Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Aircraft and automotive technicians doubtless could shoot some holes in it. None could quarrel with the fact that U. S. aircraft production of military combat planes up to last week had failed to reach 500 a month, much less 500 a day. None could fail to welcome fresh, aggressive thinking...
...ports there are two German, 27 Italian and a quantity of Scandinavian vessels, all seeking to stay out of Britain's reach. Mr. Cross stated perfectly openly: "I naturally cast a covetous eye on those vessels." He covets also some 300,000 U. S. tons now lying idle in port. He recalled that the U. S. saved Britain's bacon in 1918 not so much by fighting in France as by producing 3,033,000 tons of shipping (up from 998,000 tons in 1917) and he made clear that the sea war was the real, basic...
...edition of Who's Who (British) listed, among 40,000 "men and women most in the public eye today," Adolf Hitler. Censors permitting, Britons could still reach him by telephone at No. 11 6191; by mail at Wilhelmstrasse 77, Berlin W. 8., or at Ober-Salzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria...
When Charles Einfeld, Harry Brand and Russell Birdwell uttered their first infant cries, little did their mothers realize the distance those childish voices would one day reach. For Charlie, Harry and Russell have since grown into the foremost trumpeters of Hollywood's bizarre and boisterous activities. They are publicity men. It is their job to keep the world aware of movies, beglamored about movie stars, and thus herd in admissions to the box office...
...issue of Defense reads "Harvard Feels British Victory Essential for National Defense." This statement is meant to afford great solace to old grads who have come to fear that "Harvard is a hotbed of radicals, cynics, and pacifists." The headline is ostensibly the conclusion the Editors of Defense have reached after conducting a scientific poll of undergraduate opinion, but the discerning reader may not be able to reach the same conclusion as has the optimistic staff of Defense...