The exercise, "jumping jacks"

[Wilson Gray]

I've always known these, since childhood, as "side straddle hops."
Thankfully, Google has allowed me to satisfy myself that I'm not alone
in preferring this term.

        Marine Corps Fitness Tips: "Starting from the Beginning"

The first exercise that we will be doing is _side straddle hops_
(jumping jacks). ...

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
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 -Sam'l Clemens

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