Word: jump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ambitious employees have two ways to get out of this trap, both of which tend to compound the problem. The first is to jump sideways as you jump up, finding high-paid jobs in other agencies that you often are only remotely qualified to fill. Most hiring officers prefer the relatively unqualified but established civil servant to the highly qualified outsider because all outsiders are unknown quantities...
...calls Nehemiah the smoothest hurdler he has ever seen and, indeed, Nehemiah visualizes his event as a nearly unimpeded run down a straightaway. "I try to run right through the hurdle, as though it's not even there," he says. "A lot of hurdlers, you can see the jump when they run. With me, it's more or less running, then an exaggerated stride for the hurdle...
Harvard leaped out in front in the field events, taking first in the shotput and high jump. "The field people really won the meet for us," head coach Pappy Hunt said yesterday...
High-jumper Sue Hewitt tied a school record of 5-ft. 2-in. in the strongest individual showing of the afternoon. Freshman Kim Johnson won the shot with Lisa Westway placing third, and Kathy Rice added a second in the long jump...
...satisfied, Aulet made two more jump shots from the right side of the key to put the game out of reach. The JVs could only counter with two free throws and a jump shot by Martin to make the final margin...