Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liberalism and democratic institutions. In 1934 when the Fascist Croix de Feu attempted a coup d'etat, its demand was for the Hero of Verdun as head of Government. Again, in 1937 when the Cagoulards (Hooded Ones) were caught in what seemed a foolish revolutionary plot, their aim was to make Pétain dictator...
...opposition to the resolution was led by G. Wallace Woodworth, who believed that the problem could be best solved by conciliation, rather than drastic action. He felt that such a statement would interfere with the Club's aim to spread good music...
...strategic areas controlled by monopolies. Competition is the life of trade; price normally controls the size of demand, according to the classic "other things being equal" law-which seldom happens. But in war such things as chemicals for explosives, for which normally there is little demand, become the aim of all endeavors. When there is a peacetime shortage, the highest bidder takes all. In modern war, the Government does...
...dams and powerhouses was echoed in the simple, modern design of its glass and tile lavatories, smooth-surfaced drinking fountains, control rooms, bridges, highways, dormitories, parks, recreation areas. The steely, mechanical beauty of smooth, insectile cranes, the generator rooms (see cut), expressed TVA's designers' aim: "to make TVA look as efficient...
Last week Ambassador Clarence Gauss (rhymes with boss) sailed on the President Garfield from San Francisco, bound for Chungking. Like every U.S. Ambassador, like the members of the innumerable U.S. missions in Europe and Asia, his task had narrowed to one main aim: to prevent the Axis encirclement...