Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hour. The passengers on the bus go crazy when we pass the flame, everyone squeezing to one side, pressing his face against the icy windows. No one says a word--it is more important just to look and absorb and think. The gasping starts when we pass the ski jumps. At first they look so steep no one knows what they are. A little blue speck is descending on the taller jump. He flies. The bus is silent. Then applause...
...increase would represent a 15.8-per-cent jump from this year's tuition, room and board costs...
...most young lawyers enter a less gilded world. They send out scores of resumes and try not to jump at the first offer that comes along. Over the past few years, the average starting salary at law firms has leveled off at about $16,000. Professional newcomers in other fields are getting somewhat more: the average business school graduate can expect $22,000 this year, while computer engineers with degrees from first-rank schools like M.I.T. will get up to $28,000. By contrast, the top salaries that corporations and government agencies offer new lawyers range around...
...underscore the inflation danger, January wholesale prices released last week showed a jump of 1.6%, or a compound annual rate of 21%, the largest such wholesale price rise in five years...
Although the Tigers dominated the field events, several tracksters scored. Freshman Gus Udo flew 7.05 meters (23 ft. 6 in.) to win the long jump. He also leapt to fourth place in the high jump and third in the triple jump...