Word: bump
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...Third, there may be a minor, artificial inflationary bump in 1973, when women’s grades were first included in the averages, since in those days women’s GPAs were appreciably higher than men’s. If so, that effect has long since disappeared...
...seasons in the Outback - the dry season and the wet season. This is the wet season," intoned Jeff Probst. "Why did you set up camp in a dry river bed?" (Probst, by the way, had an excellent episode, not only scoring with the good question - he'll bump Rather yet - but also making an uncredited appearance in a kangaroo suit...
...Elsewhere, however, Chinese leaders appear to be dropping broad hints to help their American counterparts find a way to give face without losing any. President Jiang, in comments reported over the weekend, likened the situation to an incident in which two people bump into one another on the sidewalk, in which it would be customary to say "Excuse me." (He used the phrase in English...
...each other as seamlessly as real dreams. Mr. D falls through space, which becomes the ocean, until he emerges into a hotel lobby, which becomes a train car. Strangely, at the critical conclusion, Max falters, forcing the characters to mouth didactic explanations about their metaphorical roles. It's a bump, but not ruinous to the ride...
POOPED OUT Boys who don't get enough sleep are more likely to suffer such accidents as a tumble or a bump on the head, according to researchers at the University of Alabama. Their study of 292 children seen at a hospital in Udine, Italy, found that boys ages 3 to 5 who slept fewer than 10 hours a night sustained 133% more injuries than those who got more rest. The injury risk was highest when the children had been up for at least eight hours...