Word: leaping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...childhood friend from Winnetka, 111. They settled in Brookline, where they have raised a family of five. Moore got his M.D. (cum laude) in 1939. It was an exciting time in surgery. New theories, new techniques were being developed. Daring decisions were being made. American surgery was poised to leap ahead as Europe's medical centers lost some of their best brains to Hitler's anti-Semitism and to World...
...Doten threw the hammer 187 ft., 3 in., for second place among some of the top weight men in the East. Aggrey Awori, the Crimson's spectacular sophomore, placed second in the broad jump with a leap of 24 ft. and ran the anchor leg in Harvard's mile relay team, which placed fourth in the Heptagonal division...
...Leap Overland. In theory, the Mohawks would sweep low over the battle area to seek out the enemy troops. Guided by information from the Mohawks, the U.S. soldiers organized into the Air Cavalry Troop (so named because its function is similar to the deep penetration and surveillance missions of oldtime horse brigades) would leap over rivers, hills and forests in their choppers, land in strategic striking spots. As they attacked, the aircraft would support them with airborne firepower. The whole operation would be directed by the troop commanders, thus providing close air-ground coordination in battle...
...Satellites and other spacecraft will measure all kinds of solar radiation, ultraviolet and X rays, that do not penetrate the earth's atmosphere. The sun's visible spectrum will be dissected for any detectable signs of differences during the quiet period. The great tongues of flame that leap from the sun's surface will be counted and measured...
With Awori out of the broad jump, Chris Ohiri placed third for the Crimson with a leap of 23 ft. 5 in. According to Coach McCurdy, Ohiri might have won the competition, but he reinjured his knee in the preliminaries and was able to make only one all-out jump in the finals...