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He parlayed his 1980s flash into pop-culture ubiquity; he parlayed that into reality-TV stardom; he parlayed that into a weekly commentary gig on "Fox & Friends"; he parlayed that into conservative base adulation; and he parlayed that into real estate on Pennsylvania Avenue.
He has parlayed his YouTube fame into other paying gigs.
He parlayed his riches into a governorship and U.S. Senate seat.
It's about the way that success is parlayed into multiplatform businesses.
He then parlayed that property's profits into his next few investments.
The savings from house hacking can be parlayed into these strategies.
They've parlayed that Meerkat hype into a new social video app, Houseparty.
Weeks later, it parlayed the hype into $12 million in venture funding.
Alexis Ren has parlayed her beachy vibes into 8.8 million Instagram followers.
Clinton, of course, parlayed his moderate liberalism into two terms as President.
The story also said Blanton parlayed a $1 million investment Halozyme Inc.
He could have easily parlayed his success into a hefty studio payday.
Zayna (or Rahme/Rahmeh) has parlayed his theft into hundreds of millions.
Together with his collaborators, Doeleman parlayed that first success into more telescope time.
He played the first seven and parlayed the opportunity into even more money.
Trump also parlayed the popularity of his name to enter the apparel market.
McGrath parlayed that success into a huge fundraising haul of more than $770,000.
The young Mr. Byrnes parlayed his N.Y.P.D. training into roles in summer stock.
He parlayed a football scholarship into a career in accounting in Midland, Tex.
And since appearing on Bravo, she has parlayed her Housewife status into other gigs.
But Yamaguchi has also parlayed her medal into a different way of giving back.
" And the Seattle Times' Mike Rosenberg: "Amazon parlayed HQ2 into incredibly outsized media attention.
Eventually, he parlayed this unorthodox way of thinking into a $150 million net worth.
The raft of picks could be parlayed into even more deals after this season.
Those kinds of numbers could be parlayed into lucrative sponsorships and ad partnership deals.
He parlayed his fame into a political career and was elected to Turkey's Parliament.
Zhengding was isolated and poor, but its cultural wealth could be parlayed into tourism.
He eventually parlayed his skills into a career as an art director and animator.
And it's something she has parlayed into advocacy for better representation of women in technology.
He also hasn't exactly parlayed his physical demands as a firefighter into his golf game.
Following the trial, she parlayed her fame into a modeling gig for Playboy in 1997.
As a real-estate developer, Trump successfully parlayed his attention-grabbing instincts into business opportunities.
Eventually, he parlayed his insect expertise into work as a "bug wrangler" on Hollywood productions.
Craig (Michael Sheen) has parlayed a political career into best-selling authorship and television celebrity.
Washington parlayed three hits and a walk into a 143-0 lead in the first.
Some are true believers, who parlayed their passion for the candidate into a profitable side gig.
The company parlayed that audience into $9.3 billion in revenue and $3.89 billion in net income.
Minnesota parlayed a walk and three singles into a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
I parlayed my meager initial selection into an extensive collection of difficult-to-acquire live recordings.
You've parlayed a very public life into a pretty private one in the past few years.
Benj could have parlayed his knowledge into any number of areas—heck, even writing a book.
The Trump campaign has parlayed its strength in marketing to a significant lead in pledged delegates.
He then parlayed his no-nonsense, politically incorrect profile into a successful pitch for the presidency.
Lewis parlayed his distinctive style of low-brow comedy into a long-running movie and stage career.
Suddenly, he was a conservative hero -- and he parlayed that status into a 2016 bid for president.
Its stars — prodigal sons like King Bach and Logan Paul — have parlayed their following into TV fame.
It's how Son parlayed a $20 million investment into a stake of over $100 billion in Alibaba.
The Yankees then parlayed a triple, two doubles and two walks into four runs in the second.
Cube follows Game here, summarizing his upbringing around Crips, and how he parlayed that experience into success.
Bryant parlayed her modeling into an acting career, and being thin helped her look good on camera.
Barry, likewise, parlayed his federal conviction for drug possession into a fourth term as mayor of Washington.
If Atari hadn't crashed in 1983, McCarthy contends, TimeTeletext would have successfully parlayed into the gaming business.
He netted roughly $5,000 per event and parlayed some of that cash into houses that he'd flip.
Avenatti has deftly parlayed the publicity surrounding the Daniels case into a dizzying amount of publicity for himself.
Qatar has for years parlayed its enormous gas wealth and media strength into broad influence in the region.
Chicago parlayed three singles and an error by Polanco into a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
" —Justin Ballew "My retired dad parlayed his MoviePass subscription into a gig as the local paper movie critic.
Houston committed just six turnovers and parlayed their dominance on the offensive glass into 15 second-chance points.
A variety of failed Republican contenders have parlayed White House bids into lucrative careers on radio and television.
Haskell parlayed that fame into a leading role in a Rob Schneider movie before vanishing from public life.
Cars 3 and The Emoji Movie also parlayed the family-movie sweet spot into good box-office returns.
The Fighting Irish parlayed three Michigan State turnovers into 21 points to grab a 28-33 halftime lead.
London has parlayed expertise in banking and inclusion in Europe to secure dominance over large areas of trading.
But by the late '90s, the Davidsons had sold their company and parlayed its success into philanthropic efforts.
Jenner has parlayed her family's "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" reality TV show into a lucrative cosmetics line.
It does not hurt that Ms. Garcia has parlayed her TV following into a significant social media following.
That role went to Navas, who parlayed his 2014 World Cup performance into a transfer to Real Madrid.
They've long ago surpassed relatability and have actually parlayed their online fame and lavish lifestyles into bankable success.
John, the man behind the orange hat and glasses of Blippi, has parlayed this success into an empire.
After divorcing him, she said, she parlayed the $22013,219 settlement into a small fortune on the stock market.
Minnesota parlayed four singles and a throwing error by Beckham into a 3-0 lead in the first.
In two years with the Cougars, Herman won 22 games and parlayed that success into the Texas job.
And it has parlayed that for leverage elsewhere, using it to ward off trade threats from the United States.
After a meme-generating turn on Love & Hip Hop, she parlayed her fame into a bona fide music career.
On the other hand, Chinese selfie app maker Meitu successfully parlayed a smartphone business into a deal with Xiaomi.
Allen later parlayed his Microsoft stake into a fortune that put him among the world's wealthiest individuals, reports Forbes.
While Richie parlayed his managerial position into an equity stake at the indie label Rondelay Records, Lester's career languished.
He parlayed his online fame into a modeling contract that has him traveling to fashion shows across the globe.
There, he parlayed his cooking skills into Plaza Jalisco, a restaurant he named after his native state in Mexico.
She is one of the first women to have parlayed her incredible acting career into a formidable producing presence.
The Giants parlayed some well-placed hits and an error to take a 4-2 lead in the seventh.
Qatar has for years parlayed its enormous gas wealth and media influence into a broad influence in the region.
He parlayed his infamy into more than a dozen subsequent reality TV appearances and a career in professional wrestling.
Not only has Jorge parlayed his ABC exposure into Jorge's Tourges excursions business, but he's also taken up writing.
Seen in this light, Obama parlayed his celebrity into votes and delegates, with many party elites bandwagoning behind him.
Still, Roberts parlayed a strong spring into a spot as the Dodgers' opening-day center fielder and leadoff hitter.
It parlayed a cash-burning Chinese operation into a roughly 18 percent stake in rival Didi Chuxing last year.
The company parlayed that success into a direct-to-consumer subscription business that took in $152 million in 2015.
I just feel that's the way to live your life, and it's parlayed a little onto the soccer field.
Houston committed a dozen turnovers in the first half that Orlando parlayed into 563 points to fuel its attack.
She parlayed that into a job as the spokeswoman for the Office of Public Liaison within the White House.
Now 113, Ms. Hector has parlayed her childhood instincts for helping people find their voice into a political career.
In America, those who have realized their dreams have so often parlayed their success into a cause greater than themselves.
Meanwhile, Avenatti has parlayed his stage on cable news networks on behalf of his clients into other areas of influence.
Brady is also known for his extremely healthy lifestyle, which he has parlayed into a lucrative business of its own.
Others of note: Former Cubs prospect Christian Villanueva parlayed a successful season into a first trip to the big leagues.
Lukas has parlayed this focus into a unique place in the sports media world under the banner of Uni Watch.
Signing corner Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was a masterstroke, and Rodgers-Cromartie parlayed it into a huge deal with the Giants.
Alas, there are many, many other ways that commentary on consumerism could've (and should've) been parlayed onto a T shirt...
Recently, I parlayed this experience, with support from my boss, into a new and quite gainful position with another firm.
Republican hopeful Donald Trump has parlayed populist positions on trade and other economic issues into boisterous support among union employees.
She parlayed her father's bankrupt estate into a mining empire that includes Western Australia's enormous Roy Hill iron ore mine.
But it's Johnson, who parlayed a wrestling career into starring roles in Hollywood, for whom Todd reserved the most praise.
Since the reality show's 2004 debut, she's parlayed her fame as a notoriously tough coach into a massive fitness enterprise.
Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins has parlayed his game-manager label into a 4-2 record against teams with winning records.
Like other liberation movements in southern Africa, the A.N.C. parlayed its heroic history of ousting white rulers into unchallenged rule.
The Canadiens parlayed Kovalchuk for a third-round pick while agreeing to trade him to a Stanley Cup-contending team.
While all of you were wasting time drinking in college, Sienna Santer has parlayed her Harvard admission into a business.
None of the club's regulars hit it bigger than Williams, who parlayed his sets there into television and film stardom.
Just about every star in Bravo's Real Housewives franchise has parlayed their success on the show into a side-hustle business.
The Indians parlayed five singles and a double into five runs in the fifth to extend the lead to 6-0.
His editor and other Marvel executives also parlayed the licensing deal into a trip to the 1994 Super Bowl in Atlanta.
They parlayed their first client into others, and now the company, Aspiritech, has about 130 employees, neurodiverse as well as neurotypical.
The Pan Am Games may not be among sport's most coveted events but past hosts have parlayed success into bigger things.
He parlayed his front businesses into a profitable career, and into a life of good food, fine drink, and romantic liaisons.
He parlayed those campaigns into a record-setting, seven-year, $100 million deal with the Washington Redskins in March of 2009.
"It has parlayed into other people wanting to help spread joy, and this is the vehicle that's doing it," Dan said.
Atwood even put her entrepreneurial skills to work and parlayed her puppetry expertise into a small business performing at children's parties.
Wealth displays are, in Mr. Haslam's view, vulgar — or common, a term whose deployment he has parlayed into a personal franchise.
I parlayed these earnings into the same investments and financial planning strategies I teach my clients and watched my wealth grow.
And judging by how Spicer has parlayed his debut into a narrative that he's being judged unfairly, they're not entirely wrong.
Although both men parlayed their inheritances into global power, they have stubbornly viewed themselves as outsiders at odds with the establishment.
Charlie Chaplin, who parlayed the antiauthoritarianism of his tramp persona into explicit political commentary, was the exception that proved the rule.
Later, she parlayed her modeling career into acting roles, with a part on The Young and the Restless during 2008 and 2009.
Kimbo Slice, the bearded street fighter who parlayed his internet popularity into a mixed martial arts career and worldwide fame, has died.
Now, he's parlayed that expertise into a successful lifestyle brand — and he's still taking advantage of his cards to score free travel.
Though far from revenue-generating production contracts, such announcements could be parlayed into big investments if the companies are perceived as hot.
And the star parlayed that budget (and the accompanying fame) into a career of posing in gorgeous outfits with a stern expression.
Just like that, Cosmic ruled the Rocket League scene, and they parlayed that success into a move to the larger G2 organization.
As the Blues parlayed their contributions to survive, another perennial contender, Anaheim, reached its threshold for despair, for expectations unfulfilled, last week.
Hommels has parlayed his success into a fund, Lakestar, although whether his fund partners can replicate his success remains to be seen.
One of the more noteworthy developments of this generation's entrepreneurship is how they've deftly parlayed their personal experiences and interests into careers.
Ibrahimovic said that he would "often spot solutions in the games that I then parlayed into real life" as a young player.
She parlayed her TinyLetter's popularity into a successful Kickstarter campaign, raising almost $28,000, and self-published the 56 entries as a book.
He was interested in helping and serving others and parlayed his leadership for his fellow actors into leadership for his fellow Americans.
In the N.B.A., Bob Myers parlayed his agent experience into a chance to build the Golden State Warriors into a championship team.
She has parlayed her new notoriety into a series of strip-club appearances, including two in South Florida on Friday and Saturday.
One was Mocha Uson, a blogger who parlayed her fame as a sexy dancer into a position overseeing the president's social media.
Supreme among them was Walter Scott, after whom Scotty's Castle was named: he parlayed speculation around a nonexistent mine into national celebrity.
Zahavi was suave and smooth-talking, and had parlayed a career as a soccer journalist in Israel into being a transfer broker.
In life, she has parlayed a sequence of small roles in serious films with serious directors into something like an image rehabilitation.
Kim then parlayed that progress into meetings with both Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both of which reflected longtime North Korean goals.
What started with a blog in 2006 has been parlayed into five best-selling cookbooks, her hit television show, and her own magazine.
Hatzistefanis has parlayed her success into a book deal and a podcast, and even scored her company a coveted partnership with Kylie Jenner.
Both men parlayed their privileged upbringing into Ivy League educations and both men possessed larger-than-life personas that attracted scores of admirers.
The 15-year-old parlayed her fame into a rap career under the moniker Bhad Bhabie, and now is signed with Atlantic Records.
In the 18th century's swirl of colonial rivalries, they and their allies parlayed loyalties into guns and used them to fight opposing tribes.
Similarly, his generational peers like Arcángel and Cosculluela parlayed their Spanish-language hip-hop bonafides into trap's present moment without missing a beat.
Politicians from both parties, from Democrats like John Kerry to Republicans like Rudolph Giuliani, parlayed prosecutorial perches into political power and nationwide fame.
Veteran shooting guard Joe Johnson parlayed his time in the BIG230 league into a deal with the Detroit Pistons, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday.
Almost a century later, the company, then called U.S. Time Corporation, had parlayed its work for the military into improvements in civilian watches.
So Ms. Green, 45, parlayed that retail knowledge into her venture capital endeavors and used it to bring specialized advice to her companies.
Wynn scored a lucrative land deal via business mogul Howard Hughes, and parlayed that money into an investment in the Golden Nugget Casino.
Downey famously parlayed the initial $500,000 he made for Iron Man into $50 million for his appearance in 2012's first Avengers film.
Many of the actresses last night seem to channel that ethos and parlayed it into some of the best PR moments of the evening.
Gary Cohn parlayed a cab ride into a job as a silver trader, into a position at Goldman Sachs, and, eventually, that bank's presidency.
Mr Berggruen is a billionaire investor who has parlayed his wealth into a foundation, the Berggruen Institute, that supports good governance and big ideas.
Adorned in his wig, muumuu, and huge fake breasts, Perry parlayed his way into the multimillion dollar film empire that is still thriving today.
The Tigers parlayed three singles into another run in the fifth with Castro driving in Nicholas Castellanos to extend their lead to 5-2.
The company has parlayed this experience into tens of millions of dollars of investment from a variety of Silicon Valley firms and technology companies.
In reality, however, a major midseason acquisition hasn't been parlayed into a successful championship run since the Detroit Pistons got Rasheed Wallace in 215.
While "privilege" plays an enormous role in the online shaming culture, both of these are examples of people who've parlayed privilege accusation into celebrity.
Moon earned him a BAFTA for outstanding debut by a filmmaker, and he parlayed the momentum into the Jake Gyllenhaal action film Source Code.
Way back in the mid-90s, with voices a half-register higher, they'd parlayed a working relationship with Pharrell into a deal with Elektra.
They are an aggressive team — they led the A.L. in stolen bases — and they parlayed Perez's savvy into what became the go-ahead run.
Josh Ostrovsky, the social media prankster known as the Fat Jewish, parlayed an Instagram feed full of other people's jokes into a book deal.
He then parlayed the momentum from that run into a run to the final of a Challenger event in Dallas, losing to Kei Nishikori.
He parlayed his boomlet in presidential politics into the "Cain's Solutions Revolution" bus tour in 2012 and started hosting a radio show in 2013.
It is about as close to an umami seasoning as you can get, and he parlayed it into a successful product for the masses.
He&aposs earned his fortune through a hip-hop career spanning nearly three decades and has also parlayed his success into several business ventures.
Most obvious was the Falcons' speed advantage, and how, as Quinn's Seahawks did against Denver in the 2014 game, they parlayed it into momentum.
The now 11-year-old reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, along with its various spinoffs parlayed Kim's fame into a family empire.
NYC, Penn has parlayed her 25 years in the notoriously hard-edged world of New York media to become the city's official career guru. Women.
David Fernández Huerta, Monument Valley 2's art director, had his first child in that time, and he parlayed that personal experience into the game.
They may enjoy this memoir in which Andre Iguodala parlayed income from his career as an NBA player into tech investments and his other passions.
And in the past several years, she's parlayed that appeal and intelligence into her production company, a retail brand, and a women-focused media company.
In 2015, she swept performer of the year honors from AVN and Xbiz, which she has parlayed into some behind the scenes work as well.
And aside from being famous people who parlayed a musical career into acting, you might not think they would have all that much in common.
The Wolves increased the margin to 105-99, but the Blazers parlayed a 383-0 run into a 114-109 advantage with 20:245 remaining.
He has also parlayed his reality TV fame into lots of sponcon and a forthcoming cocktail mixer line, Just Add X. But according to E!
Millsap averaged a career-best 29.83 points last season and parlayed his latest stellar campaign into a three-year, $90 million contract with the Nuggets.
Clinton hired James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to run his presidential campaign in 1992, and they parlayed the job into national celebrity and untold riches.
Season 9's Desiree Hartsock Siegfried, for instance, parlayed her pre-show career of being a bridal stylist into designing gowns and blogging about weddings.
The former lost his reelection bid to Carter, the latter parlayed his increased profile into the 1980 GOP nomination and, eventually, two terms as president.
Parker realizes this, too, as he's parlayed the Rihanna cosign into recent writing and producing gigs with Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, and more.
While being born a Kardashian-Jenner essentially ensured Kylie fame as well as a plush upbringing, she parlayed that influence into her own impressive income.
Ms. Mhlongo, 236, is a "Lion King" success story — a grateful alumna who parlayed a stint with Disney into a significant television career back home.
But in a crisis, where DeWine has parlayed 403 years of government experience into calm and quick decisiveness, those old weaknesses now project as strengths.
We look to legends like Pat McGrath, who parlayed her 25+ years of experience into an eponymous brand while taking emerging artists under her wing.
As the king and the steward parlayed with Los Compasivos, the boy heard the whisper-thin voice of the dancing bear speaking only to him.
Spencer Dinwiddie, a mercurial guard, parlayed a lifeline from the N.B.A.'s developmental league in December 2016 into a $34 million extension two years later.
The Werline family from San Antonio, Texas, parlayed a connection with a friend who works at the Hard Rock Cafe into a coveted dry spot.
But Bregoli's appearance went viral, thanks to her "cash me outside" catchphrase, and she eventually (and maybe inevitably?) parlayed it all into a burgeoning music career.
This proved no roadblock for either Obama or Clinton, as they parlayed a brief time in the Senate or a governorship of Arkansas into presidential material.
He's parlayed those channels into a show on WeTV, which highlights his better-known clients and offers a shot at stardom of those not yet famous.
Trivial, or nonexistent, advantages can be parlayed into dramatic increases in prices via aggressive marketing -- as happened with Vioxx, before it was pulled off the market.
At this point, Sarah realized that she enjoyed being totally naked in public, which she's parlayed into a sideline career as a nude model on Twitter.
Yeah, she was freaked out by seeing Elizabeth instinctively kill a guy, but she also parlayed that knowledge into better understanding what her parents actually do.
He had been in awe of the actors in the Indonesian action film "The Raid," who parlayed its success into playing bit parts in Hollywood blockbusters.
Rihanna has since parlayed the success of Fenty Beauty into a size-inclusive lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, which she co-owns with TechStyle Fashion Group.
Amber Venz Box, 30, parlayed her fashion blog into a tech business that has created $1 billion in sales for some of the nation's largest retailers.
Except for the lucky few who were born Kardashians, became Vine stars, or parlayed a viral Tumblr presence into a book deal, young people are poor.
Hicks owned baseball's Texas Rangers and hockey's Dallas Stars; Gillett parlayed an interest in ski resorts into a Nascar team and the N.H.L.'s Montreal Canadiens.
He has parlayed the billions of dollars he has made into a huge array of companies and nonprofit endeavors that he promises will transform health care.
The Texan, Andrew Beal, parlayed financial and real estate deals into an estimated personal worth of more than $20093 billion and a bank bearing his name.
Boston parlayed four singles and two walks into three runs in the second inning as Gibson struggled with his command, throwing 38 pitches in the frame.
Charles quickly parlayed that into a successful YouTube channel, where he creates makeup looks and vlogs about his personal life for his fans (whom he calls "sisters").
Greinke went 19-3 with a 1.66 ERA with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season and parlayed it into a six-year, $33 million deal with Arizona.
Kayleigh McEnany, who parlayed her cable appearances into a gig with the Republican National Committee, spoke, as did Dan Bongino, a Secret Service agent turned NRATV host.
The "Idol" host parlayed his success on that show into a production empire that gifted the world with "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and all its spinoffs.
And as he did after The Washington Post published a cartoon featuring his daughters that he found repugnant, Cruz quickly parlayed the Times story into an opportunity.
Sure, her name carries a ton of weight in the business world, but Paris also parlayed that into licensing her name to perfumes and a fashion line.
For now, Oga has parlayed growing interest into a year-round promotion of everything Namahage, including demon-themed biscuits, rubber stamps and even a facial skin mask.
This is the place to shop for that boho Coachella-babe look, one that the brand has parlayed into its own clothing and swimwear collection, Blue Life.
As they stumbled, the Chiefs, who scored a total of 6 points before halftime in their first two games, parlayed three first-half turnovers into 17 points.
Yehiel had no corporate experience but parlayed his 15 years in the pro leagues to become the head of wellness of WeWork's gym effort, Rise by We.
After six years with the massive tech company, Kazi parlayed the knowledge he gained at Facebook into launching his own company, Threads, an inclusive workplace-communication tool.
By the time the final payment is made in 18 years, Bonilla will have parlayed that initial $5.9 million into a total of $29.8 million, ESPN says.
If his flow and beats were a smidge more iconic, he'd epitomize the kind of major minor artistry Le Tigre—hell, Spoon or somebody—parlayed into legend.
Trump, for his part, parlayed his best-seller status into two new careers: first as host of The Apprentice, and then as leader of the free world.
He parlayed that into a gimmick of cool detachment and faint disgust over his status, and the second half of 2017 was leading up to Okada vs.
After the Eagles parlayed that turnover into a field goal, Brady had one final chance, but his desperation heave from his own 21-yard line fell incomplete.
Alien studied computer science at M.I.T. and parlayed a connection there into a job at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which launched her into the information security world.
She has parlayed her experience as an environmental engineer into an influential role on Wall Street, where she is helping shape what companies reveal to the public.
The prosecutor who headed that office, Amy Klobuchar, parlayed her tough-on-crime reputation into a Senate seat and now a run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Liu, who founded JD.com in 2004 and has parlayed his ownership into a stake worth billions of dollars, controls about 80 percent of the company's voting rights.
So far in 251, the bank has parlayed longstanding relationships with fuel cell maker Bloom Energy and software company SurveyMonkey into lead spots on their public market debuts.
Conrad even said that one of their "most prolific" users who started using Hopscotch at age 12, has now parlayed those skills into a high school programming internship.
She parlayed her impersonations into a pop culture sketch series on VH1 called Stevie TV from 2012-2013, and was later a co-host of Brody Jenner's E!
She started working at a salon, parlayed that into catalogue work, then called in sick from work for her first big break: assisting on a humble Fanta commercial.
Palminteri recently parlayed his celebrity into the business world, with Chazz Paliminteri Ristorante Italiano in mid-town Manhattan and BiVi Vodka, the first vodka brand imported from Sicily.
Apple is the icon of the consumer electronics business, having parlayed its dominance in smartphones into a market-leading position in watches by keeping people in its ecosystem.
Fast-forward four years and Monsanto has parlayed their original data deal into this more recent strategic partnership with John Deere that involves better access to farmer data.
Amoruso eventually parlayed the idea into a thriving enterprise that has since fallen on hard times, but season one is content to narrowly focus on her early struggles.
More than a decade later, the Bennetts have parlayed their talents into a fan favorite show that focuses on flipping some seriously scary properties into tranquil desert oases.
She shrewdly parlayed her banquet appearances and product endorsements into $100,000—almost twice what Babe Ruth made that year, then demanded a $20143 fee for crowning her successor.
The Bucks, winners of 1763 of 1753, coughed up most of their 1743-point, fourth-quarter lead before Antetokounmpo parlayed his 1733th rebound into a six-point lead.
CBC Radio is akin to America's NPR, and Ghomeshi was one of its most beloved hosts, having parlayed his music cred into increasingly powerful roles at the station.
After building a computer in the early 1980s and teaching herself to code, she parlayed her years of experience as a music engineer into technology development and academia.
The Bucks, winners of 11 of 13, coughed up most of their 15-point, fourth-quarter lead before Antetokounmpo parlayed his 20th rebound into a six-point lead.
If Cruz did that and parlayed his strength in the far West into wins on the Pacific Coast, he could block Trump and win on the second ballot.
He's spoken with many successful business people about their secrets throughout his career and parlayed their insights into 30 life-improving exercises designed to increase focus and productivity.
He parlayed his way to the Mesquite deal from an initial investment with Eric in a duplex rental unit in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, some 9.453 years earlier.
If one had time traveled from March 1994 to the fair in 2017, they might assume Cobain had parlayed his childhood passion for drawing into art world fame.
Tramp art might be considered working-class Victoriana, which parlayed the period's affinity for intensive (and, one might argue, excessive) decoration on even the most quotidian of objects.
Two years ago she parlayed that into a start up, Kea Medicals, that has created electronic patient record management software that is now available in five African countries.
And Trump is right to regard himself as an essentially American character who parlayed confidence, showmanship and a daredevil's approach to ethics into boundless fame and considerable riches.
RICHMOND, Va. - Ryan Newman parlayed his strong run in Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 into a significant move up the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff ladder.
He's perhaps the only rapper working who has successfully mimicked the samizdat, sub rosa feel of the mixtape era and parlayed it into a sustainable major-label career.
And in an administration where personal proximity to Trump is viewed as crucial, Cohn appears to have parlayed this gig — and a good relationship with Kushner — into significant influence.
The AfD has parlayed similar messages into big gains in local elections in areas of Berlin, Pforzheim in southern Germany, and North-Rhine Westphalia with large Russian-German populations.
Remnants like its merchant banks and insurance houses, universities, language, vast soft power and trusted legal system, which it successfully parlayed into specialisations in services and high-end manufacturing.
But at least Feige and his teams can say this: they've parlayed their successes into a chance to make movies that no one else could get away with making.
GrokStyle started with a grant from the National Science Foundation for $225,000, and have parlayed that into a total of $2 million from a variety of firms and angels.
In 2015, Kondo was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People for her revolutionary approach to order, and she has since parlayed her expertise into two product lines.
Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen, who goes by the name Tila Tequila, was a huge MySpace celebrity in the 2000s and parlayed that into a show on MTV in 2007.
Recently, Kuvshinov parlayed this online success into Momentary: The Art of Ilya Kuvshinov, a book of select illustrations released by Tokyo-based book publisher PIE International (formerly PIE Books).
Rose parlayed her Lonelygirl15 notoriety into film and television roles, including a role in Lindsay Lohan's 20163 thriller, I Know Who Killed Me, that the world must never forget.
Anderson became famous for her appearance on a Vancouver stadium jumbotron, which she successfully parlayed into modeling for a record number of Playboy covers, and eventually an acting career.
Russia Ranked as one of the weakest teams in the tournament coming in, Russia parlayed home field advantage into a quarterfinal berth, its finest finish since the Soviet days.
Inspired by the experience, she went on to take computer classes at school and during summers and parlayed her enthusiasm into a spot at a prestigious Ivy League college.
My first objection was that she appeared to have parlayed possible Native American heritage to gain academic jobs (Harvard Law School listed her as Native American beginning in 1995).
Reggie Ossé, a knowledgeable and boisterous broadcasting personality better known as Combat Jack who parlayed his experience in hip-hop into a podcasting empire, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
Based on the mid-price of MuleSoft's trading range in the fourth quarter, Sylebra parlayed an investment of about $75 million into $156 million in just a few months.
After having been forced to sit out because of N.C.A.A. transfer rules, Williams and Williams-Goss, the team's leading scorer, had parlayed their redshirt years into refining their skills.
In the most formal sense, Trump's top lawyer is Donald McGahn, who parlayed his job as general counsel to the Trump campaign into the position of White House counsel.
Lampert parlayed his success with the AutoZone chain into a controlling stake in two of the nation's very worst retailers, and he somehow made them significantly worse from there.
Conrad says that the team receives fan mail all the time (something she calls "really gratifying") from kids who have parlayed their experience with Hopscotch into learning other languages too.
The post was a launching pad for Harris, who parlayed her high profile role into a Senate seat this fall and has been a rising star within the Democratic Party.
The holographic pop singer started life as a promotional vehicle for Japanese music software, but has since parlayed that into a career that most real musicians would be envious of.
She appeared on Nick Viall's season of the show in 2017 and successfully parlayed her time on the show into a semi-sustainable career as a reality star/celebrity entity.
Brian McCann (run-scoring groundout) and J.D. Davis (sacrifice fly) parlayed productive outs against Mets reliever Hansel Robles to extend the lead and set the stage for the series win.
At 62, she's got a hot man (singer John Mellencamp), she's still modeling and has parlayed her all-American sex appeal into a lifestyle empire worth an estimated $80 million.
Qatar has for years parlayed its enormous gas wealth and Al Jazeera's reach into broad influence in the region, and in 2011 supported "Arab Spring" revolts across the Middle East.
During his trial in Alexandria, Virginia, prosecutors painted Manafort as a brilliant political strategist driven by greed, who'd successfully parlayed his role on campaigns into tens of millions of dollars.
The sophomore's three picks were part of four early turnovers by the Blazers, and Tennessee (4-5) parlayed the mistakes into 03 points while building a 23-0 halftime advantage.
This connection is a profitable one, as brands and gurus have parlayed their number of loyal subscribers into hundreds of thousands of dollars in sponsorships and multimillion-dollar cosmetics lines.
The former vice president consolidated support among mainstream figures in his party after his big win in South Carolina, and he parlayed that into winning 10 states to Sanders's four.
Also like Kelly, Gionta parlayed his Olympic experience into an N.H.L. contract, signing with the Boston Bruins in the days after the United States' quarterfinal loss to the Czech Republic.
Perez retired the side in order in five of his first six innings, but the Royals parlayed four singles and a walk in the second into a 3-0 lead.
She parlayed her web series, "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," into a book of the same name and then into the HBO series "Insecure," which has twice been renewed.
Certainly, that position could have been parlayed into a better outcome in terms of ensuring the Kurds' place in Syria and keeping military pressure on ISIS than is likely today.
Far more than Rudy Giuliani, who parlayed his symbolic role as the stoic face of leadership after September 11th into the honorary title of America's Mayor, Bloomberg deserves the label.
Instead, it tells us Veidt in this version of Watchmen parlayed his '80s costumed vigilantism into a follow-up career as a "political kingmaker" and industrialist with a corporate empire.
Volkswagen was among the first manufacturers to offer affordable diesel passenger cars that did not smoke and rattle, and parlayed its technical advantage into dominance of the European car market.
The Swash brand was parlayed into a $499 de-wrinkling appliance in partnership with Whirlpool but two products made it to market as Downy Wrinkle Releaser spray and Tide Stain Pen.
Some have compared him to Douglas Coe, who over decades parlayed the famous National Prayer Breakfast into a sprawling and secretive global network that extended beyond ministry into diplomacy and business.
Houston parlayed six Boston turnovers into 10 points and a 13-point lead entering the second, and in that period Harden and Gordon continued to fire away from beyond the arc.
Mr Chu, a champion in 2014, parlayed run-of-the-mill success rates of 67% on Daily Doubles and 50% on Final Jeopardy into a 12-night run worth over $32.13,000.
As a local boy made good, Gabriel parlayed that clout to gain access to the city's famed Roman baths, where Arrowsmith could shoot in the early morning before the tourists arrived.
The single mom of four had been boxing local produce from nearby farms in Wisconsin and selling them to friends, an effort she parlayed into a community fundraising effort in 53.
Tagovailoa parlayed a nearly perfect third-quarter performance into a needed breakthrough for his team as No. 1-ranked Alabama stormed past The Citadel 50-17 with a huge second half.
In 2014, he received a coveted internship at the White House and later parlayed the connections he had made as an intern into low-level freelance work for the White House.
The current beneficiary of this evergreen phenomenon is Einer Bankz, who has parlayed his ukulele skills into off-the-cuff collaborations with Chance the Rapper, Trippie Redd and YG, among others.
Before this year, Konta had never won a main-draw match at Roland Garros in four appearances, but has parlayed her strong clay-court season into a deep run in Paris.
In the next decades, as a compelling television presence became critical to likability, Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono, Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Al Franken parlayed successful entertainment careers into elected office.
It cemented Carrere as not only an actress to watch but a singer on the rise, and she soon parlayed her success into a record deal and string of action movies.
She recognized the looming accessories boom, a bubble we're still in today, and parlayed her success into all sorts of other areas where a design mind could legitimately have a claim.
The former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a Rhodes scholar with a knack for garnering positive media attention parlayed his telegenic appearance and smooth speaking style into a promising candidacy.
The Timberwolves parlayed four Rockets turnovers into eight points in the second quarter, and their rim attacks served as the bedrock for an 11-of-18 shooting display from the field.
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She parlayed the Trump story into a big contract to move her column to New York Newsday , which is now defunct, like a number of the seven newspapers she's worked for.
But unlike 2018 — when Knicks Gaming gained an automatic playoff berth by winning The Ticket tournament and parlayed that into an unlikely championship — the 2019 squad failed to make the playoffs.
Like many young queer men, I parlayed my natural charm, big brown eyes and high cheekbones into a parade of sexual encounters, grasping towards a closeness I couldn't quite understand or reach.
A stash of rewards can be parlayed into hotel stays for a sibling's wedding, cash back when that magazine doesn't pay on time, or an emergency flight to escape an oncoming storm.
As Bruce Jenner, she became an Olympic hero and a charismatic icon of American masculinity, which she then parlayed into a business of endorsement deals, sportscasting gigs, public speaking engagements, and more.
He parlayed a coveted job in the mailroom of talent agency William Morris into bigger jobs, eventually breaking off to start a rival firm, Creative Artists Agency, better known simply as CAA.
The veteran shooting guard, who parlayed his time in the BIG16.03 league capped by an MVP award into a deal with the Pistons in September, failed to earn the final roster spot.
The veteran shooting guard, who parlayed his time in the BIG3 league capped by an MVP award into a deal with the Pistons in September, failed to earn the final roster spot.
Atlanta starter Mike Soroka retired the first 11 batters he faced before the Twins parlayed four consecutive two-out singles into a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Musk expertly parlayed the question — which was actually a request to collaborate on a comedy bit — into a discussion about whether people who travel to Mars need to be willing to die.
Parker parlayed the breakout role into well-received supporting performances in films like Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer, Arbitrage alongside Richard Gere, and Red Tails, the historical biopic about the Tuskegee Airmen.
Google has parlayed its dominance in internet advertising into the mobile software world, where Android leads the global smartphone market and ChromeOS powers more than half the mobile devices in U.S. schools.
Romero started the contest with three hitless innings, including twice striking out Choo on 3-2 pitches, before the Rangers parlayed three soft singles into a 2-0 lead in the fourth.
A devotee of Ayn Rand and Mr. Buffett, Mr. Lampert had parlayed $28 million of seed corn into a spot on the Forbes rich list by making savvy bets on undervalued companies.
A woman of feline poise and beauty, she has shrewdly parlayed tabloid attention into a kind of proto-Kardashian career: hosting television shows, promoting luxury goods like Rabat jewelry and Porcelanosa tiles.
Ibaka parlayed his skill set into three consecutive selections to the N.B.A.'s All-Defensive team, from 2012 to 1003, and he led the league in blocks in two of those seasons.
She parlayed that blog into a series of cookbooks, a Food Network television show called The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and eventually, her own line of Pioneer Woman-branded housewares sold at Walmart.
Avenatti, who parlayed Daniels' case into nonstop cable appearances and a giant Twitter following — where he frequently used "basta," Spanish for "enough," as a tagline — has denied wrongdoing related to the charges.
Jenner spoke to host Tracy Smith about the inner workings of the family's media empire, which the daughters have parlayed into makeup and clothing ventures as well as social media advertisements and endorsements.
You're not really a late-night satirist until you've parlayed your television gig into a lucrative book deal, and now Trevor Noah can say that he is truly a member of the club.
Timberlake, meanwhile, parlayed their breakup into "Cry Me a River" — whose video features a Spears look-alike as the woman who cheats on him — and rode it all the way to the Grammys.
The Illinoisan had the pedigree—a NCAA All-American wrestler who parlayed his on-mat skills to the octagon—but he still entered the ring with welterweight champ Carlos Newton as the underdog.
"It was Janet's dream, it was," Mr. Vokes says, referring to his wife, a barmaid and grocery-store cleaner who parlayed her passion for racing pigeons and whippets into a more ambitious adventure.
"Intuitive Surgical has parlayed its Da Vinci surgical machine into multiple markets and is beloved by hospitals as a selling point for patients who can choose where they want to go," he said.
A breakthrough came in the early two-thousands, when the writer Bill Simmons parlayed his conversational, fan-first perspective into a job at ESPN , and then founded his own, Simmons-centric media empire.
Click here to view original GIFOnce known for its quirky remote-controlled robot balls, Sphero parlayed that technology into a massive consumer hit with its Star Wars: The Force Awakens BB-8 toy.
Much has been made of the way Donald Trump, on the brink of failure as a businessman, parlayed a stint on reality TV into both a revitalized public image and the American presidency.
NEW DELHI — Muthuvel Karunanidhi, who parlayed his vocation as a prolific writer of films about the downtrodden into a political career that challenged the upper caste's hold on Indian politics, died on Aug.
In fact '19913s-era Jordan is probably the closest analog of '21991s Oprah: a black star who parlayed their revolutionary impact in a chosen field into a global brand which mitigated that rebelliousness.
Improbably, the Compton-raised kid born of Mexican immigrants parlayed this persona into a bit in the T.J. Miller movie Search Party, in which he played a sketchball kid who sold fake IDs.
Howard Kaminsky, who honed his instincts for publishing commercially successful books at scrappy Warner Books and parlayed that sense into high-level positions at Random House and Hearst, died on Saturday in Manhattan.
He ranked fourth in driving accuracy and seventh in distance, a potent combination that he parlayed into 21 birdies, leading the field for greens in regulation while limiting his blemishes to five bogeys.
By mid-century the world's count of nuclear weapons states will be about forty, as the most-advanced third-world states will have parlayed the reactor technology they're building today into nuclear weapons.
This is the predicament of Jill Grunenwald, a stylish and sparkly writer who parlayed a blog and podcast into RUNNING WITH A POLICE ESCORT: Tales From the Back of the Pack (Skyhorse, $22.99).
It's a voice that is passionate yet shockingly deliberate for someone as intense as Schroeder, a woman who has now parlayed her status as VPR's reigning queen bee into her very own book deal.
I admit, before you came to my keep, I was intrigued by the tales of my fellow clansmen of the rare beauty who parlayed like the veriest statesman at the behest of the king.
He parlayed that experience into work at Thomas Keller's Per Se, and soon after at wd~50, the 65-seat New American restaurant that was making waves for its pioneering use of molecular gastronomy.
In the months after the initial scandal, he parlayed his viral bit of fame into a troll career of harassing women on Twitter, beefing with various rappers, and livestreaming his entire life on YouTube.
He first gained attention in the 1990s with his racy routines on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," and he parlayed similar material to hilarious success for skits on albums by Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube.
From 2012 through 2014, Rogers and his co-owner, wife Josie, parlayed the donated dead into at least $12.5 million in earnings, according to Internal Revenue Service audits and court documents reviewed by Reuters.
Brad Paisley has parlayed his drollness into a long-running gig as a host of the Country Music Association Awards and a new one as M.C. for the Wild West Comedy Festival in Nashville.
Even his recent eight-figure free agency windfall seems a tad insufficient, at least after someone named Tyler Johnson parlayed a dozen half-decent NBA games into an identical four-year, $50 million deal.
The 213 brothers and sisters of the Daniels clan parlayed the business into a multinational fishing company, and three years ago they sold it to a Canadian outfit for tens of millions of dollars.
He parlayed that success into writing for Esquire, Playboy, and GQ, as well as writing and consulting on HBO's Oz and founding the short-lived but influential magazine Prison Life in the mid-90s.
The school's graduates and researchers have parlayed their ideas, skills and ambition into more than 50 start-up companies that have raised a total of $60 million from investors and created about 200 jobs.
This season began with astronomical expectations for the Sharks, who had parlayed a combination of savvy drafting, shrewd trades and European scouting into the most talented roster in the West, and perhaps the league.
If he had actually knocked off Kavanaugh, instead of helping him by elevating what now look like bogus accusations, maybe he could have parlayed that into something … but I think his moment has passed.
Jennifer Lopez got her start as a dancer on In Living Color in 22012, before going on to work as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson — which she quickly parlayed into an acting career.
Q. AND A. A wine distributor and sommelier by trade, Noel Patterson, the resident beekeeper at Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson, parlayed his experience with terroir to capture time and place in a bottle.
A Republican, he parlayed his winning coaching record into a career in politics that took him to the top House position, behind only the vice president in the line of succession to the presidency.
While he remains the only major candidate in the Democratic race without Washington experience, he deftly parlayed his seven-month deployment to Afghanistan into an impressive command of foreign policy on the debate stage.
KNOW-HOW At CD Projekt -- whose headquarters feature Silicon Valley perks such as a gym, film studio and open plan offices -- the company has parlayed Poles' love of video games into a global brand.
The Angels, held to just two singles over the first five innings by Gibson, finally broke through in the sixth when they parlayed four hits, a walk and a wild pitch into three runs.
Manafort reportedly parlayed his relationship with Akhmetov into a lucrative contract with former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who became Ukraine's leader in the summer of 28500 and was allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
McCain, who parlayed his status as a Vietnam War hero into a decades-long political career, served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before he was elected to the Senate in 1986.
It was that way again Sunday when Bettis pitched into the sixth and the Rockies parlayed an early five-run rally with superb relief pitching into a 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres.
Like many Disney stars who came before her, she parlayed this exposure into Instagram fame—where she currently boasts over 12 million followers—and used the platform to break away from her good-girl image.
We begin in California where GOP businessman, John Cox, parlayed an endorsement by President Trump into a spot on the November ballot for governor where he will face off against Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.
Since launching her eponymous makeup line in 2015, Pat McGrath has seamlessly parlayed her status as one of the fashion world's most innovative runway makeup artists to one of the beauty world's most innovative brands.
Playing tight end, Hernandez emerged as one of the Patriots' bright young stars and parlayed his success into a $40 million contract extension, signed just weeks after the 2012 slayings in which he is accused.
The parties cannot raise unlimited "soft money" contributions — money raised into state rather than federal accounts and parlayed into large-scale political advertising campaigns — as they could during the 1990s, before super PACs became legal.
Though her tennis game has been struggling for several years now, she had parlayed her sports career and glamour into a highly successful business, rising to be the highest paid female athlete in the world.
In 2011, Grimmie released her first EP, Find Me, and parlayed her YouTube fame into a gig as the opening act for the U.S. and Canadian portion of Selena Gomez's We Own the Night Tour.
Meanwhile, the screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie, parlayed this frat house trickery into one of the most jaw-dropping opening scenes of all time, and then a bunch of gimmicky action movies that also star Tom Cruise.
Jerry Frankel, who parlayed his success as a dress manufacturer in Dallas into a second act as a prolific producer of Broadway shows, nine of which earned him Tony Awards, died on Saturday in Manhattan.
Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini — the bombastic leader of the League who parlayed growing resentment against immigrants to sizable electoral gains for his party — chalked up Malta's proposal for the Lifeline migrants as another victory.
Stone parlayed his Nixon worship – he sports a large back tattoo of the 37th president – into a career as a Republican staffer and leader of Youth for Reagan (where he met Trump mentor Roy Cohn).
Miami stretched the lead to as high as 31 late in the second quarter and parlayed 76.9 percent shooting and 23 assists into the record-setting half, which ended with the Heat up 82-52.
With neither team moving the ball at all in the second half, Rutgers at least was able to gain an advantage in field position and parlayed that into three points midway through the fourth quarter.
Today, that obsession has parlayed into his new business venture as an investor, advisor and product designer for On. "I don't think working on On has felt like work or like a business," Federer says.
The son of an immigrant owner of a liquor store, he turned himself into an early YouTube celebrity with Wine Library TV, then parlayed that into a career as a social media and advertising guru.
Minnesota then parlayed four singles, two walks and a hit batter into six runs and a 7-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by two-run singles from Cruz and Max Kepler.
Now 62, and still modeling, the supermodel who first shot to fame as a cover girl in the 70s has parlayed her ageless all-American sex appeal into a lifestyle empire worth an estimated $80 million.
And while it has most definitely made a mark with a certain echelon of the music world — producers and those creating electronic music — it has not parlayed that into a wider global reputation or wider accessibility.
After his football career ended, Johnson rose to fame in World Wrestling Entertainment under the name "The Rock," and he parlayed that into a Hollywood career with early roles in the Fast and the Furious franchise.
In 1979, at 32, he became chief economist at Bear Stearns, the investment bank, a gig he then parlayed into a role as chief economist at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Ronald Reagan.
He pointed to Brexit and the success of the National Front in France, a party headed by Marine Le Pen, who has, as the New York Times puts it, parlayed anti-Muslim sentiment into political influence.
One former executive at Lehman Brothers, who lost a chunk of her retirement savings when the firm collapsed, has since parlayed her corporate skills and experience into a recruiting service for financial and real estate companies.
One could hardly ask for a better start to a major championship, and he parlayed it into a five-under-par 66 to share the first-round clubhouse lead with Americans Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele.
The voice belonged to my own guide, Flip Robinson, a 60-foot-225, magnificently bearded man who previously parlayed his stature into a gig as a stand-in for behemoth characters like Hodor and the Mountain.
Its core cast — including Snooki (Nicole Polizzi), "The Situation" (Michael Sorrentino) and JWoww (Jennifer Farley) — parlayed their success into lucrative business deals and social media fame that outlived the show's conclusion in 2012 after six seasons.
Brazil's fifth-wealthiest family, led by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista, has parlayed what began as a domestic beef business into a world-spanning food company, together with industrial, media and banking interests in recent years.
One of the defining behaviors of del Castillo's character in The Queen of the South was her fondness for tequila, and the actress has parlayed that into her own tequila line, which also launched on Jan.
"He won't have any problems whatsoever and this will end up being parlayed into a book deal for him, thus making him even wealthier," Robert Lustyik, a former FBI agent serving 15 years for corruption, told VICE.
Originally a playwright and sketch comedian, Sun has now parlayed his Twitter mastery into a book, the touching illustrated novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, released in late June under the name Jomny Sun.
Going global Digital Green has parlayed its success in India to expand to other markets like Ethiopia, Ghana and even the United States; Plantix is available in 150 countries, but has most of its users in India.
Mr Khalilzad, an Afghan-American who served as ambassador to Kabul from 2003 to 2005, is one of the most senior Americans to have parlayed with the insurgents; he also has the ear of President Donald Trump.
After the Twins went ahead 1-0 when Rosario hammered Smith's first-pitch breaking ball, the Royals parlayed three walks into their only lead in the third when Alex Gordon dropped a two-run single to right.
Logan Paul, whose Vines looped more than 26 billion times, parlayed his following into a series of acting roles — while earning $200,000 to create a single Vine for a brand, according to a recent 60 Minutes report.
Star's origin story begins with MySpace, where he amassed a cult following (and accusations of racism — more on that in a bit), which he parlayed into a music career that eventually stalled and led him to cosmetics.
Albert Frère, a Belgian high school dropout who parlayed the profits from his father's nail factory into a fortune worth billions, and whose multinational mergers and acquisitions helped solidify the economic integration of Europe, died on Dec.
"The very first foot of film I ever took as a professional was of him working out in Miami in 1965," said Mr. Kalinsky, who parlayed pictures from that training session into his job at the Garden.
After a few years, Martin parlayed that opportunity into a varsity job at North Miami High School, all while continuing to work odd jobs — including one as a nightclub bouncer — so that he could cover his expenses.
Jenna Jameson — the Julia Roberts of straight porn — even parlayed her notoriety into a memoir released by HarperCollins, "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale," which was a New York Times best seller.
She and her family are from Florida, but moved to LA so Cohn's career as an influencer could really take off, and eventually be parlayed into a Hollywood career, as attempted by so many internet celebrities before her.
Another Kremlin crony with apparent involvement is Evgeny Prigozhin, a restaurateur who parlayed his ties with Mr Putin into army-catering contracts and who allegedly controlled the troll factory that hacked elections in the United States in 2016.
Lackey overcame his dismal history at Coors Field with seven scoreless innings while also contributing an RBI single, and Chicago parlayed two Colorado Rockies errors into a five-run second inning and an 8-1 romp Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON — Two years ago, the author Michael Wolff parlayed his access to one of President Trump's most powerful advisers, Stephen K. Bannon, into "Fire and Fury," a rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of Mr. Trump's chaotic White House.
A middle school dropout turned martial arts performer turned itinerant salesman, Mr. Chen parlayed a remedy to treat scabies into a chain of clinics for sexually transmitted diseases and then into the country's largest network of private hospitals.
Later, he urged his millions of Twitter followers to watch a nonexistent graphic video of a former Miss Universe contestant, Alicia Machado, whose weight gain he had parlayed into a media spectacle while he was promoting the pageant.
But he has parlayed that modest post into a national platform for tough restrictions on voting rights and immigration, becoming both a celebrated voice within the Republican Party and a regular target of lawsuits by civil rights advocates.
His exposé contending that Dmitri Medvedev, the prime minister and former president, had parlayed government work into a fortune, has been viewed more than 30 million times and helped to drive the biggest street demonstrations in recent years.
Yet that same fixation on material wealth has been weaponized against him by detractors ever since he parlayed his co-production win for Drake's Meek Mill diss "Back To Back" into a foreground go at the rap game.
After bouncing onto the scene in 2017 as the youngest (and, IMO, cutest) of the Jonas Brothers, the singer, 26, parlayed his family band's early success into a solid solo career in 2014 — the biggest source of his wealth.
We see this with Zoey — who in addition to a Teen Vogue fellowship has already become a popular baller's girlfriend, a role that can be parlayed into a career of its own — and also a few of her friends.
"It's about building attention at scale, which leads to opportunities," says Vaynerchuk, a YouTube star who parlayed his fame as the host of an irreverent wine-tasting show in the mid-2000s into a career as an advertising executive.
Following the success of Midnight, Chablis parlayed her notoriety into public appearances on Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, and even cooking segments on Good Morning America (her 1996 biography Hiding My Candy featured recipes like "Titillating Taters" and "Brenda's Beefy Surprise").
After Joc Pederson struck out, Machado was hit by a pitch, and up came Muncy, who took a nonroster invitation to spring training and parlayed it into a 35-home run season and a regular spot in the lineup.
Suffering from a combination of bad luck and crippling defensive errors, the Predators parlayed a 40-43 advantage in shots on goal into a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night at sold-out Bridgestone Arena.
But the Republicans, who have parlayed "no sense of decency" into vile political theater, will undoubtedly recycle those "We Believe All Survivors" signs carried by Team Ford as payback against Democratic nominees for the "false accusations" against their guy.
Peter Thiel, who was the only major figure in Silicon Valley to endorse Mr. Trump, has parlayed that endorsement and a last-minute $1.25 million donation to the candidate's campaign into an unofficial role as his top tech adviser.
It wasn't impossible that "A Refusal" might receive publicity which could then be parlayed into some measure of notoriety for the artist, but the project's very nature, retiring and ingenuous, made such an outcome unlikely, and beside the point.
Who knows how far noise-cancelling techniques will evolve, but if this technology is ever parlayed into a consumer-ready product, we'll be first in line for a smart pillow that promises to improve our sleep and save our relationships.
He went on to work in finance in San Francisco and launch a fin-tech startup, but it was his knack for picking up the phone and talking to strangers that he parlayed into the success of his future business.
"After Haas had developed the banana diet, United Fruit parlayed the fruit's ability to fight celiac disease into more general claims about its healthfulness," writes Alan Levinovitz, PhD, in his book The Gluten Lie And Other Myths About What You Eat.
Why it matters: Tusk has parlayed his career's lessons into a new book, "The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups from Death by Politics," which he hopes can help startups operating in highly regulated industries like transportation, sports betting, and cannabis.
Harden parlayed a torrid shooting stretch in the third quarter into his league-leading 49th double-double as the Houston Rockets topped the Memphis Grizzlies 123-108 on Saturday night at Toyota Center to gain a split of the season series.
No. 9 UCF survived the loss of quarterback McKenzie Milton in the first half and parlayed its defense and running game into a 38-173 victory over South Florida in an American Athletic Conference matchup in Tampa on Friday afternoon.
Weah, who starred for top European clubs such as AC Milan and Paris Saint Germain in the 1990s, has parlayed his rags-to-riches biography into political success but faces criticism that he lacks the experience and knowledge for the job.
She also gained notoriety for getting into fights with older social media personalities like Danielle "Cash Me Outside" Bregoli—the teen who went on Dr. Phil, stole a car, and somehow parlayed the experience into a deal with Atlantic Records.
At 33, she is a very different creature from the coltish, artfully tarted-up young woman who, less than a decade ago, had parlayed her peroxided blond thatch, Dr. Martens, suspenders and neon accessories into a kind of demi-celebrity.
The rapper, who was of Eritrean descent and grew up in south Los Angeles, has said that he once belonged to a street gang but more recently he had parlayed his fame into a role as a community organizer and activist.
Rockets 121, Bulls 1233 James Harden scored 30-plus points for the sixth time in eight games, Clint Capela recorded his eighth double-double in nine games, and Houston parlayed a balanced scoring attack into its win over visiting Chicago.
Just this week, democratic elites pushed deval Patrick into the presidential race, a guy who parlayed his position at the DOJ helping to settle a massive racial discrimination settlement with Texaco into a high paying and prestigious job at Texaco.
"Ferris Bueller: Catharsis" (which will be released in January via Steidl; $37.95) captures the personal collections of Rodney Bailey (known as Ferris Bueller), who parlayed a Roc-A-Fella Records internship into creative work with Kanye West, the Diplomats and others.
The lawsuit is an outgrowth of an acrimonious split between the Nederlander Organization, which is one of the biggest theater owners in the country, and Ms. Hays, who has parlayed a huge real estate fortune into a successful theater career.
And Mr. Chalençon, 47, has parlayed his niche interest into wide fame, currently appearing on the French TV show "Affaire Conclue," a kind of mash-up of "Antiques Roadshow" and "Shark Tank" that might be called "Done Deal" in English.
Other singers have parlayed their personas into business empires — Dolly Parton, for instance, with her Dollywood theme park, Dixie Stampede dinner theaters, Dolly slot machines and "Coat of Many Colors" merchandise — but none are as singularly sprawling as Mr. Buffett's Margaritaville.
Pouring in enormous energy and exploiting close ties to South Koreas leaders, he parlayed it into a behemoth that employed more than 300,13 people in 110 countries at its peak, with interests ranging from automobiles to construction, shipbuilding, trading and securities.
Many of them had parlayed their stick skills at Ivy League or Mid-Atlantic colleges into personal connections that led to spots on trading desks, where it can be hard to swing a lacrosse stick without hitting a former attackman.
At the same time, Mr. Sanders, who parlayed a near-win in Iowa into fuel for his insurgent primary campaign in 2016, has fallen into the single digits as others in the crowded field seize the mantle of his message.
At the same time, Mr. Sanders, who parlayed a near-win in Iowa into fuel for his insurgent primary campaign in 2016, has fallen into the single digits as others in the crowded field seize the mantle of his message.
Don Bragg, who was denied his dream of playing Tarzan in the movies but parlayed his imposing physique into a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1960 Rome Olympics, died on Saturday at his home in Oakley, Calif.
The church became extraordinary financially successful, bringing in millions of dollars a year from the US and abroad, a venture Moon ultimately parlayed into a series of successful businesses including a cable TV network, a shipbuilding studio, and a seafood empire.
Set to unveil two new models at the Paris Motor Show early next month, VinFast is the brainchild of Pham Nhat Vuong, a Vietnam native who, over the past quarter century, parlayed $2300,2000 in loans into an empire worth an estimated $10 billion.
"Maybe they changed their lifestyle in some way," with the training giving them a little cognitive boost that they parlayed into more reading, more travel, more social engagement, and more of other activities that boost "cognitive reserve," the brain's cushion against dementia.
Since then, she has parlayed her degree into much success in the lifestyle journalism realm: She contributes to InStyle with a video series called #AskKat , has appeared on The Today Show, The Talk, and The View, and runs a lifestyle website called KatherineSchwarzenegger.com.
Tinkler quickly parlayed a series of audacious deals into a fortune, far removed from his days as an apprentice at one of BHP's coal mines, where he is said to have spent much of his free time scouring share prices in newspapers.
Omarosa "Omarosa" Manigault-Newman rose to prominence in 2004 as a contestant on the first season of The Apprentice, where she showcased her inscrutable and often infuriating personality, which she parlayed into a career as a TV villain and a tabloid fixture.
In the beginning, in the mid-1930s, the young Guston parlayed the influences of the Mexican muralists José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, the Surrealist Giorgio de Chirico and the Renaissance master Piero della Francesca into a suave, rather refined social realism.
Mr. Charney had parlayed what was a $200 bank account when he was a young man into a fortune that Forbes at one point put at $1 billion, ranking him No. 509 on the magazine's list of the richest Americans at the time.
The brothers have parlayed their matching features into countless commercial roles (most notably for Dr. Scholls, Snickers, and Virgin Airlines) and their IMDb credits include parts in Dawson's Creek, The Patriot, Zoolander, Spider-Man, The Girl Next Door, and Jack and Jill.
Ms. Runyon — who in 1974 parlayed her popularity briefly into political power by winning election to the State Assembly — fought on, as Columbia demolished five of the six buildings and warehoused hundreds of other vacant apartments on sites reserved for future development.
"He came up with his own style of bass lines, and he parlayed the bass lines into a lot of different music, and it opened the gateway to what they now call house music," Mr. Regisford said in a telephone interview on Wednesday.
Much like the mustard yellow getup, it's as if the Ocean's 8 costume designer took everything bad in the world—a button-up vest, multiple pieces of velvet on a body, the color green—and parlayed it into the suit of the century.
Roupenian was taken aback by all the attention — in an essay published by the New Yorker last week, she described the response to "Cat Person" as feeling "annihilating" — but nonetheless, she parlayed the story's success into a reported seven-figure, two-book deal.
Willems said, "I understood that the only way to get to make an animated film was to have already made an animated film," and so he parlayed his student film into work doing interstitials—bits in between shows—and short films for Nickelodeon.
One of them — an anonymous senior official styling himself as the leader of a cadre of "adults in the room" within the administration —has even parlayed a New York Times op-ed touting his "resistance" into a book on the same subject.
Stafon Johnson, once a 5-foot-11, 225-pound jackhammer, parlayed his talents at Dorsey into a full scholarship at USC and a three-year NFL career with the Tennessee Titans before he returned to coach running backs at his alma mater.
Chandra parlayed his out-of-the-gate success and the similarly warm reception to his 23 collection of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, into a day-job career as a creative writing professor, first at George Washington University and then at UC Berkeley.
A few high-profile Trump confidants slipped through, including Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born media mogul who has parlayed his New York tabloid-era relationship with Mr. Trump into a direct line with the president, who attended with his wife, the former supermodel Jerry Hall.
She is certainly the only editor since Diana Vreeland who has parlayed her public persona into a pop culture character, but unlike Ms. Vreeland, she now regularly plays herself in not just documentaries but also feature films, as opposed to letting others play her.
The story behind this film is kind of neat: Kogonada, its director, became pretty well known for publishing film essays online (at least, as well known as one can be for a thing like that), and then parlayed that into actually making a movie.
He started his Scobleizer blog in 2000, and parlayed the blog into lucrative roles including technology evangelist at Microsoft, futurist at Rackspace, and most recently, entrepreneur in residence at Upload, a virtual reality startup that recently settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former employee.
Since starting one of the most popular online cooking shows of all time, I've parlayed Internet popularity into a career where I write for some of my favorite websites, produce cool video content, and manage social media accounts for a number of large clients.
Redford, who co-starred with Paul Newman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," has parlayed the Sundance name and his success as an actor and director into many ventures over the years including the Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute and cable television's Sundance Channel.
James Harden scored 30-plus points for the sixth time in eight games, Clint Capela recorded his eighth double-double in nine games, and the Houston Rockets parlayed a balanced scoring attack into a 121-83 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Saturday.
His steal of second base for the Red Sox in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the 2004 A.L.C.S. sparked a comeback from a three games-to-none deficit against the Yankees, which Boston parlayed into its first World Series victory in 86 years.
In this, she followed in the footsteps of supermodel peers who in the late 1990s parlayed their fame into personal brands, including Cindy Crawford and Iman, who started businesses, and Christy Turlington, a graduate of New York University and Columbia who advocates for women's health.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez, a former member of the Medellín drug cartel who boasted of committing hundreds of murders on behalf of the drug lord Pablo Escobar, and who parlayed his criminal past into a popular YouTube channel, books and a movie, died on Feb.
But the hallowed status that Cosby occupied as one of the world's most beloved entertainers -- an icon who parlayed the universality of his stand-up comedy into several successful TV series, none bigger than "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s -- had been irrevocably tarnished.
Giants pull out victory over Rockies DENVER — Their offense was again marginal Tuesday night, but the San Francisco Giants parlayed a strong start, spotless relief pitching and, most of all, an unearned run in the ninth inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-20.
In April, T paired this year's most-talked-about designers — Alessandro Michele, who has breathed new life into Gucci, and Demna Gvasalia, who parlayed his buzzy brand Vetements into the top job at Balenciaga — for their first meeting, and a very frank (and illuminating) chat.
Carter proposed no innovative solutions to the major problems facing the country, nor did he mobilize any new and potent combination of powerful social groups...he parlayed early victories into media attention, resources, and popular support sufficient to produce later victories and eventual nomination.
Only one of the meetings has been decided by fewer than three runs, and the Indians have parlayed their recent mastery in this series into a season-high eight-game winning streak overall and a 21-6 mark against their three closest competitors in the division.
The proliferation of streaming services and the rise of social media has allowed the WNBA (and others) to reach more people, and the league recently parlayed that uptick in eyeballs into a multi-year deal with CBS Sports that will nearly double its national TV exposure.
During our conversation, she parlayed her thinking on the inspiration and subject matter of her controversial murals in colorful and delightfully graphic terms, revealing a thoughtful spirit who sees these images as addressing aspects of sexual abuse and patriarchy that demand recognition for society to move forward.
The Republicans Ed Gillespie, the former lobbyist and Republican National Committee chairman, parlayed his establishment connections and a strong showing in an unsuccessful bid for the Senate in 2014 into a narrow 44%-43% GOP primary victory over Prince William County Board of Supervisors chairman Corey Stewart.
Carmelo Anthony scored 225 points, just one off his season high, and Steven Adams chipped in a double-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder parlayed a breakout third quarter into a 212-20 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
He parlayed his interest in youth culture in the 1960s into annual Teen-Age Fairs, which featured performances by musical acts, including the Beach Boys; booths with products for the teenage market; fashion, surf, beauty and car exhibitions; and what became the Miss Teen USA pageant.
My virginity has now been taken from me — forcefully, though not disagreeably — by Amy Schumer: the 35-year-old comedian who parlayed a surge of showbiz success into a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster worth many millions of dollars more than one she had canceled with HarperCollins.
My grandfather joined the Navy out of high school and trained to be an electronics technician; he parlayed that into a robust career, co-founded a corporation that's still contracted by the military to develop communication and navigation devices, and went on to develop analog computer systems.
Joe Garagiola, who spent nine forgettable seasons in the major leagues as a weak-hitting catcher and then parlayed his witty tales of life as a baseball underachiever into a far more notable career as a folksy broadcaster and television personality, died on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Roger Cohen In the mid-1980s, when I was covering Italy for The Wall Street Journal, I profiled a brash, bruising, billionaire businessman named Silvio Berlusconi who had made a fortune in real estate and parlayed that into control of an almost unrivaled private television empire.
Mr. Ranadivé had earlier parlayed the success of his company, TIBCO Software, into a role as vice chairman and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, lending him credibility with Mr. Stern and Mr. Johnson, who himself had been an N.B.A. all-star during the 1990s.
I was incandescent with envy — so many breathless stories about people my age and often younger who were discovered by a hotshot agent, who sold a book for six or seven figures, who created a popular blog and parlayed that success into a full-time writing career.
Mr. White parlayed that role into a little black book so thick that in 13, he hired Aretha Franklin as the wedding singer at his marriage to Mr. Eure, where Democratic officials and Barbara Walters sang along with other guests at the Four Seasons restaurant in Manhattan.
As the oft-told story goes, young Mr. Trump accepted a modest $1 million loan from his father, Fred, a moderately successful real estate developer from Queens, and — through smarts, hard work and sheer force of will — parlayed that loan into a multibillion-dollar global empire.
That statue in New York's harbor has greeted millions of newcomers to our country who came with little more than the clothes on their backs, yet parlayed their dreams and their hard work into better lives for families and a stronger, bigger economy for all of us.
Emboldened professionally by her mother, a child psychiatrist, Ms. Consolo parlayed her privileged Connecticut upbringing, which included a stint at Miss Porter's School for Girls and a degree from Parsons Paris, into a bold career, socializing and cutting deals with the moneyed classes she knew so well.
Kenseth and crew chief Matt Puccia parlayed the return to the lead lap into a respectable finish — Kenseth's best since returning to the team — but the outfit has miles to go before it will become competitive with the elite of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
The book picks up as soon as high schoolers and UIUC students get their fingers on the keyboards, with Dear capturing a forgotten culture full of modern-day parallels, highlighting the ways that some PLATO users, like former Microsoft executive Ray Ozzie, parlayed their experiences into later success.
Qatar's Gulf Arab neighbors have watched with dismay as Doha, with the help of the U.S. military and big international oil companies, parlayed its part-ownership of the world's largest natural gas field into a source of autonomy from its neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, which once called its shots.
Jenner, who has parlayed her family's reality TV show and a 101 million Instagram following into a lucrative cosmetics line, posted a teaser on Instagram to a YouTube video entitled "To Our Daughter," that shows her in the delivery room just after giving birth, holding her newborn baby.
Some of this was simply the result of the world recognizing a good idea well executed; University of Alabama student Jack Blankenship parlayed an ODH he made of his own cartoonishly scowling face into an internship at The Tonight Show, which later became a job as a researcher.
She was among the early leaders in the women's tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympics and parlayed that experience into two victories in the fall on the Ladies European Tour, where she earned top rookie honors for 2016 and finished second in earnings with seven top-10 finishes.
Plug and Play has built up this assortment of accelerator programs over the past three years as a complement to the family office investment fund that was the first real success for the Amidi family, former rug merchants who parlayed some real estate investments into a deep network in Silicon Valley.
Linda Fairstein parlayed her many years as head of the Manhattan District Attorney's sex crime unit into a highly-successful literary career: She is the author of the bestselling Alexandra Cooper series of mystery novels, which follow a heroine New York prosecutor and are based on Fairstein's real-life experiences.
He parlayed the whole experience and that chastened philosophy into a very successful talk-radio gig in which he presented himself as "Rush Limbaugh on decaf," offering a conservatism with a backbone that middle-of-the-road Republicans seemed to lack, but without the bitter caterwauling of the angry Right.
The governor also said he had no knowledge of the various legal and financial woes that Mr. Howe faced over the past decade or so, even as he parlayed his experiences alongside the Cuomo family and other political figures into a lucrative lobbying career in Albany, New York and Washington.
The chefs and partners, Kevin Chen and Tashi Gyamtso, decided to incorporate the word "red," often used in China, in the name, which also refers to the story, already an internet chronicle, of Kyle MacDonald, who parlayed a red paper clip into a two-story house after a series of trades.
A New York native who was captivated by numbers since childhood and parlayed a Harvard education to become a top Democratic pollster, Mr. Penn, 64, was one of three strategists brought into the White House by Mr. Clinton after Republicans swept the 1994 midterm elections and took control of Congress.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, for example, owes his standing to a few filibusters and a super PAC: As a freshman senator, he used Mr. McConnell's tactics to shut down the government in 2013 and parlayed the resulting attention — and fund-raising — to run for president (and lose to Mr. Trump).
Though he hasn't appeared onscreen as Kirk since 1994's Star Trek: Generations (apart from an in-character one-off for Seth MacFarlane's 2013 Oscars), he's parlayed his Star Trek fame into a prolific writing career, including the TekWar series and a plethora of behind-the-scenes books about his time on Trek.
He and two young colleagues from Mr. Reagan's campaigns — Charles R. Black Jr. and Roger J. Stone Jr. — formed the core of a new breed of consulting and lobbying outfit that parlayed campaign-forged connections into big contracts from American businesses and foreign interests seeking to curry favor with the Reagan administration.
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The tennis legend has parlayed his passion for shoes into his new business venture as an investor and advisor for Swiss shoemaker On. Mahomes' collection, which is made up of 180 pairs, includes several styles from Adidas, his sponsor since 2017, and includes the pair he wore during his first photo shoot.
The experience was so jarring that he soon quit his tech job—and then parlayed it into a job writing for the television series Silicon Valley, which appears to be an absurdist parody to anyone outside of the tech world, and like a too-real portrait to many people inside of it.
But that…Read more ReadA couple of years ago, Sphero parlayed its expertise in making remote control toy balls to bring Star Wars: The Force Awakens' BB-23 to life, and the toy went on to become such a massive hit that the company was able to expand its robotic offerings beyond just rolling balls.
Going beyond that, here's a rundown of some more recent coverage:51 units at 26 years old after starting with just $3,500: How Tristan Thomas parlayed a single mobile-home purchase into a real-estate business that 'grew like wildfire'Tristan Thomas discovered real-estate investing through a segment on CNBC that featured a successful dealmaker.
It is exactly that policy that Mr. Trump appears to have been discarding when he made clear, in the haunting words attributed to Gordon D. Sondland, who parlayed political donations into the ambassadorship to the European Union, that "President Trump cares more about the investigation of Biden" than about Ukraine's confrontation with Mr. Putin's forces.
John McLaughlin, a former Roman Catholic priest who became an aide to Richard M. Nixon in the White House and parlayed his fierce defense of the president into a television career as host of "The McLaughlin Group," the long-running Sunday morning program of combative political punditry, died on Tuesday at his home in Washington.
He had been on the radar of American and Greek intelligence agencies for years as a member of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia, when he was in the Duma, the lower house of Parliament, and had parlayed a fortune first made through a Russian tobacco company into a string of interests throughout northern Greece.
A paper presented to the American Psychological Association found that, among a sampling of 426 boys from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, those who maintained closer relationships with their mothers, especially, acted less "tough" and stoic by the time they reached eighth grade, which parlayed into closer intimacy with their friends and less depression.
A department chairman at Ohio State University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Croce has parlayed his decades-long pursuit of cancer remedies into a research empire: He has received more than $86 million in federal grants as a principal investigator and, by his own count, more than 60 awards.
Jamie Otis—the 33-year-old Married at First Sight star who, along with her husband, Doug, parlayed reality TV fame into a domestic lifestyle brand that includes a podcast, a book, a YouTube channel, and a shared Instagram account—told her 474,000 Instagram followers on Thursday night that she tested positive for human papillomavirus.
Album Review An opportunist who parlayed a sort of social-media telegenic glow into a music career, a curio who embraced a quixotic anti-style and became a regular fixture on the Billboard charts, 6ix29ine has become one of the emblematic rappers of the SoundCloud generation, even if rapping itself isn't of much interest to him.
Chart courtesy of Crunchbase News Chart courtesy of Crunchbase News That rapid growth has been parlayed into returns that represent an 8x multiple on invested capital for the first Kaszek Ventures fund, a 5x multiple on the second fund and a 2x return for the firm's third fund already, according to a person familiar with the firm.
The band is back playing in the bassist Gail Greenwood's Rhode Island basement, known as the Rock 'n' Roll Control Center, just as it did when Ms. Donelly parlayed her status as an indie-rock lifer into mainstream pop success with Belly's 1993 debut "Star," then flamed out shortly after its second album, "King," two years later.
He has since parlayed these skills into being a full-time wedding DJ—a profession that has historically gotten a bad rap for being cheesy—but how many selectors do you know of who can play Too Short or The Misfits in front of a formally dressed crowd, including a smattering of grandmas and uncles, and pull it off with style?
Punk has said bad things about wrestling—sacred wrestling, which is a cesspool which kills, right up until someone says they don't need it or love it—and he got out with money, which he then parlayed into a brief MMA payday which dwarfed his opponent's, a fact that rankles given his anger over part-timers getting main event status in WWE.
Or remember how the second season of mockumentary The Comeback skewered this same tendency by plunking fading sitcom star Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) into an HBO series in which she's been cast as a monstrous fictionalized version of herself; meanwhile, her old boss Paulie G (Lance Barber) has parlayed his professional flameout into a plum cable series gig in which he portrays himself as the beleaguered antihero.
She also parlayed experience working for local production houses on commercials into a full-fledged career as a stylist, costumer, and costume supervisor designer for film and television; after working on shows such as The Walking Dead in Georgia, she's on the cusp of buying a second home in that state, and will soon own two homes as she navigates a more permanent move north.
It mostly remained generic until 2013 when Android KitKat was revealed, and Google has since parlayed the reveal into an annual mystery to help drum up press for its mobile OS.Still: YouTubeThe Oreo name might be the most interesting feature of Android 8.0 we're learning about today, but there are some notable updates that will make it worth updating if and when it eventually makes it way to your devices.
While Crocker was not mentioned in the 2011 New York Times article about pop diva stans, a number of other Britney fans or stan connoisseurs — including the twentysomething creators of pop music site MuuMuse, the Britney fansite BreatheHeavy, and the parodic Stan Wars — were all profiled, in part to show that they parlayed their fandom into positions in the creative industries as bloggers, graphic designers, or entertainment journalists.
Understand that Nakamura is a legitimate badass who got his start in pro wrestling around the same time he was carving out a brief but winning mixed martial arts career, who then parlayed the sense of menace around him into a slow reinvention as a weird, violent man who mixed humor, oddity, and heavy hits into a character that, after years of refinement, became well and truly unique.
Kondo, a diminutive 34-year-old Japanese woman who likes to wear white when she's on the job ("It is part of my brand," she explained to the New Yorker), most recently parlayed her charming approach into an eight-part Netflix reality series, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, in which she (with a translator in tow) visits various middle-class households in the Los Angeles area to save families from their own clutter.
Meanwhile, in order to drum up more excitement on Instagram — the kind that could be parlayed into sales — Mr. Hilfiger also built an entire carnival on a pier for his collection, a show-as-show approach also adopted by Kanye West, who carted his audience to Roosevelt Island, the better to see an outdoor performance piece by Vanessa Beecroft that seemed to involve models standing like statues and then drooping in the sun.
It's not just that a large number of black writers and directors are getting opportunities to work in television right now, but that Shots Fired feels very much like the work of the woman who made Love & Basketball and the magnificent 2014 romantic drama Beyond the Lights, and Rebel feels like the work of the man who scored an Oscar nomination for his 1991 debut Boyz n the Hood, and parlayed that success into a shot at directing Shaft.
Steve then parlayed that success into ascending the ranks of the electronic music world as a DJ. The film juxtaposes this younger wide-eyed version of Steve with the present day's—where he's one of the most financially successful electronic artists in the world, travelling extensively, playing upwards of 300 shows a year, and regularly headlining huge festivals like Tomorrowland—which appears to just be like a bad Disneyland with more uppers, but maybe the film didn't really do it justice.
Paranormal Activity's underdog production history and amazing grassroots success were so similar to The Blair Witch Project's that it was uncanny, but where Myrick and Sanchez initially bungled their good fortune by signing off on a very bad sequel (Blair Witch: Book of Shadows, which dropped the mock-doc conceit and put nothing in its place), Peli parlayed his very well-played original idea into a series of mostly enjoyable sequels, especially Paranormal Activity 3, which was set in the 1990s—in the same period as the original Blair Witch Project—and uses the reduced technological capacities of the era to its advantage (including a great set piece involving an oscillating fan).

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