Word: reached
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...left-wing government, despite ideo-logical differences with the Bush Administration, would have to work quite hard to reach the level of human rights abuses the right has achieved. While Bush continues to claim that U.S. policy is on the side of democracy in El Salvador--democracy defined as allegedly free elections in a country where the military rounds up peasants to drive them to the polls--he is increasingly identified with terror and poverty in the region...
Teachers ran into the cafeteria rubble, clawing at debris to reach fallen children. Fire fighters sobbed as they freed trapped children, many of whom they knew. When the frantic rescue ended, seven youngsters were dead and 18 hospitalized, three with critical injuries...
...ahead in the polls and was willing to take some of the tough stands a leader in politics must make, cutting services and raising taxes," Kennedy said of Tsongas. "He had a unique ability to reach out to people, both in the business community and the human services community...
...separate Palestinian state is in reach as part of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a Palestinian deportee told 80 people at a speech in Jefferson Hall last night...
Cable-industry observers are skeptical about whether two all-comedy networks can survive, given the limited channel capacity on most cable systems. As "basic cable" services, they will get their income primarily from advertising and will need to reach 25 million to 30 million homes to be financially viable. Comedy Channel executives report that they have signed up cable systems serving 11 million homes, though only about 6 million will be on board at start-up time. HA!, which has just begun marketing, says it has preliminary commitments for 2 million homes...