Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chief reasons for the good showing were a 91% jump in railroad net, sharply higher profits for airlines, amusement companies, hotels. Even manufacturing profits held up well. Thanks to a good final six months, total earnings eased only 13.8% for the year as compared to a 36.7% nose dive at midyear...
...High jump--The for first between Lewis (R.I.) and Hennessey (H), 5 ft., 8 in.: third, Plat...
MacKinnon won both his specialties, the low and high hurdles, also taking a third in the 220-yard dash, while Holyoke finished second to Bob Schneider in the broad jump, the only event which the Mikkolamen swept...
Times and distances were uniformly poor, partly due to most unspringlike weather, partly, because the season is so young. Schneider's 21 foot, 2 1/2 inch jump, and Rhode Island's Henry Nardone's 177 feet plus in the javelin throw were about the only respectable results...
Alex Rogerson shared in a four-way tie for first in the pole vault, scaling eleven feet, The other three men were Rhode Islanders. Only other Harvard winner was Dean Hennessey, who tied for first in the high jump, leaping five feet, eight inches...