Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Paradoxically, the front-loaded schedule could aid Hart in the short term. There will be little time for voters in the March contests to scrutinize his positions; they may jump on his bandwagon just because he is an exciting candidate who seems to stand for something new. Political Strategist Pat Caddell, who is advising Hart, anticipated such a situation early this year: "[If you] come in a surprise second in Iowa and on that momentum win New Hampshire . . . there's probably not enough time for the party establishment to regroup and counterattack effectively [before Super Tuesday...
...board would have to back down in a crunch. Says he: "If a crisis develops that would cause a serious downturn in the economy, we should do what is necessary to remedy this. But you have to realize that the cost of such action can be renewed inflation." A jump in food costs brought on by bad weather caused the consumer price index to jump .6% in January, its steepest gain in nine months, but most economists remain hopeful that inflation will stay moderate this year...
During the 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter did not receive ample contributions to promote a viable campaign until he made a huge jump in the national polls, Clymer adds...
...hopeful U.S. team had the smallest yield in twelve years. But if the numbers were dim, the moments were bright, and the attitude of the least eminent athletes from the quietest sports added to that. "Up in the air, I was ecstatic, I could tell I had a good jump," cried Jeff Hastings of the U.S., still aloft after finishing fourth in the 90-meter jump. According to their own scale of accomplishments, people doing their best rejoiced. There was enough happiness in the Olympics. No need to want anything to be better. -By Tom Callahan
...skating has so badly needed in recent years. Until her Olympic appearance, one ideal had been sacrificed to the other. But grace and athleticism are not mutually exclusive, as Witt convincingly proved. Her free-skating program was the most technically difficult of all the competitors, and included three triple jumps and a triple toe loop in combination with a double jump that she performed faultlessly in the opening seconds. With that difficult maneuver safely tucked away on the judges' scorecards, she broke into a radiant smile that never faded through a medley of mostly Gershwin songs. Here...