Word: leapt
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...rather than celebrating President Clinton's respectable gesture, and admire his humility in confessing that America has done wrong, conservatives have leapt ignobly to attack Clinton's expression of error and shun blame for what was among the most heinous crimes this country has ever committed. And they have managed to come up with a bevy of insipid excuses for their petty outrage...
...Sunday by Joseph Silverstein, who currently heads the Utah Symphony. An unusually liberal expression of enthusiasm in the conductor was immediately apparent; his smiles were a welcome divergence from the stoic grimaces of most highly-acclaimed conductors. Also absent was any indication of restraint within the orchestra; the woodwinds leapt directly into Brahms' Variations on a theme by Haydn only a few moments after Silverstein took his position at the front of the stage...
...leapt into action and launched a full-scale investigation. Trouble is, they don?t even know what was taken. ?The exact nature of what the papers were and whether anything is missing is the subject of the investigation,? said a State Department official who -- understandably -- preferred to remain anonymous. Next question: Could the brown tweed man be tied to a Washington Times report that the feds are also investigating the passing of information to an Iraqi agent? The spy, according to the Times, procured information about U.S. air strikes, then imminent. However, given the trumpeting of attack plans...
...leadership of HUCTW, a union of more than 3,500 Harvard employees, leapt at the opportunity to extend its current contract rather than attempt a full renegotiation...
...surge began when Rinaldi laced a pass to a wide-open Tortolani under the hoop for an easy lay-up. After a Harvard turnover, Rinaldi leapt toward a rebound of her own missed shot and tipped the ball to Tortolani for another lay-in that pulled Dartmouth to within...