Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...counter jamming is to use so many frequencies that the opponent cannot obliterate them all. The Voice now uses 36 stations and the BBC 25. They change their frequencies suddenly and often, instructing the Russian listeners to "search all short-wave bands." This keeps the jammers on the jump. It takes them about twelve seconds on the average to find and jam a dodging program. In the unjammed interval, an alert Russian listener may sometimes pick up a tidbit of news...
...last week the field was getting crowded. Sterling Drug had brought out an ammoniated version of Dr. Lyon's powder; Rexall took full-page ads to announce its AmoRex (a paste). Tide Magazine counted up 29 companies that were either in the field or about to jump in. Soon, it appeared any paste or powder without the new ingredient would be tagged as oldfashioned...
...point formula also calls for double wins by Pat McCormick in the hurdle events and victories by John Harrigan in the high jump and Jerry Gibson in the broad jump...
Dean Sherman added that the purpose of the new work program is to keep living costs at the College as low as possible. Radcliffe, she said, faces a $27,500 deficit in its dormitory maintenance which the College is attempting to reduce through 1) the jump in room charges which will go into effect next fall, 2) the revamped work program, and 3) the usual profits from the operation of the dining halls...
Tootell also scored third in the shot, throwing the ball 49 feet, 11 1/2 inches, but he failed to break the Harvard record as many thought he would do. The final Crimson scorer was John Harrigan, who figured in a five way split for fifth in the high jump...