Word: reached
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...truly disadvantaged are being made to play the role of Sisyphus, with public policy makers condemning them for failing to-reach the top. Until it is recognized that like in that ancient parabale, the failure lies beyond the control of the individual, a solution to the problems of the inner city will never be found...
Since the United States began drilling for petroleum, we have used 121 billion barrels. Today's technology can extract only about 27 billion more. If we develop more advanced extraction techniques, like recovering oil from shale, we can reach another 18-53 billion barrels...
Consensus is no way to govern when it comes to questions on which people fundamentally disagree. Final clubs present just such an issue. Turnout at Council elections has been pathetically low recently; 40 percent of the student body in the last election. Next year, I suspect, it will reach its lowest point ever. When the organization insists upon not endorsing a suit but funding it nonetheless or when it demands an open meeting with the Corporation but accepts a closed meeting in the end, we are left with very little to vote upon come the next election...
Members of the cheerleading squad say they believe that if they can reach a level of athleticism and expertise that previous squads have been unable to achieve, then the department might support them. But department officials say they doubt the cheerleaders' level of support will change any time in the near future...
Like many oil-patch authorities, Hance sees dark portents in today's fuel bargains. "If prices continue at this level, there will be very little new U.S. well drilling, and imports will rise," he argues. According to his commission's projections, imports will reach 50% within the next 18 months and 65% in 1991-92. Says Hance: "Then I can see gasoline at the pump costing $2 a gallon." That projection, even if it represents an extreme scenario, sure takes the fun out of driving at 65 m.p.h...