Word: springboard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...extent of Communist infiltration indistinct through use of the Fifth Amendment, such infiltration could be magnified by cheap politicians. The latest McCarthy-Furry affair is a timely example. McCarthy stated, that, in closed hearings, Furry refused to testify about radar espionage and indoctrination of students. With this as a springboard, he could call the University "a smelly mess," where members of the Communist Party are currently on the faculty, feeding students "Communist philosophy...
Meeting in Omaha last week for the first of two 1953 executive sessions, the Methodist Council of Bishops lost no time in speaking their denominational mind about the current congressional vogue for investigation. Springboard for the council's resolution on the subject was the attack of Republican Congressman Donald L. Jackson of California against Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam as a Red-fronter (TIME, March...
...eyes of its critics by serving notice that at least some of the school does not want the Lubells around. If so, he forget that it is not he but the Lubells that make news. Because of this, the Boston press has used his suggestion as a springboard to blare the Lubells' actions once again. Although Leach did not plan it that way, his letter has just revived the eight-column banner implications that the Law School is full of Communists...
...with a heavy charge of sarcasm. Though he can be intensely practical when necessary, Reuther is an inveterate shaper of far-reaching "Reuther plans," which to most labor leaders seem to deal with matters outside labor's province. His tendency is to make a specific union issue a springboard for broad social and economic questions, e.g., the 1945 negotiations between the U.A.W. and General Motors, during which Reuther based his argument not on the needs of the workers he represented, but on the assertion that the postwar U.S. economy needed higher wages to prevent a slump...
...Springboard divers are graded by an intricate point system that takes into account: 1) the run, 2) the takeoff, 3) technique and grace in the air, 4) entry into the water. Complicated acrobatics can win high point credit-but they also risk a bellyflop and an irretrievable point loss. To qualify with seven rivals in the finals last week, Skippy performed six dives including a half gainer, a back jackknife and a cutaway 1½ somersault...