Word: leaping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Above the roar of our motors we did not hear the approach of that first shell. But I saw the flame leap out of the boat next to me and the crash shook our boat. The boat jerked once or twice and then went on. Abruptly I sat down in the bottom, not as a precaution but because I was afraid. I heard a soldier say: "I saw a shell close like that in training once," and I was more afraid...
...paratroopers, specially trained for this kind of jungle blitz. They flopped down hurriedly into the tall Kunai grass of the valley. Australian artillerymen with their guns dropped down after them. The Aussies had had only a week's training and only one practice jump, but they took the leap gamely. Australian pioneers, who had made a five-day trek overland, joined the U.S. and Australian paratroopers...
Other Peterson eye-gogglers : making a silver dollar leap from the cushion-top into a hat; putting the balls through a game of leapfrog all over the table; making a ball jump off the table, roll about on the floor, bounce back on the table. Peterson is the performer who has made the fabulous "impossible shot" possible. The cue ball and two object balls are jammed together in the corner jaw. A brilliantly executed force masse puts such heavy "English"* (spinning motion) on the cue ball that it clears a path, spins to the side rail, reverses back...
...Jump; Don't Slide. In ships that are battle casualties there may not be time to lower boats, or even to rig cargo nets. But survivors should jump only as a last resort: a man may be knocked out by a high leap, or hit an obstruction. Best emergency exit: a fire hose, because it offers a surer grip than a rope. Hose or rope should be descended slowly. Wait until the feet are in the water before letting go: distance is easy to misjudge under stress. Never go over the lee side: ships drift downwind faster than...
Richmond Morcum of New Hampshire was the sensation of the meet as he walked off with three titles tucked under his belt. He took the high jump with a 6 ft., 4 in. leap and the broad jump with a 23 ft., 10 in. effort, and finished a good day's work by triumphing in the pole vault at 14 feet...