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Word: reach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gates, to Harvard as a tenured professor, but they say those recruiting efforts have never resulted in a formal offer. Gates, a Cornell professor who holds appointments in the Africana Studies, Comparative Literature and English departments there, has written several books in recent years that have greatly expanded the reach of Afro-American literary criticism, scholars...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Literary Scholars Remake Black Studies | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

These lines of dialogue may reach people who might not respond to public service ads. "Different demographic groups follow different programs and identify with characters," Winsten says...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Designated Driving Comes to Prime-Time | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

...that, and it cannot occur if we are too stubborn and too distrustful to welcome it. As difficult as it may be, we must extricate ourselves from our anti-Soviet education and reshape our views to match the changing tide. Only then can the wave of trust and cooperation reach...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Dissent | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

YEREVAN, U.S.S.R.--Survivors of the Armenian earthquake are freezing to death at night because only a fraction of the thousands of tents sent to the disaster area reach the homeless, a Soviet newspaper reported yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Earthquake Damages to Cost $8 Billion | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

...launch a pre-emptive attack on the radar-avoiding B-2 Stealth bomber, which former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger boasted "makes obsolescent $200 billion worth of Soviet air defenses." Traditional wisdom holds that U.S. bombers are not first-strike weapons, since they would take up to eight hours to reach their targets. But if the B-2 can fly over the Soviet Union undetected, the Soviets could reasonably fear a sneak "decapitation" attack on their leadership. In that case, editorialized Aviation Week magazine, "this new U.S. deterrent might serve to incite them, not reassure them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Sides of the Nuclear Sword | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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