In order to follow her, I jumped back into my car and began to search the drives of Central Park.

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As I jumped into the back seat of a car, both women looked at me with unconcealed alarm.

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But I never imagined moving back, and I remained the kind of jumped-up cosmopolitan who liked to mock the idea of Mayberry.

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Good job I took no notice of the doomsters and jumped back in around November 2008 after the crash.

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Back in my management days, I had an employee who jumped the gun a little when she approached me to ask for a salary increase.

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"I reached back and grabbed the handle for the driver's side rear door, jumped into the car, and put the car into park, " he said.

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While I would have jumped at the chance to catch even a glimpse of either a few days back, Kenya's easy proximity to buffalo, giraffe, zebra and other African wildlife has an odd way of dulling your senses.

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Before leaving for law school in China I jumped in my little red truck, threw my newly bought old-time banjo in the back, and went on a road trip through Appalachia to learn some old-time American music.

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