Word: reach
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...Lost America I wholeheartedly agree with Michael Schuman's views in "American Lament" [Oct. 12]. America's influence, reach and power is waning, but on the other hand, we read President Obama's compelling speeches on the Internet, follow the Nasdaq index, and accept the U.S. dollar as a base currency. America might have lost its direction in recent years, but I believe the best is yet to come under Obama's leadership. Sirinthra Malhotra, Bangkok, Thailand...
Told it was Herrell's last day open, FlyBy tried to reach by 9:00 PM, only to be turned away by the closing staff as the parlor's first customers rejected in 27 years. While not the last customer served, FlyBy prides itself instead on being the first customer permanently unable to buy homemade ice cream on Dunster Street in 27 years...
...87th minute, Sheeleigh got an opportunity for the Crimson, taking a pass from the right directly in front of the Big Green net and spinning it just out of the reach of the off-balance goalie. It was her fourth game-winning goal of the season...
...border that splits Iranian and Pakistani Baluchistan was a line plotted in 1871 by a British colonial official, ceding territory to Iran's rulers in a bid to win Tehran's support against Czarist Russia. Now, the Baluch in Pakistan and Iran who fear independence may be out of reach campaign for expanded freedoms and guarantees to preserve their language and culture within the Pakistani and Iranian states. Others have taken up arms over the years. Suggestions made by some Pakistani officials linking Baluch separatism to the activities of the Taliban are wrong, says Harrison. Baluch nationalism has always been...
...part because it only has so much leverage that it can wield over the Pakistani military. During the Bush administration, there were suggestions that Washington was even secretly backing anti-Iranian groups like Jundullah and staging covert operations against Iran from Baluchistan. But a more public effort to reach a just solution for Baluch grievances would go a long way toward securing stability for Pakistan in general. The Baluch disturbances have put on hold plans to build a lucrative gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan - a link that would enhance regional cooperation as well as boost the nation...