Word: jump
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...later Premier Aleksei Kosygin received U.S. Senators Albert Gore and Claiborne Pell in Moscow and delivered a serious lecture on the dangers of either superpower attempting to jump ahead of the other in military strength. Both, he urged, should press on with negotiations for limiting anti-ballistic missiles and should seek ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Now that Czechoslovakia is safely in hand, it seems that the Kremlin is finding it easier to be prudent...
Hill, also a senior, holds three Yale records and will smash the scoring mark of the fabled Albie Booth if he gets any points today. Strong (215 lbs.) and fast (a track star in the long jump), Hill has rushed for 588 yards, fourth in the League, and caught 20 passes for 504 yards...
...most troublesome thing about Yale's defensive strategy is their variety of formations. Their unit has been intact all season according to Harvard scouts, so they have been able to use a number of different alignments. "They jump around a lot," Feula said, "shifting into as many as ten different defenses. The idea is to disguise their defense and confuse the offensive linemen who have to adjust their blocking assignments," he said...
...BIGGEST jump, of course, is in salaries for corporation appointees. Part of the projected increase is illusory; Dean Ford always budgets salaries for every conceivable faculty post, but several departments never fill all their positions. Still, a good part of the $1.2 million rise--from $12.7 million last year to $13.9 million this year--is real, and seems to foreshadow an even larger growth next year...
That happens four seconds after you jump out. You smile the rest of the way down, floating very slowly for two and a half minutes down to the ground. You have a very clear mental understanding of your geometrical relationship to the land...