Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Unlike the earliest A-bombs, which involved the fission-or splitting-of such radioactive materials as uranium and plutonium, H-bombs work by fusing isotopes of the simplest and lightest element, hydrogen, into slightly heavier atoms of helium, although they still require a small fission "trigger" to reach the sunlike temperatures (tens of millions of degrees) required for fusion...
...Sweets meets Butler, who soon becomes the bread-winner for the family. Benji refuses to accept Butler as a father despite the latter's conciliatory advances. If this relationship provides the framework for comprehending the machinations of Benji's character, then the other individuals furnish the embellishment necessary to reach that understanding...
While this might very well be the best women's tennis team in Harvard/Radcliffe history, maybe even the best in New England this spring, it has yet to reach Princeton's class. "In fact," says Pierpont, a Darien, Conn. product, "I chose Harvard over Princeton because I knew I had no shot at making Princeton's tennis team." As a result, Harvard has the opportunity to take advantage of what Pierpont--and her talented classmates--have to offer. Maybe we should all take a deep breath...
...larger firms, starting associates receive about $25,000 and reach partnership status (and close to twice that salary) six years later. Senior partners typically make from $100,000 upward; HEW Secretary Joseph Califano pulled down $505,490 in 1976. Are the clients getting their money's worth? Ralph Nader and Mark Green last year urged businessmen to use staff lawyers, saving investors and consumers part of the millions spent annually on Washington legal bills. The capital's gold-rush legal atmosphere is eloquent testimony that the advice is largely being ignored...
...mountains/we pass across the invisible boundary/that divides self from self..." The last and most painful parting for Tamsen, is her husband's death. She therefore chooses to die in the mountains, with him and their broken wagon, under 20 feet of snow, rather than join her daughters who ultimately reach California. "How can I part with my sustaining love... how can I learn sleep/without his shoulder to bed down my griefs...