make the World Greener David Milroy 2011
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After all, billions of U.S. dollars have been spent on kickstarting green technology over the past several years on innovations in corn ethanol, wind, and solar power, to name a few examples.
David Milroy: Looking to Market Forces, Not Government, to Make the World Greener David Milroy 2011
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Top on the list of to-dos for the culture ministry is kickstarting the stalled archives project.
Sudan: problem of preserving the past Maggie Fick 2010
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After all, billions of U.S. dollars have been spent on kickstarting green technology over the past several years on innovations in corn ethanol, wind, and solar power, to name a few examples.
David Milroy: Looking to Market Forces, Not Government, to Make the World Greener David Milroy 2011
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The US Federal Reserve has announced "Operation Twist" – a $400bn plan aimed at kickstarting the beleaguered US economy.
Fed announces $400bn Operation Twist in bid to boost US economy 2011
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"The very notion that any human being would be deemed illegal is not only absurd but an indictment against the very system we live under," Solay told me while kickstarting their tour with The Wailers; a relationship formed by a mutual support of the recent upsurges in the world.
Voto Latino: Outernational Releases 'We Are All Illegal,' Goes on Revolution Tour Voto Latino 2012
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The so-called "third sector" sees galvanising fundraising by mobile phone as key to kickstarting a new era of giving, and – crucially – appealing to young people.
Thousands of charities join donate by text message scheme 2011
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Credit to kickstarting this goes to Frankie Roberto who came away from a conference on mobile learning for the museums and archives sector in January 2009 with a bee in his bonnet:
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Jane Hahn/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal An Austrian trade commissioner in Nigeria is credited with kickstarting the trade back in the 1960s, after he noticed Nigerians' fondness for dressing up for weddings and other special occasions.
Lacing Up in Nigeria 2011
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After all, billions of U.S. dollars have been spent on kickstarting green technology over the past several years on innovations in corn ethanol, wind, and solar power, to name a few examples.
David Milroy: Looking to Market Forces, Not Government, to Make the World Greener David Milroy 2011
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