Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week, as all signs seemed to point toward a reach for the top in 1988, Kennedy, 53, backed out once again. "I know," he acknowledged, "that this decision means that I may never be President." He added: "The pursuit of the presidency is not my life. Public service...
...understand? My father is dangerous. Right now he lost control. We have to get away from him, but he's then not gonna have anybody. He broke the thermometer of the apartment and the boiler is becoming into flames. I don't know if this letter will reach you. I can't sleep. He screams out of control. Everyone in the house is awake at 12:30. I don't know if we'll ever sleep today. I just can't hold on too long. Every day I think of leaving a message to some friends and teachers and throwing...
...cause of a huge trade deficit because it made American exports expensive for foreigners and imports cheap for U.S. consumers. Last week the Commerce Department reported a $33 billion shortfall between America's exports and imports for the third quarter. By year's end the trade deficit will probably reach $145 billion. As the dollar weakens, the deficit should diminish. Said Alan Greenspan, a New York City-based economic consultant: "The share of imports in the American markets will start to flatten out and that will remove a negative factor that is pressing down the economy...
Perhaps the most convincing evidence is provided by the U.S. Postal Service. Electronic tracers were put on an envelope addressed to Santa Claus. The letter did not reach the North Pole, and was, in fact followed to a dumpster in Duluth, Minn. Doubtless Santa would not choose to live in a dumpster. Especially in Duluth...
There was also trouble on another front. Egypt at first insisted that it had rejected U.S. offers of technical assistance for the rescue effort, but it turned out that the Cairo government had learned that an American team of antiterrorist specialists was in the U.S. and could not reach Malta in time. Instead, Washington sent three American officers to Malta with the Egyptians to provide "liaison" support, and offered a planeload of antiterrorism equipment, which the Maltese refused...