Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...street does not understand why he should be . . . neutral in front of somebody whose aim it is to force upon us opinions which we cannot tolerate. Our being enemies of any form of absolutism has its consequences and should Europe go to war over this problem, we would not be spared this time . . . [We must] sacrifice some of our national sovereignty to a European community . . . Neutrality [is not] the sole source of our much-beloved material well-being . . . Fate or the grace of God which saved us in two wars . . . cannot [be] building stones for a policy . . . At a time...
Gradually his writings grew more conservative, but three qualities remained constant: lucidity, fairness, and logical argument. To a young cub admirer, Sullivan explained his aim: "I write my columns with a mythical drugstore owner in Oklahoma in mind. I imagine that I have stopped in to get a soda and that I am sitting at the counter talking to the proprietor. He is interested in national events and so am I. And it is up to me to make things clear so that my friend across the counter cannot possibly misunderstand...
Director Ben Andrews, a stutterer himself, offers no one treatment for all cases. For plain stuttering, some 20 types of treatment are used in the U.S., but none ever cures the defect entirely. Andrews' aim is limited: to remove the fear of stuttering, then reduce the amount...
...hefty (6 ft. 2 in., 240 Ib.) farmer from Utzenstorf. He carried a murderous loft. Stecken, a whippy hickory shaft with a heavy cylindrical head. Eyeing the small (diameter 2½ in.) hard-rubber disk perched on an elaborate tee made of two upcurving steel rails,* Gruber took aim, lowered his stick twice, then drove with all his might. The Hornuss buzzed off into...
...Aim Your Fire. Finch is on his way. He writes memos ("concerned only incidentally with its apparent subject"). "The main object of the memo is to impress the people who read it . . ." Other people's memos may be returned unread with a note: "'Mighty clear exposition...