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Word: jump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Glimp attributed the jump from about 5200 applications mainly to a 40 per cent increase in the size of high school graduating classes. Applications will show only a gentle upward trend in the next few years, he predicted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Number of Applicants Levels Off This Year | 12/11/1965 | See Source »

Carty put Alcindor on a crash training program. For openers each day, Lew had to jump up and touch a line on the backboard 15 times in a row. The line was 11½ ft. high. Next, Alcindor practiced "stuffing" shots-jamming balls into the basket from above. After that, Carty and Lew squared off for a game of two-man basketball: the winner was the first to score 20 points. "I jumped on him," admits Carty. "I did everything I could to try and rattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Basketball: Oh, Baby | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

Awori will be harder to replace in the broad jump, which he copped three years straight at the Heps. McCurdy will rely on junior Harvey Thomas, who spanned 23 ft. 4 3/4 in. against Oxford-Cambridge last summer. Jumper Chris Pardee will back him up in that event...

Author: By William H. Smock, | Title: Trackmen Host Strong Army Team | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

Pardee owns the high jump in the Ivy League competition. No one touched him last year, despite an ankle strain at the end of the indoor season. Saturday he faces a sophomore plebe who has attained 6'8". Soccerman Charlie Njoku and sophomore John Newman are both hovering at the 6'4" mark...

Author: By William H. Smock, | Title: Trackmen Host Strong Army Team | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

...their composure and their usual steady ball handling, and sophomore second stringer Bob Beller put the Crimson in front with a jumper from the corner. Weitzman tied it with a 15-footer. Williams was fouled and calmly sank two free throws, but McNaught countered with a 25-foot swishing jump shot, as the clock showed 40 seconds. That set the stage for the last-minute drama...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Quintet Jolted at Buzzer | 12/8/1965 | See Source »

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