Word: springboard
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When I touched down aboard Air Force One with President George W. Bush recently for a 90-minute refueling stop en route from Iraq to Australia, Diego Garcia looked drab: think early-'70s industrial park. But as a 1,700-man springboard for the projection of military might to the far reaches of the world, it rivals anything 18th century Britain or Augustan Rome ever came up with...
...aboard Air Force One with President Bush Tuesday for a 90-minute refueling stop en route from Iraq to Australia, Diego Garcia's esthetic impact was underwhelming: Think early-'70s industrial park for the architecture, and public elementary school for the interior design. But as a 1,700-man springboard for the projection of military might to the far reaches of the world, it rivals anything 18th century Britain or Augustinian Rome ever came up with...
...Happiness" indicator, and did you know that a German minority (numbering 15,000 souls) can be found in Kyrgyzstan? Don't look for any depth here-the scope of the book means that it's impossible to devote more than a few pages to each country-but as a springboard to a continent it does the job. Expect it to spur many a nascent travel plan into action...
...Crimson was my original springboard and an experience to which I constantly referred, from the summer following my freshman year to this past winter, when I applied for grant money to write in the Dominican Republic...
...deeper, more complex reality. Indeed, many claim that this incident is merely the tip of the iceberg, a highly visible example of a more widespread and insidious phenomenon. Instead of trying to contest this viewpoint, students would best be served by using this example as a springboard for a greater conversation about our subconscious biases against certain groups of people and the lack of social cohesion on campus. These are topics that lie at the core of what it means to live on a college campus, yet they are all too often shunned or brushed away as taboo...