Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hyde Park site would seem to fill the bill. It is within easy reach, over fine highways, of the nation's metropolis. In its 1,200 scenic acres there is room to spare for the necessary buildings...
More & more the President has let George do more & more important tasks-from prodding the Democratic leadership in Congress to masterminding Administration projects. The Allen hand has been in many of the President's recommendations to Congress. Few Truman statements or speeches reach the mimeograph machine without Allen's O.K. Lately, to the vexation of Democratic National Committeemen, Allen has been consulted more & more on appointments to important posts...
...been "supremely happy" with SS Major General Kurt Meyer, whose five children were "very much attached to him." Then, for ten minutes, the prisoner protested his innocence. But five high-ranking officers, conducting Canada's first war-crimes trial (TIME, Dec. 31), needed only half an hour to reach a verdict. Up rose tight-lipped Major General Harry W. Foster to read out the sentence in a gruff, soldierly voice. In more subdued tones, an American interpreter translated it for the prisoner. As the import of the words became clear, Kurt Meyer turned beet-red: for responsibility...
First Rubber. The first shipment of crude rubber to the U.S. from the Far East since 1942 arrived in New York. The Canton Victory brought in 8,100 tons. Another 275,000 to 350,000 tons of natural rubber are expected to reach the U.S. this year...
...Usually a money-maker (except in 1930 and 1931), the Palmer House has lately roused complaints among Chicagoans that it suffers from the pains of age, a crochety management and decrepit service. (One resident used to wire his wife from his office because he said he could not reach her by phone through the hotel switchboard...