Word: jump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Indian subcontinent. Would the Chinese jump in on Pakistan's side? Would the Soviets then move against China? "We were on the verge of a possible showdown. If the Soviet Union threatened China, we would not stand idly by. A country we did not recognize and with which we had had next to no contact for two decades would obtain some significant assistance...
Lawrence Maguire '58, director of student employment, said Wednesday, "we won't see that kind of quantum jump again, but sustained increases in funding will accompany growth in costs and needs...
...early 60s a white Red Sox pitcher convinced his black teammate to jump the team and fly to a foreign country. Name the players and the country. What happened to them...
...believe that part of Brezhnev sincerely sought, if not peace in the Western sense, then surcease from the danger and risks and struggles of a lifetime. When I met him he had gone through the Stalin purges of the '30s (indeed, his first big jump up the ladder took place then), the Second World War, a new wave of purges, the power struggle following the death of Stalin and the intrigue that led to the overthrow of Khrushchev and catapulted Brezhnev to the top. He seemed at once exuberant and spent, eager to prevail but at minimum risk...
...raised the discount rate, which is the interest it charges on money that it lends to member banks, by a half-point, to 11%, a record high. Several major banks then boosted their prime rate by a quarter-point, to 13¼%, also a record. That was the sixth jump in the prime since the end of July, when it stood...