Word: springboarded
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...Well, honestly, we pled it from every angle we could, including using the 9th and the14th amendments. The springboard for Roe was Griswold vs. Connecticut, which involved a woman, Griswold, who as head of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, had given a married couple a contraceptive device. She was tried and convicted as an accomplice in distributing a contraceptive device. The Supreme Court ruled eventually that the couple's right to privacy precluded the state from dictating whether they would or would not have a baby...
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Mann described each of her subsequent plays as “a springboard from the play before...
...more serious note, he says he and Misono are different from other candidates because they don’t see the council as a springboard to future political ambitions. They each have plans to attend graduate school...
...propose to restructure the dysfunctional Concert Commission and to plan a concert at the Bright Hockey Center as a springboard for a future concert in Harvard Stadium. They have already begun work to add a student grill to Loker Commons as a first step toward making it a more attractive social space, and they also promise to develop plans for a student center a few years down the road. Their social reforms also include creative if less glamorous ideas such as dollar movies at the Science Center and skating nights with food and music across the river...