Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Miller's adaption is admirable but not wholly successful. There often remains a curious juxtaposition of colloquial speech and elevated pronouncement, as when the doctor tells the mayor, "Don't jump on me with that," and then adds, "The trouble with you is that your impressions are blunted...
...pattern was contagious, and neither Poe nor his immediate successors seemed anxious to move it back to America. The first big geographical jump came in 1887, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought him to London in the guise of Sherlock Holmes. Like Dupin, Holmes was an intellectual athlete, and socially he was a marvel of mobility, at home with scholars, society bluebloods, police inspectors. "Holmes," wrote Social Historian David Bazelon, "despite his eccentricities, is essentially an English gentleman acting to preserve a moral way of life." From Dickens' unfinished teaser, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, to the 20th century...
Thus, a swing to the Tories of a small fraction of the British electorate in marginal constituencies was enough to jump their Commons majority from 53 to 100 seats. Liberals, on the strength of their 1,600,000 popular vote, forecast with eager optimism that they would soon succeed Labor as the chief opposition party -a prediction that overlooked the fact that more than 40% of British voters stuck by Labor through the sweep. But the fact remained that for Britain's 53-year-old Labor Party it was a staggering defeat, threatening to open never-healed wounds, confronting...
...body, seats in candy-striped colors that match a vinyl-covered fringed top. The Surrey, priced at $1,650, is aimed chiefly at resort and vacation centers. Checker Motors Corp. this week brought out the Superba, a family version of its Checker taxi, with wide doors, sparse furnishings, optional jump seats so it will seat eight...
Furthermore, the 5% bonds loosened the pressure on the short-term market. The discount rate on the three-month bills offering dropped noticeably (4.194% to 4.007%) before a new issue at week's end was offered at a record high 4.262%. Treasury officials, however, called the jump temporary, expect that the rate will decline again this week...