Word: jumpings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want to argue in front of the baby.' [Back in my bedroom] Mr. Stompanato grabbed my arm, shook me ... said, as he told me before, no matter what I did or how I tried to get away he would never let me. If he said 'jump' I would jump, and if he said 'hop' I would hop ... or he would cut my face or cripple me . . . that he would kill me and my daughter and my mother...
Chief value of the statistics is to show trends and changes in the U.S. labor force. Of the overall 2,316,000 jump in unemployment to 5,198,000 since March 1957, more than 1,000,000 came in such big durable-goods producers as autos, aircraft, heavy machinery and steel. The curious fact-and the paradox of the recession-is that other industries, such as wholesale and retail, banks, services (up more than 100,000), real estate and insurance firms, are still booming ahead. In March, employment rose by 323,000 over February, bringing total employment to 62.3 million...
...everyone who is "looking for work," no matter how lackadaisically, is counted as a member of the labor force. Thus, as the size of the labor force increases, the number of jobless can also increase, as happened last month, even when the number of employed takes a big jump. Economists would like the Census Bureau to add more questions to separate the laid-off worker from the new job seeker. But so far the Census Bureau has said no; it fears any change will destroy the month-by-month continuity of its figures...
Neil Muncaster won the discus with a toss of 143 feet, 5 1/4 inches, while John deKiewiet won the high jump at 6 feet, 1 inch. Skip Pescosolido won the javelin at 186 feet, 9 inches, while Sam Halaby surprised with a 12 foot, 6 inch tie for first in the pole vault...
Only in the high jump could the varsity place or show, as Hal Keohane and Bob Downs tied Cadet Bill Fay at 6 feet. Also placing for the varsity were Al Gordon, second in the 440 with an astonishing 48.4; Art Cahn, second in a shade under two minutes for the half; John DuMoulin and Jim Doty, second and third to Ed Lagdonas in the hammer; and Hank Abbott, a surprising second in the shot...