Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lieutenant Coste and Captain Rignot hopped off from Le Bourget (Paris airport) in a Brequet biplane last week, hoping to reach Tchita, Siberia, 4,435 miles away. But fog and rain forced them down at Tobolsk, Siberia, only 3,125 miles away...
...frequent the gymnasium would be on the lookout for facts there about our crews and other teams the athletic interest would be well cared for, while the men in the various departments of the University might see to it that all news relating to their work and courses should reach us. Moreover, in a college supporting so many different societies, there ought to be a large amount of society news, but the secretaries are extremely backward in sending us reports of meetings or any items of general interest...
...first of the fifth Ellison watched Armistead's long triple sail over his head, and then was unable to reach Oliver's Texas Leaguer that dropped in front of him, scoring Armistead...
...spiked helmets occurred. There were 120,000. This is of mediocre interest for us, but one of the posters they carried bore the following inscription: 'From Trieste to Riga.' It is mad, paradoxical, grotesque, but it is a fact. Therefore the precise, fundamental duty of Fascist Italy is to reach a maximum strength with her armed forces on land, sea and air [repeated, prolonged applause...
...believe more than ever, must be on such a large scale and so powerful that the noise of its motors must surpass any other noise, and the area of the wings of our airplanes must obscure the sun from our land. Then between 1935 and 1940, when we shall reach the crucial point in European history, we will be able to make our voice heard, and see at last our rights acknowledged [loud, repeated applause]. This preparation requires some years more...