Word: platformed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...receiving CCA endorsement, these Councillors, regardless of their backgrounds and manner of their campaigns, have accepted, in general form, the goals of the Association's platform. They are not, of course, obligated to vote with the CCA on any issure at all, though they could lose endorsement or overzealous independence. And they have the further responsibility of initiating as well as supporting progressive legislation...
...attempt to seek responsive support from as many quarters as possible, the CCA prepares at election time a very detailed statement of its platform--probably a more detailed statement than any candidate, CCA or "Independent," ever would find necessary. A revised zoning code would hardly arouse much enthusiasm for a candidate, simply because the issue is so complex and seemingly removed from the everyday life of most voters. But those who, by training, inclination or business, might be involved or interested in that issue would find a clear statement of the position adopted by CCA candidates...
...negotiations with Khrushchev-the summit meeting, Eisenhower's visit to Russia, or whatever-should turn into trouble, or even into increased tension between the U.S.S.R. and the West, the position taken by Dean Acheson would become a valuable platform for a Democrat to stand...
...seek out mobile ground targets, and if it misses them, come back to fight again. But the Valkyrie's futuristic design embraces qualities far beyond the capabilities of a mere manned weapon. At its Mach 3 speeds and ultra-high altitudes, it makes an inexpensive, i.e., retrievable, launching platform for earth satellites: it could give the space-probing Xi$ a flashing running start, or fire a 9,500-lb. payload into a 300-mile orbit, or even substitute as a first-stage launching vehicle for the man-carrying Mercury capsule. Even beyond its military capabilities, the Valkyrie could well...
...system, but they are frustrated. U.S. first-stage rockets do not have the power to launch toward the moon an object big enough to carry guidance apparatus. So the aim of U.S. moon probers has to be right from the start-like firing a rifle bullet from a moving platform at a distant and moving target. This is much harder than the Russian system, which is more like navigating a ship into harbor...