Word: jump
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Next year's projected jump is almost 2 per cent higher than this year's. And while tuition and room charges will rise at the same rates they have in recent years, board charges will jump from just above...
Bates closed the gap somewhat with a victory in the 440-yd. dash and first and second in the high jump. Bates' Sue MacDougall set a track record in the high jump with a 5-ft. 5-in. leap. But Harvard came right back as Sue Harper took the 60-yd. hurdles in 9.5 seconds. Harper was the only Crimson participant in this event...
Back-to-back sweeps in the 60-yd. dash and 880-yd. run then put Harvard in command, 50-13. Honors went to Gopaul in the dash (7.6) and co-captain Sarah Linsley in the half-mile (2:21.9). Kathy Rice outdistanced her competitors in the long jump at 17 ft. 53/4 in. while Harper's 15 ft 8 3/4 in. was good for a third. A second place finish by Chubb in the 220-yd. run and Harvard...
That food should be scarce in a city whose harbor waters literally jump with fish and where grain and corn bend in nearby fields is a contradiction. But it is not an uncommon one in young Third World countries where economic pragmatism has been pushed aside by ideology...
Since the free-agent system began, salaries have nearly doubled, as owners signed players to fat contracts to prevent them from jumping ship. A journeyman today could be earning $95,000. But the money continues to flow in to pay the salaries. The majors this year drew 40,636,886 customers, a 36% jump since 1976 and a 76% increase during the past decade. The 26 major league teams also cut up $94 million in network television revenues, plus banking whatever they could earn from local stations...