Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least would explain his ballpark behavior. "Ronald Reagan is like the Babe Ruth of politics," Rather said, leaning forward intently. "The old democratic coalition is going"--right arm waves frantically to the side--"going"--a little more frantic waving--"gone!--waving climaxes and is accompanied by a little jump from seat. Ever the educator, Rather, as he announced each state's returns, punctuated his comments with a little trivia--"Michigan, the Wolverine state, goes to Reagan; Wisconsin, the dairy state..."--as if the electoral process were some sort of grammar school pageant sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce. Confronted...
...production can catch all of Wilde's humor. But this production does an admirable job of highlighting as much as possible. The timing, thanks to Director John Wauck, is superb, as the actors jump from one-liner to one-liner. Though the cast is consistently good, Chris Charron's, imperturbable Algernon and Valerie Gilbert's haughty Lady Bracknel steal the show...
Fueling the lopsided preference for Reagan is a surge of good feeling. A full 74% of respondents said that things in the country are going "very well or fairly well." The rating is an Olympian 48-point jump from January 1981, when Reagan took office, and the highest level recorded since Yankelovich began tracking the nation's mood in May 1974. The optimism is surprisingly broad based. Even among those with family incomes of less than $10,000, six out often say they are upbeat about the nation. So do 90% of those who earn more than...
...booters, led by Captain Lane Kenworthy, who had four of the seven, made scoring a lot of goals look easy yesterday. Harvard came out banging from the jump, firing two shots at the Tufts goal before five minutes had passed...
Three minutes later Kenworthy put a Miles Welch pass on the scoreboard after some strange bounces in the area. One minute after that, Singh, whose name means "lion" in Punjabi, used his catlike reflexes to jump up in a crowd and head a Nicholas cross over Fenningdorf...