Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...congressmen into endorsing him way before opening day in lowa, and now all his supporters are cashing in their chips at the same time. That is why Mondale has been forced to play this cat-and-mouse game with his backers, many of whom are now threatening to jump ship if they don't get what's owed to them...
...industry's standard-setting Audit Bureau of Circulations announced that USA Today had a paid circulation of more than 1.1 million for the final quarter of 1983, making it the third biggest U.S. daily. The paper's first-quarter figures for 1984, not yet audited, show a jump to nearly 1.3 million, close to the New York Daily News (circ. 1.4 million) and on schedule with plans to outstrip the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2 million) by 1987. The audit silenced speculation that Gannett had padded its totals with giveaways. Says Publisher Cathleen Black: "This is an important...
Without straining, he won the long jump by about a foot and a half (28 ft. 7 in.) and turned to the 200-meter run. "I'm still a novice in the 200, as compared with the 100," he said, after burning through the curve in 19.86 and then kissing the track like an explorer. Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson, who finished second and third, expressed the situation clearly when Baptiste said, "I hope I can finish second in the Olympics," and Jefferson advised, "The closer you get to Carl, the better your chances will...
...happened to have a head cold and finished fourth. After the race, Phillips chucked his shoes into the infield in disgust. He had been doing well. "He's running 48 seconds," Moses said. "It's tough." American Heptathlon Record Holder Jane Frederick inexplicably failed at the high jump and was out. The 800 meters had two unexpected casualties: Don Paige and James Robinson. There is a quadrennial argument against do-or-die trials in favor of committee selections. But it might be recalled that when two eminent U.S. hurdlers faltered in the 1976 trials, a particularly golden moment...
...followed Foster in the 110-meter hurdles, exclaimed, "Being an Olympian is better than landing on the moon!" Al and Jackie Joyner, a triple jumper and heptathlete, went in as a family entry. Carol Lewis was hoping to make it two brother-and-sister teams in the long jump. For the Lewis family, the wind on the Coliseum floor was the only ill omen. "If there were flags out there on the runway," Carl said, "they'd all be blowing a different direction. It will be real hard to jump here unless we have a miracle and the wind...