Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they intended to drive the Allies back below the 38th parallel, or even off the peninsula altogether, was somewhat less tenable than before. After the massive surprise attack of last fortnight, instead of pressing their advantage they stopped in their tracks and even pulled back, in some sectors, beyond reach of Allied patrols. They counterattacked cautiously when the regrouped U.N. forces advanced cautiously; but the whole aspect of their operations last week was defensive, not offensive...
...light-years), the galaxies must be receding at the speed of light itself. No matter how big his telescopes may grow (the 200-inch on Palomar Mountain can penetrate half that distance), an earthling will never see such galaxies. They are speeding awa.y too fast; their light can never reach the earth...
John Hart '52, who slept overnight in front of the ticket office door, bought 85 tickets. The unlucky 13th man in line queued up at 5:30 a.m. but it still took him a half hour to reach the ticket windown and another half hour to get his 56 tickets...
...were in rebel hands." By nightfall on Monday there were, to be exact, two towns held by the Nationalists, the mountain villages of Utuado and Jayuya, These they continued to hold for just as long a time as it took the Puerto Rican soldiers of the National Guard to reach them. In the other seven towns (out of some seventy) where terrorist activity was reported it took the form of shooting encounters between groups of Nationalists and policemen. These were over, with few exceptions, by evening on Monday...
Supported by the Institute, Whittemore and his workers began the painstaking task of removing the paint and plaster from the mosaics without injuring the delicate surface of the stones. Scaffolds 100 feet high, equipped with electric are lights and small chemical laboratories, were built to reach the highest pictures...