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He had done eight years at the very top and it was almost time for him to pass the torch on.

Hey, why not pass the torch on to someone else?

Many have passed the torch on to the current membership.

Really feel like passing the torch on to him.

A local torchbearer would now have no idea who they were passing the torch on to.

He said the committee would be wrapping up its work now and passing the torch on to a user group.

"It's now time to pass the torch on to a new owner who will ensure that long-term success."

I think there is a feeling amongst many of those elected in 1999 that it's time to pass the torch on to a new generation.

I'm the one who's passing the torch on to Barry."

Avon would have passed the torch on to a new group of escaped prisoners who would become the new Seven.

"They realize they have to pass the torch on to younger elements and that is very hard to come to terms with," Mr. Hernández said.

Now that people other than researchers and university students are flooding the Internet, NSFNet is passing the torch on again to commercial interests.

"She called my house one day, and we started planning a remake of 'Foxy Brown' where she gives birth and passes the torch on to me.

Ainslie, a sailor who grew up in Cornwall, southwest England, passed the torch on to 18-year-old surfer Anastassia Swallow, the second torchbearer.

He is the leader of Chinese Climber and also the man who passed the torch on Qomolangma Mount (Mount Everest) during the Beijing Olympics.

A marketing and communications plan — including television ads, a multimedia presentation, a Web site and promotional tools — was developed to publicize Passing the Torch on a national scale.

Let us continue to fuel the flame and ensure we pass the torch on, from woman to woman, mother to daughter— as well as mother to son—generation to generation, like we are doing here today.

The founders passed the torch on to the generation of Jacques Delors, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Václav Havel, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and others.

"One World, One Dream," team captain Nyima Cering yelled as he was passed the torch on the final icy incline leading to the peak, repeating the slogan for the Beijing Olympics.

Today, as my molting has come to its end, I see the time coming for me to pass the torch on to my children and I worry about the negative elements that are accelerating the process of an innocence lost.

De la Hoya alluded to the possibility of Mayweather, who at 34 is 10 years Ortiz's senior, passing the torch on to Ortiz, who de la Hoya believes "will be one of the greats."

ORLANDO, Florida - Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, 74, symbolically passed the torch on Tuesday to a new generation of hand-picked environmental and peace activists whom she gathered this week for the first Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit.