Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Musingly, Vag turned the page of his new gray course catalogue, and began to cross Harvard Square. An indignant honking from two sides made him look up, and he took a quick jump to the middle of the road, where he shrunk to avoid the passing cars. A booming amplified voice reached his cars; it seemed to be asking questions of someone. "Where do you think you're running to? Can't you wait for the lights? Are you stupid?" Vag looked around him, and realized in terror that the odd catechism was directed at himself. But now the lights...
...back to Rio and the Missouri, where he was scheduled to receive 500 delegates and Brazilian notables for luncheon. In the harbor, the fog had closed down and a cold wind was blowing. Many of Brazil's gayest hats were bedraggled by the time the guests managed to jump from bobbing launches to the Missouri's gangway. Brazilians visibly regretted the lack of wine, but consoled themselves with huge amounts of American coffee...
...Dick was a jazz pianist in Rio. One night his mother heard him sing. "Get lost with the piano," she advised him. So, says Dick, "I became the Beeng of Braseel." From Rio to the Milton Berle show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC) was an easy jump...
Britain and the U.S. announced last week that German industry in their two zones would be based on a production ceiling of 10.7 million ingot tons of steel a year. This was quite a jump above the 5.8 million ton level set last year for all of Germany...
...atmosphere. He built an oversized barometer which makes a wiggly line on a strip of paper to indicate minute variations of air pressure. Sometimes, he found, the line was almost straight. Then a "microbarographic storm" would sweep across St. Louis. For hours or even days, the line would jump up and down in jagged peaks and valleys. The mysterious little waves seemed to have no immediate connection with weather changes, wind velocity or anything else perceptible...