Word: jump
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...problems, however, are dead. But lively Lord Palmerston is no longer dead-thanks to Mr. Guedalla who writes so incontestably well that even a Fiji-Islander would jump with delight to learn, a fact from every page. For example...
...change which Farrell disapproved of was that made in the specifications for the standards in the high jump and pole vault. The new standards required by the I. C. A. A. A. A. permit the crossbar to fall off either backward or forward, and the bar rests on a support 1 1-2 inches by 2 3-8 inches, instead...
Farrell's objection to the ruling was on grounds of practicability. It would be well-night impossible to keep the crossbar on the standards on a windy day, since, even with the standards previously in use, considerable difficulty was experienced on this score. In the case of the high-jump, it is possible to hold the bar on the standards until just before the jumper makes his try, but any such arrangement, Farrell felt, would be impossible in the pole-vault...
...Paris, one Gaston Orpholan, billiardist, climbed to the second platform of the Eiffel Tower and shouted at the city that his wife would not let him play billiards. Therefore he was going to jump to his death. For five hours policemen begged him not to do so; he demanded that his wife come. She did. Then he jumped...
...built this new car to meet the price, and so to fill the price gap in General Motors' group. Chevrolet is the cheapest. Then by even increase of sales price come Pontiac (made by Oakland), Oldsmobile, Oakland, Buick Standard 6 and Buick Master 6; then a long jump to Cadillac, which sells for from...