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Baptism of Fire |
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Baptism of Fire A difficult situation that a company or individual experiences that will result in either success or failure. Examples include Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), a new CEO hired to manage a struggling company, and hostile takeover attempts. Notes: A baptism of fire will either weaken or strengthen the entity involved.The phrase is an allusion to the Bible in both Acts 2:3-4 and Matthew 3:11. |
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| Fick's account of training, leadership, and combat is straightforward and unadorned, and he is refreshingly unselfconscious about his own baptism by fire. The first match of Robertson's career was a baptism by fire, as she and her teammates played host to Oregon at MacArthur Court, one of the toughest venues in the country for a road team to compete. had its baptism by fire during some of the heaviest urban combat Marines have been involved in since Hue City in Vietnam in 1968. |
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