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Upon Craig's return to Canada, he found that Free the Children had been catapulted to an organization of national prominence.

While being catapulted into the sky at the end of a giant rubber band is now allowed, jaywalking at bus stations is forbidden.

Raw materials could be robotically excavated and literally catapulted off the surface.

I catapulted myself out of that room and left the programme.

Like the "Slumdog Millionaire" actors, Syed was also plucked from Mumbai's teeming slums and catapulted to global stardom.

Business boomed , and that early success catapulted the company into volume distribution .

It was their prediction on unemployment, however, that catapulted them to the front of the pack.

World War II catapulted up to 38 percent of American women into the workforce to fill the labor shortage left by men serving as soldiers.

Two events of the twentieth century catapulted polymers into a position of worldwide importance.

All that rapid growth over the past few weeks has catapulted your little passenger to about 2 inches in length by now.

But this year, the flare of the microblog trend, known as "weibo, " catapulted Sina. com back into the spotlight.

So enthusiastic was the popular response that he was catapulted into leadership of the rebellion against Taft and the Odd Guard.

The car ran at such a high speed that when it stopped suddenly, the driver was catapulted through the windscreen.

Nowlan's hero, catapulted into the future, was just as resourceful as Twain's confederate yankee thrust back into King Arthur's court.

The bravos and the ovation burst forth as though catapulted from the soul of the audience the Ollin Yoliztli Hall.

Over the last decade or so, that phenomenon has catapulted several Asian carriers into the league of the world's busiest airlines.

It started relying on large third-party distributors, a strategy that had catapulted it into the top ranks in Western markets.

Rapid economic growth across Asia in recent years has catapulted millions into the ranks of those who can now afford the dish.

Those numbers have catapulted Mr. Lu, whose first two features were small art films, into the top ranks of Chinese directors.

t just get out of bed, she catapulted out and hugged my, and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry.

and Mr Slim's ownership has catapulted him from being rich to enormously wealthy.

The fact that the crisis has catapulted the world into its future also creates huge uncertainties.

Our Michelin star chefs and fine dining restaurant scene have catapulted the city into the culinary spotlight.

A country of 1. 3 billion people, catapulted into modernity by an unprecedented boom, has gone sports mad.

Her clumsy imitation of Chinese catapulted Ms Wallace to her moment of fame.

An unexpected inheritance catapulted him into the ranks of the nouveaux riches.

Over the following four decades, the Cold War and the Space Race catapulted humans past the sound barrier, into orbit and beyond.

He stopped his bicycle so suddenly that he was catapulted over the handle bars.

Four years later, Johnny was still on the show, and catapulted to the undesired role of "teen idol" .

A 126% increase in fuel prices last October catapulted inflation to 18%, while wages increased only marginally .

But what has really catapulted Wal-Martsintosthe culture wars is a federal investigation of how it cleans its stores.

It was "Star Wars" in 1977 that catapulted Fisher into international fame.

He's not an actor who's been catapulted into stardom in one single night.

Here in New York, we've been catapulted into summer.

If India takes a leaf from the other Asian nations' books, they have a chance to be catapulted onto the world stage.

The Smith Barney deal catapulted it to the top spot, with 18, 000 brokers and $1. 6 trillion in client assets.

She is the "Sweeping Old Lady" and the first cyber figure to be catapulted to fame on China`s Internet in 2011.

Suddenly Endris was hit from below and catapulted 15 feet in the air.

called A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. (It has catapulted into the top five most personally influential books I've ever read. )

witnesses say he was catapulted at least 20 feet into the air,

In the future, airliners could be catapulted into the sky by electric motors

driver was catapulted through the windscreen

As FIGURE 1 illustrates, U. S. imports of solar panel components from China catapulted by over 1, 500