Word: jumped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many cases, young couples were able to jump into the spiraling real estate market only because wives went to work: by 1983 more than 65% of all first-time home buyers needed two incomes to make payments on their mortgages. In 1949 the average 30-year-old male homeowner spent 14% of his earnings on mortgage payments; by 1983 the proportion had climbed to 44%. For some the sacrifice has meant forgoing additional children. Tom Cray, 36, of Rochester, and his wife Jean, 41, would like to have a second child, but they are not sure their two salaries will...
...Regatta two weeks ago, and have been doing some seat-shuffling of their own. Junior Larry Meyer will move up from the six-position to stroke the lights, replacing sophomore Tom Patterson, who moves to the junior varsity. Sophomore Mike Horvath has made the jump from the six-seat of the JV to that same position in the varsity eight...
Sugrue then broke the Harvard school record in the triple jump, with a 38-ft., 4-in. leap--giving her second place number...
...Kirkland House resident captured the first of her three runner-up honors in the high jump, with a strong 5-fit., 9 1/4-in. jump...
Also placing for the women was sophomore Patti Jeanne White, whose 5-ft., 4 1/4-in. high jump effort enabled her to tie for fifth in that event...