Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jimmie Davis, troubadour Governor of Louisiana, was all set for his departure from office, come May. From the gubernatorial mansion he was making a sleeper-jump to a new career: his own nightclub in Hollywood, featuring his own hillbilly band and the ex-statesman himself in front...
Coach Bill Barclay's golf team, minus Bill Barclay, gets a jump on the rest of the invaders when it leaves for North Carolina by autos this afternoon. In a week the golfers will play three practice matches, starting its scheduled foursomes against the Tarheels of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday...
College tuition will jump next fall, Provost Buck indicated last night...
...spring trips the baseball and lacrosse men will be working under a handicap. Thanks to the warm sun, the southerners have been enjoying outdoor practice for two weeks more than the Crimson. With a fortnight's jump even a mediocre team can beat a better but unoriented group...
...announced last week that it will merge with the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, a comparative newcomer only 73 years old. The new bank will be called the Bank of New York and Fifth Avenue. The deal, still to be approved by stockholders, caused a wild jump in the Fifth Avenue Bank's stock-and brought fat paper profits to its holders...