Word: attained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hipster approach will never attain the ultimate level of musical and dramatic rapture that is the supposed province of opera. But the Absolute Beauty or Bust approach is not always the best, particularly when dealing with the imperfections of baroque opera. Why shoot for the heavens, perhaps to crash and burn, when you can get a nice modern chalet on Mt. Everest...
...comforting to explain the departure of the 50 Soviets by suggesting that their Soviet upbringing didn't foster the lust for freedom possessed by native-born Americans, the truth is more troubling. For vast numbers of people the government is a trivial, background feature in the daily struggle to attain happiness and security...
This is not so much an attack on the United States as an attempt to explain how those 50 who left in December could make the decision they made. Some were people on the fringes, unable to attain the standard of living that lured them here. Some were frustrated artists who, no longer restrained by government, found they were restrained by an inhospitable market that provided no buyers for their work. Some were plain scared and homesick...
...since he took office in March 1985. In a speech before the Indian Parliament, Gorbachev declared that "what the world saw six weeks ago in Reykjavik was not a mirage of a nuclear-free world looming on the horizon, but a reality within reach, which the two sides could attain even tomorrow, if they have the will and act responsibly...
...potentially sour note for Harvard is the uncertainty surrounding former assistant Coach Zoran Tulum. The Yugoslav fencer worked with the Crimson as a volunteer a year ago, but has been unable to attain a visa to return to the United States this year...