Word: yump
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...grinning, 19-year-old Norwegian named Torger Tokle landed in Manhattan two years ago, he was met by his older brother, Kyrre, who drove him to his farm in Noroton, Conn. Next day, Brother Kyrre was to compete in a ski-jumping meet at nearby Bear Mountain Park. "I yump too," said Torger. Yump he did-and broke the hill record...
Still, the 12,000 New Yorkers who turned out to greet Torger Tokle last week had a hunch that he would make quite a yump. Lined up around the course like a gigantic keyhole, they watched his familiar blue-clad figure flick down the "inrun" at 50 m.p.h., float past the judges' tower, and glide, arms whirling, into their midst in a perfect landing. His first jump measured 167 ft. In the gathering dusk he took off for his second. This lime he landed on one ski, nearly fell. When the span was measured, a mighty roar went...
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