Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washington, mortified Air Force representatives restricted themselves to saying that no search was being instituted in view of the wide area in which the Snark might have fallen. The State Department, however, was hit hard by the news that it probably had crashed in the Brazilian jungle. For months State's negotiators have been seeking permission for construction of six missile-tracking stations along the Brazilian coast. So far they have been unsuccessful: the Rio government, under pressure from ultranationalists and Communists, has been hard to pin down. Said a department officer bitterly: "That Snark might just as well...
...first public reckoning of the economic cost of Eden's Suez policy hit Parliament like a splash of cold water, thrown by Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan, whose sober demeanor seemed to say: in aqua frigida veritas. The jeers and roars that had greeted Selwyn Lloyd gave way to somber attentiveness when Macmillan gravely declared: "The customary monthly announcement on the gold and dollar reserves is being issued to the press today ... It shows a fall of $279 million in the reserves...
...first economic consequence of the new independence hit Poland last week. For lack of coal, iron foundries and chemical factories closed down, other heavy industries went on part-time, and the coal-burning railways canceled some 75 regular train schedules. Rushing to the Silesian mining center of Katowice, Wladyslaw Gomulka told the miners that their out put had slid off calamitously since they tasted freedom. Unless they spent more time in the pits and less at meetings, and unless they began obeying mine bosses' orders again, said Gomulka, Poland would not have enough coal to send abroad...
...apply for work through the Office, located in Weld Hall. The regular part-time jobs within the University, however, are assigned through a priority list, based on financial need. The student without any real financial need but with a temporarily empty wallet is the one most likely to hit upon the unusual jobs, although even on the priority list such other considerations as physical condition, special talents, previous experience, and class schedule do play a small part...
...Jumbos jumped into the lead after Hastings opened the scoring, and was ahead or tied until the nine minute mark. Then Hastings hit with a lay up to put the Crimson in the lead, 17-16. Muncaster added a free throw, Canty a two-pointer, Muncaster two more quick free throws, and Woolston a field goal to increase the margin...