Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passions on both sides made such a plan impossible, and he soon sensed it. After 1935 he thought only in terms of Palestine as a Jewish state rather than as a homeland for both Jews and Arabs, and devoted himself to planning the immigration and armed strength necessary to accomplish it. "Without a Jewish army," he insisted, "there would never be a Jewish state...
...Peace Corps volunteer contributes needed technical aid in agronomy to the local communities. Very few Guatemalan agronomists will work with small farmers. They prefer working for private business with its higher pay and professionalism. The volunteer can actually accomplish more than the agronomist who makes only occasional visits because he lives in the area for at least two years...
Under one version of this plan, marketable coupons would be issued not just to drivers but to anyone who had a Social Security number; this method could accomplish a redistribution of income from rich to poor that even George McGovern might approve. But there might still be a true black market alongside the white one. Counterfeiting of coupons might still be profitable if the resale supply of legitimate coupons was tight and prices skyhigh...
Thus far, the doctors' unions have been able to accomplish their aims without taking to the picket lines. Indeed, doctors generally find the idea of a strike unthinkable. "When someone's sick, you have to treat him," says Dr. Kenneth G. Burton, a general practitioner who heads the two-year-old American Physicians Union, which is headquartered in San Antonio. But it is not inconceivable that U.S. physicians may some day take part in a walkout. Says Yount: "The ultimate weapon of any organization is the threat of withdrawal of services...
...jealousy becomes a real facet of personality in the slinky character onstage, while in the original it is an awkward device to advance the plot. Sections of the new play are quite comic, but the heroes are never ludicrous. This is a difficult task for any company to accomplish, and the success of the Leob Ex production indicates the calibre of the actors...