A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
When Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it.
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Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
In the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central plank of their ‘neo-liberal’ model was that growth and development depended on market competitiveness;
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