Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both possible and highly desirable to reach an agreement with the Soviets to dismantle both nations' offensive weapons within the next couple of years. But the possibility of the elimination of nuclear weapons, so simple and complete, is also daunting and problematic, requiring some definite qualifications and guarantees...
...Crimson's first five drives of the contest all consisted of three plays from scrimmage followed by a Brian O'Neil punt. The gridders entered Big Red territory just once the entire first half--and only managed to reach the visitors...
...soon and that we should sit down together so he could help me understand how I could improve my work. I remember how reassured I felt that a Harvard professor who had won all sorts of awards and had important books to his credit would take the time to reach out to help one of his students...
Peggy Sue feels this way as well: the buoyancy of her past is out of reach. Charlie -- "Crazy Charlie," as he is called on the TV spots in which he manically promotes his appliance store -- has opted for a young bimbo, and Peggy Sue's carpet has worn thin with trudgery. At the reunion, the anguished smile she wears clashes with her old prom dress. "If I knew then what I know now," she muses, "I'd do a lot of things differently." Will she, though, when she gets the dream of a chance? Crowned the reunion queen, she grows...
...splendid. The film's occasional lapses never puncture the airy tone; they are easily forgiven, like Peggy Sue and her friends, whose only sin was to grow up. This prom-night balloon of a movie floats easily above the year's other exercises in '50s nostalgia. If you dare reach for it, it will land smartly in your heart...