Word: jump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says Tish: "I'll get into one taxi, get in a traffic jam, jump out and walk four blocks, get in another taxi and then finish the last lap in the subway...
Murphy got a tremendous jump off the starting line, and actually led the race for the first quarter-mile before fading back into the field...
Yale scored when Spagnola won a jump ball from Cordova at the 20-yd, line (the line of scrimmage on the pass play was the Yale 41) and took the reception in for a TD (4:32, Schwartz PAT good, Yale...
Three plays later, O'Brien bombed one to Spagnola from the Yale 41. Cordova cruised in front of him and appeared set for a possible interception at the Harvard 20, but Spagnola magically won the jump ball and galloped home for six points. It was 35-14 now, with 20 minutes remaining...
Corporate belt tightening, price increases and the continued buoyancy of the economy all helped to increase profits. Kemble Stokes, a Commerce Department senior economist, adds another, more intriguing reason. During the third quarter, the U.S. managed a jump in nonfarm productivity of 3.7% at an annual rate, compared with a first-quarter decline. The increase was startling because productivity has slipped badly in the U.S. since the mid-1960s, partly as a result of the flow of less skilled people into the labor force and the proliferation of costly government regulations. For the past five years America's rate...