Word: leaping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crackdown on the fundamentalists. "You will not see any steps toward greater pluralism now," / commented one worried Western diplomat. Indeed, Bourguiba has knocked out his opposition so effectively that many fear there is now no credible successor, and that when he dies the radical fundamentalists will leap to fill the political void...
Northeastern comes to visit. The bruisers from the other side of town are bigger than you, faster, stronger, able to leap buildings with a single bound. They are also favored. But your Crimson is up to it. Harvard fights and claws its way to victory. Last year's Beanpot defeat of your good friend Billy Cleary is avenged...
...Soviets' launch capability took a quantum leap earlier this year when they successfully fired off Energia, a booster as powerful as the mighty Saturn 5, which the U.S. developed for the Apollo program and then scrapped in favor of the shuttle. With Energia, the Soviets can loft 100-ton payloads, vs. a maximum for the U.S. shuttle of 30 tons. That is enough to carry their shuttle, which is under development, or to orbit parts for a space station far larger than Mir, which could be a platform for a manned mission to Mars. Says Dale Myers, deputy administrator...
NATION: The candidates leap from the starting gate in search of cutting themes...
...feverish place like Miami: you are tooling along I-95 when an armored truck whizzes by. The back door swings open. Out falls a sack. Along comes another truck. Whack, it hits the sack. A blizzard of money explodes into the air. Cars screech to a halt, and people leap out, running every which way after the money...