Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Theoretically, St. Laurent should be within reach of a majority on the first ballot of the 1,299 convention delegates. He will have most of Quebec's 324 votes, a good part of Ontario's 388. A modest number of votes from the Maritime provinces and a scattering from the west should add up to the necessary...
...very night of the crash, on the alpine slopes of Orizaba (18,000 ft.), things began going wrong. Mexicans were first to reach the wreckage. They were presently joined by a U.S. rescue party including seven soldiers-some armed...
Rarely has a Wimbledon final produced such maundering and mediocre tennis. Falkenburg deliberately tossed away the second set without making a move for any ball he couldn't easily reach. As the match went on, he glared at linesmen when they flubbed decisions and took kicks at the ball when he missed easy shots. He fell a great many times and got up very slowly. London's Daily Telegraph tried to be charitable: "Should we not be nearer the truth in regarding his behavior more in the light of an overgrown schoolboy than as a schemer trying...
Lobster on Niki Street. The CBS story had all the drama and color of an Eric Ambler mystery. Tall, blond George Polk, whose pull-no-punches broadcasts had angered the Greek government,† had been trying to reach the hideout headquarters of Leftist General Markos to get the guerrilla side of the story. His "contact man" was apparently an Athens flower vendor, who visited Polk daily for ten days before his death-but in the treacherous climate of Athens, Polk had no way of making sure whether he was dealing with Right or Left...
...Asking the U.S. to withdraw recognition of Israel. 4. Authorizing a U.N. mediator to try to reach a settlement with Jews & Arabs...