Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last month, not even Michael himself could plot with any certainty the course he had sailed over the last 40-odd years to reach the Portuguese outpost of Macao. It had included hitches in both the U.S. Army & Navy, a job as a bartender in Shanghai's notorious Blood Alley, a spell in a Japanese prison camp, numberless scrapes with the law, occasional berths as ship's officer on vessels hard up for mariners, and long years as a soldier of fortune in oriental ports. When he hit Macao three weeks ago, Portuguese authorities took one look...
Added Dr. Magnuson: he hopes to see his views printed soon in the A.M.A. Journal, where they will reach some of the hard cases he is talking...
Metcalf added, "This decision was reached on the basis that pressure for space did not make the shift necessary, and that there was enough opposition to the proposal to make it wise to reach this negative conclusion...
When asked if they would serve under the draft, three of the four members present replied affirmatively. One of the four, Louis F. Sharpe '54, stated that the most effective means towards peace is through a comprehensive study of situations and an attempt to reach the minds of all peoples...
...Charlotte, N.C., the Memorial Stadium was jammed to overflowing for an 8:30 a.m. speech, billed as "Breakfast with Eisenhower." At noon in Winston-Salem, Ike spoke from a platform in front of the station to a crowd that backed up into the adjacent streets, beyond reach of his voice. In neighboring Virginia, he openly wooed the support of Senator Harry Byrd, political boss of Virginia and open enemy of the Truman Administration. "I remember reading a crack that we have too many Byrds in Congress," said Ike, harking back to a 1949 Truman remark. "Well, I disagree; I would...