Word: accomplish
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...another meaning. The U.S. and its coalition are not seeking simply to punish Iraq by destroying its economy. They have pledged to force Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait. It is impossible for anyone on either side of the debate to prove that slow deterioration, no matter how prolonged, will accomplish that objective. As the U.S. learned recently in its dealings with Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, even wide-ranging sanctions may not coerce a conscienceless dictator...
...trouble is that Saddam's ideas of what would accomplish his aims do not necessarily mesh with the West's -- or with reality. He has a dangerous penchant for misjudging his enemies; witness the 1980 attack on Iran that began a bloody and futile eight-year war. Even friendly Arab diplomats find him distressingly provincial. He has rarely been outside the Arab world and knows as little of the West and its thought processes as Western politicians know of his. Courses that seem senseless or downright suicidal to analysts in Washington, Paris or even Cairo do not necessarily look that...
...lost focus of what we were trying to accomplish," Raveling huffed after the Trojans' 103-76 squeaker, here at Long Beach Arena. "We put them on the foul line much too much because of lazy defense...We were never really a cohesive unit...
There are two ways to accomplish a cultural transformation of the magnitude contemplated. One is by governmental decree. The other is to let market forces play. While the goal is set -- if still unstated -- the manner of execution is not. Those planning for New Kuwait hope for fiat but are prepared for the slower course. "If, for example, the welfare system is cut back," says Fawzi al-Sultan, "if a person who has three servants, which is not unusual, suddenly has to pay the medical bills of those servants in place of the government, then that person is going...
...nation's highest office last week by a 3-to-1 popular vote. For supporters, the former electrician's victory was -- well, electrifying. As they greeted the President-elect in Gdansk with sparklers and brass bands, Walesa took time to remind Poles of what heroic struggles can accomplish. Declared the country's first postcommunist choice as head of state: "Since we defeated the system without one gunshot or one drop of blood, we can dare to build a new system...