Word: reach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Intensely conscious of his place in history, Nasser, by a grandiose reach, sometimes likens himself to Winston Churchill in World War II, and Suez to the English Channel. He has declared, at least until recently, that he will not go down in history as the Arab leader who made peace with Israel. For two years, his tactic has been sumud?standing fast, or at least not admitting defeat, no matter what the odds. It is linked in his mind and rhetoric with two other words: radda, retaliation, and tahrir, liberation of the occupied lands. Says Nasser...
...about. Members of faculties, able and devoted teachers will have to do the job. I can only ask that the public outside the universities recognize that the present problem is deep and difficult, and entreat their legislators not to seek to effect correction by hasty enactments which cannot reach to the root of the difficulty and will in all probability only spread the discontent...
Perennially a big, well-coached boat, the Big Red always seems to reach its peak in time for the Sprints, and have finished first in the lightweight division three out of the past five years...
...neutral--to free us from stimulation. We eat food to free us from hunger and to save our bodies from weakness and deficiencies. We adjust the thermostat in our rooms so that we will have to feel neither cold, nor heat. We want to hang in the middle, to reach a stasis in how we feel. This is what we think of as our "natural" condition. From here, we presumably, we can experience anything that might happen...
Crimson midfielder Bruce Regan, an honorable mention All-American last spring, said a couple of weeks ago before the Brown game that if Harvard lost to the Bruins, the league championship would be out of reach. It would be the second loss of the season, and in fact, Harvard did lose that game, but now a share of the first place appears possible for the Crimson...