Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...charged that the responses were "purely and simply an attempt by Mr. Long to protect the man to whom he gave" the information about the development. DeGuglielmo offered to jump off the 20th story of the apartment development if it materialized...
BRAZIL'S President Juscelino Ku-bitschek, out to develop his sprawling, potentially rich nation at any price, has snowballed an economic boom just one miraculous jump ahead of his creditors. What are President Kubitschek's chances of staying out in front until the inflationary boom starts paying off? See THE HEMISPHERE, The Bumblebee...
...number of Roman Catholics in the U.S. has increased 47.8% since 1949, according to the latest edition of The Official Catholic Directory, out this week. The current total of 39,505.475 represents a jump of 3,481,498 during 1958. The number of ordained priests is 52,689 (up 1,876), nuns and sisters 164.922 (up 347), brothers 9,709 (up 15). And for the 13th consecutive year, the church has reported more than 100,000 adult converts: 140,411 in 1958, a total of 1,301,335 in the past decade...
RECORD BRITISH EXPORTS to U.S. last month rose to $100,520,000 from previous high (last January) of $73,920,000. Reason for the jump: increased car shipments, which account for nearly one-third of total. By contrast U.S. exports abroad continue...
...varsity track team has elected Patrick R. Liles '60, of Dunster House and Memphis, Tenn., captain for the 1959-60 season. Liles competed in the broad jump, low hurdles, and mile relay this spring...