Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...home life of a family of Bronx Jews. The burden of Playwright Odets' lament is that the Bergers and their friends would not be so wretched if it were not for the crushing tyranny of the capitalist system. Grandfather Berger, an old Marxist, would not be compelled to jump off the roof in despair. Daughter Hennie would not have to marry a simpleton after Moe Axelrod, the embittered disabled veteran, gives her a baby. Son Ralph would not have to pine for the sweetheart and sport shoes he cannot possess on his $16-a-week salary...
...mile, hurdles, relay, and high jump, each college pits the stars of its team against the other's. Green in the 50-meter hurdles will face Pessoni of Manhattan as his chief opponent in a record breaking race...
Scheu in the mile, though certain of defeat by Venzke, will find his hardest competition for second place in the 1500-meter in Bill Ray of Manhattan. If Bob Hall is able to compete in the high jump, he will be matched against Manahattan's Johnny Thompson, who cleared the bar in the Prout Games at 6:2, the same height attained by Hall a week earlier...
Quite aside from the impropriety of the proposed petition, however, is the indication that the members of the Liberal Club are taking life, themselves, and the importance of the Club far too seriously. Throughout the nation, for that matter, people are showing a strong tendency to jump at the first panacea that comes down the pipe. The point is not that world-wide affairs are unimportant; they are. It is not that college students should not interest themselves in government to the point where they will enter public service themselves after graduation; they should. But what America needs...
...afternoon's weight events and broad jump added little to the Crimson total. Cahners' ineligibility left the Farrellmen scoreless in the 35-pound weight throw, and Schumann scored only one point with his fifth place in the shot put. Loss of Green weakened Harvard's chances in the broad jump in which Calvin scored two points for fourth...