Word: springboarded
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...Hence, it is the sole client to pose an immediate security problem. That fact helps explain Moscow's continued patronage for the Najibullah regime in Kabul, despite the Soviet withdrawal of its occupying forces from Afghanistan a year ago. Moscow's fear is that the country could become a springboard for Islamic revolutionaries eager to penetrate Soviet Central Asia. By U.S. Government estimates, Moscow's concern translates into a monthly dole of $200 million to $300 million, most of it in military assistance...
Virgin founder and chairman Richard Branson has similar ideas about Japan, where his company could market records by such stars as Phil Collins, Paula Abdul and Ziggy Marley. Branson, 39, said the deal will "provide a springboard for our ambitions to become the world's No. 1 music group...
...ungraded seven-session course has been praised by students and faculty as both a necessary first step in emphasizing ethics in its own right and as a springboard for discussing ethics further in all aspects of B-School coursework...
During the U.S. rotation on the uneven parallel bars, alternate Rhonda Faehn stood by to remove the springboard after Kelly Garrison-Steves' mount. Concerned that any movement might distract her teammate's concentration, Faehn squatted and watched the routine through to its completion. Minutes later, East German Ellen Berger, a rules official, dug into the book and emerged with an often overlooked regulation that specifically prohibits coaches -- and apparently other noncompetitors -- from standing on the raised podium during a performance. "A rule is a rule," Berger insisted and pressed for a 0.5 penalty. A rules committee dominated by East bloc...
...matador is too proficient, the danger is forgotten, and the diver Greg Louganis has been a little like that. Tending beyond shy and sensitive to gentle and even delicate, he always seemed more of an artist than an athlete -- until last week. When his head banged the springboard, the Games shook. The world shivered. But a little embroidery work can improve a crown. Louganis came back to win the springboard, making a pedestal of the platform. As unafraid as ever of sentimentality, he was also as slyly pleased with his tonsure as a boy might be with a shiner...