Word: jumping
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...leading economists, astonished analysts with a first-quarter annualized growth rate--nearly 8%--that is almost three times what the U.S. will likely manage in this fairly sizzling year. And global investors, feeling some drag in American markets, are looking to Japan for the next big ride. "The jump in the Nikkei is very real," says Chuck Clough, chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch. "I believe it could reach 36,000 in two years." That greedy mantra--a 100% return in two years!--has sent billions of dollars and euros thundering into Tokyo. And it is freaking out the Japanese...
...will tirelessly go to practices and games and cheer away. I will take part in pitching, batting, jump shots and lay-ups. The next time you see zealous, overheated parents, remember that at least they have taken the time to participate in their child's life. Not every parent is looking for a multimillion-dollar contract. What's being sculpted here is not a pro athlete but a secure, stable, responsible adult. This weekend's baseball game is where we will continue teaching the lessons of life...one pitch at a time. SHARON HAIGNEY Fort Worth, Texas...
Susan Seacrest peers down into the huge gloom of well No. 2, which penetrates 90 ft. into the Platte Aquifer. As her eyes catch the gleam of water destined to salve the thirst of people in Lincoln, Neb., 20 miles away, she begins to jump up and down in the heat of a summer afternoon. "This is so cool!" she exults. "I get so excited when I'm around groundwater...
Scores for the grade three Iowa Reading Test released Tuesday showed 59 percent of Cambridge's third graders are "advanced" or "proficient" readers. The jump from last year's score along with exceptional performance from four Cambridge elementary schools--Cambridgeport, M. E. Fitzgerald, King Open and Morse--has teachers and principals beaming with pride...
They don't sing, and they're not instrumental virtuosos either. Yet it's clear that the Chemical Brothers have made one of the finest albums this year, pushing their creativity to the limits, showing that they can do more than make you jump. The pounding French-house-style opening track, "Music: Response" has as its main refrain an electronic voice proclaiming that "music should trigger some kind of response," and elicit a response this album certainly will. In its most manic parts, it can (and will) send dance-floors through the roof, but the sheer sonic range...