Word: aime
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Common Cause. Nixon's second aim was "protection against the possibility of accidental attacks from any source." Should either a Chinese or a Soviet Strangelove go berserk, an attack might strike anywhere-and a limited defense would not necessarily be effective against it. Nixon's third stated aim was the shakiest: "Defense of the American people against the kind of nuclear attack which Communist China is likely to be able to mount within the decade." It was a difficult line of reasoning to maintain, since the Chinese, until at least the mid-1970s, will not have the sophisticated...
...department admits that it uses the essay not for educational reasons but for the narrow aim of achieving a wide grade distribution. Tutors generally give favorable reports of their students, and the committee reads the papers to decide whose grades should be cut down to a B. Even though all the papers might be outstanding, the committee would clamp down on most students and "equalize" thier grades. Scaling down grades ignores the fact that capable students in an honors program are highly motivated by the weekly pressure of a face-to-face meeting with their tutors and by knowing...
...overt aim of the Med School's plan is to help those medically-deprived poor patients. By the time the plan reaches its full enrollment in 1971, some 6000 people from the Mission Hill area should be signed up to get Harvard Health Plan care...
...There are times when both the providers of the care and the consumer may act in a shortsighted or narrow interest," Pollack says in explaining the "general interest" directors. "We hope that by bringing in this third element, we will be able to aim the program towards some of the larger social goals and problems...
...hope they'll come in regularly, get to know their Physician well," he says. When people join the plan, they will have a thorough examination. In the unstructured way that most Americans guard their health, five or ten years may elapse between exams. Under the health plan, however, the aim will be on constantly-supervised care. The initial exam--accompanied by a barrage of "screening test"--may be able to pick up many potential problems long before they erupt. From the beginning, health plan physicians will emphasize nipping illness while it's easy to nip instead of waiting...