Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...PRESS), which not only described a possible war with Russia, but, more significantly, also looked at the shape of a world in which Russia was no longer a threat. Another sign was the thunderous American Legion applause for General Douglas MacArthur and his insistent demand for a clear aim & end. Said MacArthur: "There must exist above all else a spiritual impulse-a will to victory." But MacArthur made it clear that he was not talking of a purely military victory; war with Russia, he insisted, was not inevitable. Old Soldier MacArthur was saying that for a soldier...
Receding Threats. It was an aim both more difficult and more inspiring than "containment." For the world holds more ills than Soviet Russia-a fact of which the U.S. was sharply reminded last week by the truculent Egyptians and an assassin's bullet in Pakistan. A year ago, the real meaning of these reminders would have been drowned out in the clamorous urgency of dealing with the threat of world Communism. But as the immediate Soviet threat recedes, the U.S. can understand that the challenges it faces in the Near and Middle East (and also in the Far East...
Obviously, Warner Brothers has a perfect right to make whatever cuts for whatever reasons it chooses; moreover, assuming their fears were reasonably justified, they acted rationally in accordance with their freely-expressed and irreproachable aim, namely, to make a buck. At any rate, the public was not missing out seriously, for the twelve cuts, amounting to four minutes running time, were neither crucial nor titillating--they apparently represented a random selection from the film's footage. From the Legion of Decency's point of view, it was simply doing a job, which was legal, with the most effective means...
...with an absolutely first-class mind. If the Tories get in, Sir David will probably be Minister of Labor. This would be a key job in any Tory government, because success in the No. 1 aim of Conservative policy-to step up production-could obviously be attained only with cooperation from the trade unions...
...more than a physical plant. We want it to stand with the other buildings in the College and integrate its activities with the college community." He said that it should be a pleasant social center for both graduates and undergraduates and hoped the new improvements would help realize this aim...