Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...narratives, single images which bring forth a dream or fantasy. These disturbing images feature Sherman as a variety of different characters, including an Arabian prince, a deformed pig-like beast and a drowned corpse. Set in an eerie and frightening landscape of rocks and gel lighting, these fairy tales jump from Sherman's imagination into...
However, when University President Lloyd Elliott was asked to displace his jump shooters for journalists, he refused: it would mean disrupting the season's first game and inconveniencing students using weight rooms and other facilities. Snapped a White House official: "Gimme a break...
...Pandemonium breaks out in the Senate Caucus Room as the Judiciary Committee members jump up and down on their chairs giving the bewildered Judge Reinhold the raspberry. Once again, the Senate has affirmed its Constitutional right to confirm, reject or tease a Presidential nominee to the Supreme Court...
Even if a prolonged decline of the dollar eventually reduces imports, the side effects will be unpleasant. One is higher inflation: as foreign products become more expensive, many U.S. manufacturers will jump at the opportunity to raise their prices too. A big danger is that the weak dollar will become a crutch for U.S. companies, undermining their incentive to become more efficient and hold prices down. Beyond that, the bargain-basement dollar, together with lower prices on Wall Street, may make U.S. industry increasingly vulnerable to takeovers by foreign buyers...
...school needs to expand because of large increases in the number of applicants, including an 8 percent jump this fall. Its attempts to grow in its current location, Boston's Back Bay area, have run into prohibitive costs...