Word: jump
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...press hard on vital points of their own anatomy and report whether it hurts - an admittedly unsatisfactory substitute. But Detroit's Dr. Robert A. Gerisch had an idea. He had grown up with the problem, because his own fa ther had been so ticklish that he would jump if anybody pointed a finger...
...disqualified for passing the baton illegally. Some of the Americans managed to live up to their clippings, but the Russians had aces to match-such as Valery Brumel, who sailed over the crossbar at 7 ft. 5¾ in. to break his own world record in the high jump...
Fortunately, businessmen themselves have reason to be more optimistic. Consumer spending has been holding at a high $20 billion monthly, auto sales are still setting records, and the annual rates of Government and business capital spending are each expected to jump $3 billion in the second half. And though business profits usually slope off as a recovery ages, reports of second-quarter earnings so far are unusually good. Average gains by industries...
...landing was harder than I expected, though not too much for these old bones," reports Auchincloss. "Everybody congratulates you on your first jump and asks you how it was. 'Great,' you say, or 'Perfect.' Obviously, there you are walking around, aren't you? Truly, getting there...
...Arsenault won the jumping crown in the boys' division with leaps of 90 and 94 feet, nosing out Skip Smaha who scared 95 feet for the longest jump in his class...