Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been sweetened with violins, violas, a cello and a French horn, as Miller had planned. Two of the same arrangers were making the band sound the old way (Tex is no good at arranging). It was easy because 19 of Miller's oldtimers were still there. Such jump pieces as Tuxedo Junction and Little Brown Jug, which the band played more to amuse itself than the customers, had changed a little, but the boys still did the corny hat-throwing stunts that had drawn Miller fans around the bandstand. Said Tex: "It's corny, but Glenn...
...become another option of the undergraduate shopping for intellectual condiment, the underlying crucial purpose will slip away from sight. Similarly, the poll results show that an overwhelming number of men now in the courses feel increased enrollment in the section meetings will drastically lower instruction value. Will not the jump in size which must accompany extension of the Program to the entire body of Freshmen and Sophomores rob the courses of the top quality they have boasted this year! Despite the fact that the number of sections might increase and the intimate scale thus hold fast, the present practice...
Rose Without Thorns. "The average family consists of Pop and Mom, Grandma, son and daughter of college age, and Junior, who looks best asleep. Junior is a great one for saying his prayers. He also says Go jump in a pond; G'wan, kiss the guy; Mom, why doesn't Pop come home to us anymore...
...hips wide and powerful. Her strong legs are firmly planted in pregnant wheat. Her bored, detached attitude bothers some of the men. But usually the red-faced, screaming, frantic little men with thinning white hair and worried brows are too preoccupied to look at the fertile, sullen woman. They jump around, dash up & down the seven steps of the pit, wave their arms, yell as loud as God made it possible to yell...
...mile relay--4, D. Hamblett-A. Ruby-J. Edelman-T. Withington; 220-yard low hurdles--3, W. Flint; 16 pound hammer throw--won by S. Felton, 2, J. Fisher; 16-pound shot put--2, W. Jackson; high jump--2, G. Harrigan; pole vault--tie for first between P. Harwood and W. Lawrence; javelin throw--won by D. Trimble; discus throw--won by S. Felton, 3, W. Jackson...