Word: reach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figure. It corresponds to what, a few years ago, was acknowledged to be the approximate "peacetime" level of the armed forces, less one or two hundred thousand that we believe might be replaced by civilian employees during the coming years. Nobody can exactly estimate the pay scale required to reach this goal; but pay scales must be set with some goal in mind, and this should be the goal...
...kill'em'" as they tried to break up the group of demonstrators who had gathered in front of the doors. Other policemen clashed with another group, including Pinney, who attempted to join those in front of the door. A third group of policemen broke through the crowd outside to reach the entrance. In the shuffle, police crashed through the glass doors...
...more important than the immediate consequences. That is, the experience was in some way its own reward. Eventually, it was assumed, the system would yield; the movement for change would spread from the "prophetic minority" to students across the country; the clear demonstration of injustice and stupidity would reach the conscience of the nation and bring pressure to bear on the government. The experience in the south, where nonviolent demonstrations clearly distinguished the forces of evil from the forces of rightness, encouraged students to believe that the government could be prodded into substantive social reform. There was still hope that...
...pacifist living with a woman, who takes a stand against what war does, can reach a higher state of moral consciousness than, say, a businessman who is faithful to his wife, yet never thinks about his nation's right to inflict cruelties against the Viet Cong...
...Garfinckel & Co., the Washington-based retail chain that controls Manhattan's Brooks Bros., last year rebuffed a tender takeover attempt by Genesco, Maxey Jarman's shoe-and-clothing combine, after two court fights and a bitter exchange of public recriminations. Most often, the best defense is to reach for a friendlier hand. Battling a tender takeover by Texan Troy V. Post's Greatamerica Corp., an insurance-banking-airline combine, Cleveland's chemical and paint-making Glidden Co. last month hurriedly negotiated a merger with SCM Corp. On top of that, Glidden won a temporary court order...