Word: surmount
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversial, $5.2 billion reactor is completed but has been unable to surmount evacuation-planning obstacles to a commercial operating license...
NATION: At the summit, smiles surmount continuing disputes over substance...
...possible indictments against former White House officials, the Administration could be hard pressed to find a subject that will compete for the public's attention. An arms treaty with the Soviet Union, signed at a summit conference in the U.S. with Gorbachev, undoubtedly represents Reagan's best opportunity to surmount his difficulties and crown his tenure in the White House...
...public Gareth (Bob Toner) and his private side (Kevin Walker) surmount the demands of the difficult premise of the Winthrop House show, a drama-comedy written by Brian Friel. The public Gareth--Gar for short--is a quiet, unemotional guy who wonders whether his father will miss him when he leaves Ireland for Philadelphia. He was too shy to ask Senator Doogan (John Claflin) for the hand of his daughter (Laura Uyterhoeven). Now she's married to someone else...
Most journalists hoping to interview a rock star must first surmount a human barricade of dyspeptic press agents, surly managers and beefy bodyguards. Not Monaco's Princess Stephanie, who recently added the quill to a quiver of part-time professions that include swimsuit designer, model and singer (her debut album, Besoin (Need), is a hit in Europe and will be released in the U.S. next year). It seems that the dilettante Princess was smitten with Rod Stewart at a show during his latest tour and, after a photo shoot that will appear in the December issue of the American Elle...