Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...someone dammed with faint praise in the preseason media guide: "has an accurate jump shot when left alone...
...Harvard jumping corps had an exceptional afternoon, as senior Mark Henry -- who had already won the 55-meter dash -- extended his winning streak in the long and triple jumps. He also finished fourth behind teammates Doug Boyd, Robert Gustafson, and Dartmouth's Tony Kingsley in the high jump...
...Captain Marquette Patterson won the long jump and later blew away the 55-meter hurdles in 8.43, which equalled the Harvard record she set last year. Senior Janet Judge made an impressive debut in the same event with a fourth place finish...
First, the jump in spending on Social Security and Medicare--from 2.3% of G.N.P. in 1960 to 6.6% in 1984--accounts for virtually all of Government spending's increased share of G.N.P. Second, there has been an absolutely unprecedented cut of 12% since 1980 in the real outlays on all other nondefense programs. More specifically, spending on all such nondefense programs fell from 9.3% of G.N.P. in 1980 to 7.3% in 1984, and will decline to 6.2% by 1989 even if there are no further changes in the law. Third, the defense-spending share of G.N.P. fell by one-third...
...reason for the market's strength. "You can't get 150 million-volume trading days without the participation of the individual investor," notes Monte Gordon, research director for the Dreyfus Group of mutual funds. Concurs Furniss: "Individuals had been poised on the sidelines, waiting for a signal to jump back in. Now they expect something to happen...