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– Jeff tried to prove to Whitman that he was seizing the day by flying a rainbow kite and jump-roping with some inappropriately young girls.
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It is very dirty at this point but it is still in mostly in one piece the bow came off early during a jump-roping exercise.
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She was acquitted by the jury but not by the public, even inspiring a macabre well-known jump-roping ditty saying she "gave her mother 40 whacks; when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41."
Some in Lizzie Borden's Hometown Think Her Legend Is Out of Whack Jennifer Levitz 2011
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She also claims that jump-roping is good for losing weight in the face.
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I'm honestly not sure what most of the girls did, except for remembering a lot of jump-roping.
Gender - Interactive! JLK 2009
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Also, this video of the Kings Firecrackers jump-roping team out of Kings Mill, Ohio is lighting up CNN. com.
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Abby K. alerted us to this video from the New York Times about boys who cross traditional gender lines to compete on a double-dutch jump-roping team in Brooklyn:
CROSSING GENDER LINES: BOYS DOING DOUBLE DUTCH » Sociological Images 2009
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But much like competitive cheerleading, competitive jump-roping has not attained social recognition as an athletic endeavor.
CROSSING GENDER LINES: BOYS DOING DOUBLE DUTCH » Sociological Images 2009
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If jump-roping were in the “sport” category, it would be socially acceptable, even encouraged, for ZeAndre to take part.
CROSSING GENDER LINES: BOYS DOING DOUBLE DUTCH » Sociological Images 2009
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Community policing -- sometimes publicized by photos of policemen jump-roping or shooting hoops with kids -- can appear touchy-feely.
A Crimebuster's Fall 2008
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