Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Good reporters, of course, jump at the first signs of a story--especially when it is proffered by a famous, or infamous, name. Editors, however, should be more reflective. Every day they are beseiged by individuals and groups competing for headlines. Their decision about whether and how to cover an issue have tremendous influence on setting the public agenda. This is especially true in a community served by only one daily paper...
...England Championship two weeks ago and now the ACC--and considering the fact that the New England Division is probably the toughest in the nation--it is logical to predict Radcliffe as one of the elite teams in the nation. The Radcliffe sailors, however, do not want to jump to conclusions...
When, a millimeter from final defeat (with the champagne already uncorked in the Angels' dressing room), Henderson hit that fifth game homer, I reacted as I never had before. I didn't cheer or jump; I wept--not a few tears stifled by the customs of manhood, but copiously. Then, alone again in a hotel room (this time in D.C.), I had to watch when Henderson, reaching for immortality, apparently won the Series with another homer in the 10th inning of game six, and, with two outs and nobody on, the Sox came--not once but four times--within...
Offensive guard Watson certainly wins the award for oddest injury of the year. The senior lineman was running onto the field for the second half at Princeton when he tripped over a section of the runway--an area where long jump and high jump events are staged--and injured his ankle. Watson's status for today's game is unknown...
Local schoolchildren, dressed in costumes of green dragons, the Statue of Liberty and punk rockers, got a jump on Halloween yesterday as they attended a multi-cultural festival and fundraiser in Memorial Hall...