Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Today Bird cannot jump (not that he ever could), but he'll be back. How many times have skeptics counted Bird and the Celtics out, only to see Larry stage a miraculous comeback...
...when 1986 statistics showed a slight jump in drunk driving fatalities after some years of decline, it became clear that another media campaign was needed, DeJong says. The Center for Health Communication, which specializes in using the media to combat personal health problems, decided to take up the issue...
While his teammates napped, Roy came up with 42 blocks--including a sliding save on a Mitrovic shot early in the contest and a jump-kick combination that defused a dangerous one-on-one at the end of regulation...
...police department is barricading the Prudential Center and the Hancock Tower against the estimated 300,000 who have threatened to jump if Bruce leaves. Hordes of Red Sox fans have assembled on the banks of the Charles, pledging to swim in the sludge if Hurst flies the coop...
...reporting that Johnson's plan would enrich him and seven of his top executives beyond the dreams of Midas. In exchange for $20 million they would put up for an 8.5% stake in the new company, Johnson and the seven other executives would see the value of their investment jump to $200 million when the sale was completed. That was only the beginning. By doing some simple arithmetic, critics of the plan calculated that the eight men's holdings, which were scheduled to grow to 18.5%, could be worth $2.6 billion within five years if they turned RJR Nabisco into...