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...halfway mark in this fiscal year, the Century Fund had raised $450,000 toward its Alumnae Annual Giving goal of $875,000; $2.4 million toward its $3.5 million goal for program grants by 1983; and $2.8 million toward its $10 million goal for endowment and capital improvement by 1983, Century Fund officials said...
...halfway across the nation, another Republican of some note, former President Gerald Ford, watched the results with some interest...
...diplomatic move by the United States dashed the hopes of opposition candidates like Lu to gain seats in the assembly. On Dec. 16, 1978, halfway through the campaign, President Carter announced the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The KMT immediately called off the election, claiming the U.S.-Chinese move had precipitated a national emergency and uncertainty about the future. Taiwan remained, as it had been for 30 years, "effectively a one-party state," as a State Department official called it at a hearing before the House International Relations Committee in June...
Barton, who was at about the halfway point of her 100 fly victory when the meet announcer prompted a terrific ovation by announcing a United States 4-3 hockey victory over the Soviet Union, said she felt "The piano falling on her back." (that's a swimming expression) with five yards left in the race, but won it anyway...
...halfway point of the Nordic combined competition, which consists of both cross-country skiing and ski jumping, Ulrich Wehling of East Germany held a slim 227.2-221.8 lead over Walter Malmquist of Post Mills...