Word: accomplish
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Both Walesa and Tyminski promised to make things better but never specified how they would accomplish that goal. Walesa called vaguely for "acceleration" of the transition toward free markets, decontrolled prices and private property. To that end, he vowed to be "a President with an ax," one who would force change through the Polish legislature and even rule by decree if necessary. But when he talked specifics, he tended to offer pierogi- in-the-sky proposals like his short-lived promise to give every worker 100 million zlotys, about $10,000, in government bonds...
...these ideas are changing--albeit slowly. Not everyone seems to have caught on to the changes, but part of ending violence against women is altering the way people think about it. As Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson said yesterday, "We must accomplish a genuine change in belief and attitude between men and women...
Simply recognizing that rape is against the law, however, is not sufficient. We must accomplish a genuine change in belief and attitude between men and women so that this law becomes unnecessary as a deterrent to violence against women, and becomes instead an affirmation of men and women's mutual respect and common standing in society...
...risks of a protracted groundwar are unacceptable if an embargo could accomplish the same ends...
...never expected the administration to approve of our actions," said Sulee J. Stinson '92. "You don't protest by following their guidelines of what a good protest is. That's not going to accomplish anything...