Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...general aim is to bring about world peace through increasing the individual's understanding of God and himself...
Because the economy was still shaking from the inflationary impact of the minimum wage decree when Gudin became Finance Minister, he was unable to halt the cruzeiro's slide right away. His immediate aim is to slow down the rate of in flation from the recent 2% a month to a mild 6% a year...
Last winter, a freshman hockey player was having a particularly bad day. As he returned to the dressing room between periods, a portly trainer squeezed his aim and whispered a word of encouragement. Recalling the incident after the game, the player remarked to a teammate, "That Eddie is really great. No matter how bad you are, he's always on your side...
...achieve this aim, Harvard places strong emphasis on the enormous and varied hospital facilities at its command. As at Yale, the first two years of the student's program are concerned chiefly with pre-clinical training in such subjects as anatomy, pharmacology, and physiology, while the last two are devoted to the actual care of patients in hospitals. Pre-clinical training is relatively independent of the environment in which, it is undertaken, but clinical training requires well-equipped hospitals...
Tough, offensive Lion linemen kept Baltimore in check while Quarterback Bobby Layne moved back, took aim and fired his long, string-straight passes. Better than half the time, the ball and a big Lion end got to the same place at precisely the same time. When Baltimore defensemen dropped back in desperation, Layne handed off to his jolting halfback "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer or rifled short shots to Doak Walker, his slippery high-school ex-teammate from Dallas. Of 28 Layne passes, 18 connected for 246 yds. At half time, the Lions led, 10-3. By the time the chilly autumn evening...