Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...established in 1972 on a pilot basis, and made a national program in 1975. (Humphrey and the committee created the WIC legislation.) Only after pressure by the committee and subsequent court decisions did the Department of Agriculture begin to implement the program properly; the program still does not nearly reach all potential recipients. Next year, WIC's authorization expires, and input by the Nutrition Committee will be critical to the future existence and growth of coverage...
...conversation with President Carter was brutal. The President accused Israel of putting obstacles in the way of reaching a peace treaty. He warned, if you do not reach an agreement with us, you will remain isolated throughout the world. My response was, I prefer a split in relations between Israel and the U.S. rather than a Palestinian state. I was not too polite in my response to the President...
...chance to hear Slava produce his exquisite cello sound, to watch his left hand flick across the finger board, his right arm streak like a bowing jet. Both programs were enlivened by the now familiar spectacle of Rostropovich leaping from his podium to kiss and hug every musician within reach...
Last year the world's population passed 4 billion. Barring a holocaust brought on by man or nature, the world's population right now is the smallest it will ever be again. How did it reach 4 billion? For the first 99% of man's existence, surprisingly slowly. For the last 1% of history, in a great rush. By 1750, the total had reached only about 800 million. Then, as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum, population growth began rapidly to accelerate. By 1900, it had doubled to 1.6 billion; by 1964, it had doubled again...
...court will not reach the ultimate issue presented by the case. It's a terrible case for a definitive ruling, partially because the real parties at interest...