Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jump in exports will lessen the sense of urgency over passage of trade legislation this year. The bill approved by Congress is designed to curb the deficit by forcing the White House to take stronger action against unfair ; foreign trade practices. But President Reagan has promised to veto the measure largely because it contains a provision requiring companies to give workers 60 days' notice of plant closings and mass layoffs. It appears that Democrats do not have enough votes in the Senate to override the veto, especially after the trade-report figures...
Harvard's only highlights were in the discus and high jump. Junior Chris Sullivan took sixth place in the high jump, clearing 6-ft., 8-3/4 in., and freshman Nic Sweeney was runner-up in the discus with a throw spanning...
Suddenly the phone line rings, causing Berliner to jump with alarm. The connection to Hitech is broken. Frantically, Computer Scientist Carl Ebeling, a former student of Berliner's, redials the number that restores the vital link to Hitech. "This is a perpetual problem in hotels," mutters Berliner. "Sometimes we have to go to the chief operator and tell her we'll strangle her if she puts any calls through." Soon after this, Hitech makes what Berliner thinks is probably a mistake, but he's not completely sure. "Whenever we disagree," he whispers, "usually it's right." To his relief...
...finally made the jump to trust ourselves at a higher cadence," Coyne said, "and we've been hitting 42 or 43 [strokes per minute] consistently off the start...
...positive side, Bennett pointed to a small increase (16 points out of 1,600) in SAT scores, ending a long, downward slide; a jump from 76% to 86% in the percentage of high school seniors passing American history; and new or strengthened homework policies among at least one-fourth of all high schools. But the report's downbeat observations quickly overshadowed those cheering facts. Items...