Word: reached
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wheeler emphasized that "those at the University must face traffic problems as citizens of Cambridge, not as Harvard students," and indicated that such an approach would make a solution easier to reach...
...midweek the Reds made their first serious effort to counter the new system, sent four fast torpedo boats out to intercept a pair of Nationalist LSTs. Before the Communist craft could reach their prey, Nationalist Sabre jets flashed down with cannon roaring and, by Taipei's count, sank three of the four. Angrily, the Communists hurled two waves of 16 MIGs apiece out to punish the Sabres. In the swirling dogfights that followed, four Nationalist pilots knocked down at least five MIGs, sent the rest hightailing home. The kills brought the Nationalist total to 17 MIGs in three weeks...
...answer is endocardial fibro-elastosis, a peculiar hardening of the inner lining of the heart, which has no known cause. The trouble is a growth of white fibrous tissue, which may reach a point where the heart is suddenly shut off. Adult victims usually have a history of congestive heart failure; children may have no symptoms at all. Though the disease seems to be rare, it is being recognized more and more-but still only after death. When Barbara was six, her pediatrician found a slightly enlarged heart. It was not unusual, nor was the small heart murmur that another...
Monday-The second convoy arrives. Four U.S. destroyers hover three miles offshore. Two LSMs reach the beach and begin unloading. Suddenly, at 1:33 p.m., the beach erupts in geysers of sand and water. One LSM, loaded with ammunition, is hit and explodes. The other hastily backs off without unloading...
...able to change her whole repertory of facial contours from those of a stunning beauty to those of an uncomely nobody. Genius is not a word to be tossed about lightly; but Miss Page has unmistakable marks of genius. She has moments that are way beyond the reach of all but a few actresses...