It also offered a leg-up for the rural masses to climb the social ladder.
Apple has a clear leg-up in profits because it covers hardware, software, and in many cases, retail.
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It can be easy to forget that other aspects of Welsh life got a leg-up from the Thatcher government.
The elite few who can access it get a valuable leg-up in the job market, without the burden of student debt.
Google has a clear leg-up in quantity because it gives away it operating system and leaves the phone itself to partners.
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Rocketing house prices may have left one generation with a windfall, but the next needs more of a parental leg-up than ever.
The noted Charles Mingus band alumnist Jackie Bayard(ph) gave him a leg-up on other studio wizards with some real jazz chops and a unique sonic sensibility.
He may have more support to continue rolling back some affirmative action policies introduced over 30 years ago to give a leg-up to the majority ethnic-Malay population.
The trend to quotas is most visible in countries where a legal leg-up can overcome prejudice, in the form of violence, shortage of cash, or lack of media attention.
The top two from each pool then went forward to the cross-ties, or semi-final, at which point Jason Davidson was eliminated by John Hirsch of Dundee with the leg-up buttock.
To give non-English-speaking children a leg-up, the government agreed last year that all pupils should be taught in their mother tongue for at least the first three years of primary school.
The rule, Regulation Fair Disclosure, was adopted in 2000 to address a leg-up some institutional investors were getting via information about public companies that was not available to all investors.
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While their present capabilities to intercept ballistic missiles are, unfortunately, quite limited, the existing ships, launchers, missiles, sensors, communications systems and people who operate them constitute a huge leg-up on the task of fielding the sort of anti-missile systems we need.
At a time when the U.S. economy and the stock market are looking for a leg-up, corporate executives are leaving economic development opportunities on the table because they fail to invest, engage and learn more about how to connect culturally with this vibrant Hispanic consumer segment.
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Unlike many men, who prefer not to let their competitive edge be known, my experience tells me that most female entrepreneurs are willing to share their secrets to success in order to gain tips from other successful business people and even to help give a newbie a leg-up.
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Like me, I felt a thrill running up my leg - a thrill running up my leg.
His second over contained an innocuous slider down the leg-side, but Simmons lazily flicked at it, and Cook - crucially standing a few yards closer to the action than a regulation square-leg - snapped up a catch.
With incremental execution, the dance's signature flipped-up-and-back flexed-leg-and-foot pose looked less like a kicked up heel than a pretty and preened piece of plumage.
Lusty late blows from Mike Hussey - including a huge six into the third row of the top tier of the square leg boundary - bumped up the total, but the left-hander fell one run short of his half century when he drove a catch to Denly at mid-off.
The Fed, in this move, has just given the gold market exactly what it will need for its next leg up--new investors coming in the market.
That gives non-profits an even bigger leg up against their for-profit competitors.
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For the time being, as long as Ford remains above 10.00-9.95, the current up-leg off of the October 2 low at 9.71 will remain in a very healthy condition, and poised to thrust above key near term resistance at 10.28.
The left-hander, who began his Test career with 49 against Australia in Johannesburg four years ago, went one better when he clipped MacGill away through the leg-side for three to bring up a 106-ball half century.
Tremlett, who had come in for some severe punishment in his first appearance had two moments of joy when he knocked back Sehwag's leg-stump and cleaned up Robin Uthappa.
Gambhir was fortunate to survive a certain lbw appeal when Mills was called for a no-ball with his first delivery of the day, but took advantage of his leg-off to bring up his 10th Test half century.
Its pledges to unwind a decades-old race-based affirmative action policy designed to give a leg up to the majority ethnic-Malay population and reduce corruption have a strong appeal among mostly younger voters, analysts say.
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The opposition also has also pledged to unwind a race-based affirmative action policy designed to give a leg up to the majority ethnic-Malay population and to reduce corruption, changes that younger voters strongly support, analysts say.
The stock needs a catalyst to break out of this resistance zone to start another up-leg.
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They managed to add 31 to their overnight score before paceman Broad and Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid picked up the last two wickets.
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