Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sticking point in the budget conference was expected to be domestic spending. The Senate had voted for a rise of $12.5 billion, about as far as its Republicans dared go in defying President Reagan's wishes. The House had demanded a $30 billion jump, thought necessary by many Democrats in order to keep faith with their liberal constituents...
...Americans, dubbed "Colonials" by the English officials, had little trouble in overcoming their British counterparts. vanquishing them 222-144. Led by Crimson Co-Captain Gus Udo, who won the triple jump and the high jump, the American men triumphed in 18 of the 19 events. Other Harvard winners included Dwayne Jones in the 400 meters. Brad Bunney in the 800, Adam Dixon in the 1500, and Paul Gompers...
Questions about who would get the Federal Reserve post and worries about a new jump in interest rates have been enough to drive some businessmen crazy. Said Exxon Chairman Clifton Garvin Jr. last week: "The important thing is that we get this thing over with...
...school for lunch. Children like the space-age packaging, the built-in straws and, most of all, the ear-splitting noise the empty boxes make when stomped. Says Ralph Graves, vice president of California's Real Fresh: "After the container's empty, kids blow it up and jump on it. It goes off like a 108-mm howitzer...
...year "we had to sacrifice some quality for time" at the end of the summer, as the College's opening date approached. "We took care of the glaring deficiencies, but if there was a slight blemish on the wall, we let it go," he adds. However, even with the jump in beginning and the determination not to skimp on quality, days will continue to begin with early morning construction clatter--at least at Adams and Claverly--until at least December, officials anticipate...