Word: leapfrog
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...generations of dancers from Fred Astaire to Savion Glover; in Toluca Lake, Calif. The self-taught Nicholas Brothers leaped to prominence in the '30s, performing flips and splits with ease. Their acrobatics landed them roles in nearly 30 films--including 1943's Stormy Weather, whose finale features a flawless leapfrog down a spiral staircase. But because of Jim Crow--era practices, the African-American brothers rarely got starring or speaking parts...
...troops now in Iraq, a number U.S. commanders in the region plan to maintain at least through the Iraqi national assembly elections on Dec. 15. But the battalion commanders, according to sources close to last week's meeting, said that because there are not enough troops, they have to "leapfrog" around Iraq to keep insurgents from returning to towns that have been cleared out. The officers also stressed that the lack of manpower--rather than of protective armor or signal jammers--posed one of the biggest obstacles in dealing with roadside bombs, which have caused the majority of U.S. casualties...
...WHITMAN: I'm optimistic. Particularly in developing markets like China and India and Brazil, those populations may well leapfrog over the PC and laptop with their phones...
...irrespective of Cornell’s performance, anything less than a sweep for Harvard will jeopardize its second-place finish. Colgate, also paired with Clarkson and St. Lawrence this weekend, sits just one point behind the Crimson and would likely leapfrog Harvard with any slipup, as the Raiders own the first tiebreak—head-to-head competition, in which they hold a 2-0 edge...
...irrespective of Cornell’s performance, anything less than a sweep for Harvard will jeopardize its second-place finish. Colgate, also paired with Clarkson and St. Lawrence this weekend, sits just one point behind the Crimson and would likely leapfrog Harvard with any slipup, as the Raiders own the first tiebreak—head-to-head competition, in which they hold a 2-0 edge...