Word: jump
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Académic Franchise prize for his Line Histoire Française a nostalgic reverie in which a man adjusts his boyhood dreams to the new conditions of France. Known as "The Immortals," the academy's haughty members are not too proud for infighting either, gained a publicity jump on the Goncourt by announcing their choice a few days before...
Elsewhere, the students swim, or study algebra, or high jump. They even bowl, with the aid of ten little bulbs that warm up to indicate which pins remain standing after the first roll...
...Administrative Board suggested it be scrapped for a 19-point system -- one of several drafted by Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Tests. Under the new system, an A would be worth 19 points and an A-minus 18 points, but then the scale would jump to 15 points for a B-plus 14 for a B, 13 for a B-minus, then down to 10 for a C-plus...
Most suicides, psychologists agree, really want to be rescued. The case of the man threatening to jump to death in public view may be extreme, but it is also typical. Says Farberow: "The man up there is saying, 'Look at me. See how bad I feel.' Sitting on the ledge of a building is a tremendous effort at communication." Of immediate importance in improving communication is the education of medical men to recognize the symptoms of potential suicides; two-thirds of those who attempt suicide have visited a physician. There are various warning signs, including talk; the notion...
...Pontiac shattered sales records. The tendency of customers to trade up from lower-priced cars cheers most automakers because costlier cars bring fatter profit margins. But what worries the auto companies' big-picture men is that once a customer hankers to trade for something fancier, he may jump to the other firm's line. In October, sales of Ford Motor's middle-priced Mercurys fell 11%, to 33,000, and its Lincolns dropped 18%, to 7,300. For that reason Ford shifted drivers at its Lincoln-Mercury Division: to another job in the company went Lincoln-Mercury...