upon that

But lacking a galvanizing issue or strong ideological base of support, she failed to build upon that excitement.

How did your show evolve to the place where it is now, and how do you expand upon that for a finale?

“If we can rebuild that connection with one another, if we can call upon that compassion, generosity, and love that is our birthright and our nature, I have no doubt that we can help each other.”

Those kinds of payments, along with the endorsement deals that have become commonplace for the upper-echelon sports, long ago undercut the old notion the Olympics were founded upon: That athletes should be true amateurs playing strictly for the love of sport.

Cannonball, he noted, is an opportunity to build upon that foundation.