Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jimmy Byrnes' chief aim in going to Moscow was to clear the air. That meant getting a Big Three agreement on how to deal with the atom. With no trouble, Jimmy got it. But he ran into a senatorial hornets' nest just the same...
...second part . . .," according to the subcommittee report, "will emphasize international relationships rather than regional interests. Building upon a basic program in international affairs, it will offer a small group of men who aim at a career in the foreign field additional work designed to suit individual needs, backgrounds, and interests. Such work will frequently include regional training in the second year of a 'normal' two-year program...
...than 50,000, but their early reappearance has startled Britons, embarrassed their Government. When angry M.P.s in the House of Commons last week demanded action against the fascists, they knew they were raising a classic question. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede drew the classic answer from Milton: "Where people aim at extirpating free discussions, they must be regarded as ripe for extirpation themselves." Mr. Ede continued with an assessment of Mosley that only a Briton could make: "We have a very ancient democracy, with a great sense of humor, and I am quite certain that we shall put the proper...
...papers had guttersniped a dashing engineer named Clito Bockel, Chateaubriand found himself toasting an air force officer at an Aero Club plane christening. The officer responded, "I am Clito Bockel's brother," and knocked the publisher down. Livid with passion, Chateaubriand drew his pistol and, with indifferent aim grazed Bockel's cheek, shot his chief editorial writer...
Possibly, too, she planned a sphere-of-influence solution like the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which solved nothing. More likely was the less ambitious aim of a Communist-controlled, autonomous Az erbaijan with a pro-Soviet Government in Teheran. These would be enough to secure her exposed southern flank...