Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British aim was a producing western Germany that could 1) pay for itself and 2) contribute more coal, machinery, and other exports toward general European recovery. There would, however, be no immediate miracles; experts thought it would take until 1951, even with good luck, to reach the 10.7 million ton ceiling in food-short, materials-short Germany...
Last week, in his Brooklyn debut, big (6 ft. 3 in.) Dan Bankhead, fifth Negro player to reach the majors, winged Pirate Outfielder Wally Westlake with a fast ball. A few breaths were tight-held-this might be the "incident" that many baseball men had feared. But Westlake trotted casually down to first. It was clear that, within the space of a single season, fans and players alike were beginning to take Negro players for granted...
...huge picture of him had been erected over the door. The stores had closed for the occasion and the Democratic city administration had given its employees the day off. A crowd of 5.000 waited in the drizzling rain. After his speech, Joe shook hands with everybody he could reach, and called everyone he could by his first name. He knew a lot of first names...
...Come to Our Auschwitz!" Since the Jews had been placed on the prison ships, 36 babies had been born. Around 50 more would be born in the ten to 14 days it would take the ships to reach Hamburg, according to Port-de-Bouc's Dr. Jean Cayla. The environment they would be born into was described vividly by the New York Herald Tribune's Ruth Gruber. Visiting the Runnymede Park just before sailing time, she reported: "We picked our way gingerly over people lying on the floor on dirty blankets. . . . While we walked the people kept shouting...
...Numbers. American Telephone and Telegraph Co. will ask its stockholders to authorize the largest financing transaction in U.S. corporate history-a new issue of $354 million convertible debentures. With this sum, the funds raised by A.T. & T. for postwar expansion will reach a whopping $1,220 million...