Word: springboard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this, the six-inch actor found the work on "Dynasty" unstimulating. "Nobody works that hard and the material is sort of a hoot," he says. "I was more interested in golf and book reading than in what I was doing." Howard says a television series serves as a nice springboard for good-looking young actors and actresses as well as a "twilight song for various performers like John Forsythe, Barbara Stanwyck and Charlton Heston." But for an actor "in the middle" of his career, as he characterizes himself, such an undertaking seems stifling...
...complaints about tonight," Harvard Coach Pete Roby said. "We wanted to use this game as a springboard for the rest of the season, and I think we'll be able...
...Crimson (7-0 Ivy League) will try to use its gutsy performance last night as a springboard for the rest of the season. Harvard has only three games left on its Ivy League schedule. If the Crimson wins two of those final games, it will win the regular-season Ivy title and earn home-ice advantage for the Ivy League Tournament...
...good," Harvard Captain Peter Chiarelli said. "It makes us more eager when we come back. We want to win the Beanpot. We have a good chance. A win would act as a springboard for the rest of the season...
...deficit, he says in a recent Crimson interview that the federal government should manage its money better--just like Mr. K. does at the giant non-profit company, Citizens Energy Corporation, that doubles as his political springboard. As for the Pentagon, he says waste should be eliminated. His analysis stops there, and we duly not that anti-waste isn't much more of a platform than anti-crime...