Word: jump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million. The shift would be felt hardest by the homeowners in older cities where there are great numbers of both lower-income housing and industrial properties. In Cambridge, for instance, the shift would amount to $8.6 million--and the average tax bill on a single-family home would jump from the present $1931 to over $3000. In Boston, the bill would increase from $1365 to over...
Ever had a craving for a tune called "Go Mental," by The Ramones? Some evening, would you really get into "Don't Jump Me Mother," by a group called DMZ? Does your taste in rock 'n roll incline toward groups like The Shirts or Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes...
...jump in the number of women came quickly. The first-year class two years ago was 10 per cent women--ten years ago it was only 5 per cent. The increase came as a result of a rise in the number of women applicants, says Regina E. Herzlinger, associate professor of Business Administration and a member of the Admissions and Financial Aid Policy Committee. Sex-blind admissions at the school have kept the fraction of women in the class approximately the same as that in the applicant pool...
Bonnie Stratton's day begins at 6:30, when she joins the recruits and drill sergeants for one hour of morning exercises. "I love to run, dodge and jump," she says. "The males keep going because they see me doing it." Not long ago, she raced one of them. "We were neck and neck all the way," she recalls. "The other trainees rooted him on, but we finished together. It would have been a sorry mess if I hadn't matched...
Meanwhile, John Murphy, who had dropped way behind the leaders, began to gradually make his way through the crowd. When the harriers reached the enormous hill, which doubles as a ski jump in the off-season, the field had spread out into its final configuration...