Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...presidential country estate of Rambouillet, M. and Mme. Auriol attain a high pitch of activity. Michèle Auriol scurries about directing the beaters to drive copious supplies of game in the direction of favored guests. Vincent with his gun swivels wildly to & fro. Those who know his aim and love their lives, duck. He good-naturedly contradicts any suggestion that somebody else brought down the bird at which he thought he aimed...
...with exhibits, stop in every village for a three-day show. The villagers get simple demonstrations of modern methods of poultry-breeding, cattle-raising and plowing. Moreover, though the trailer crews move on, they leave behind in each village a stack of books and a temporary squad of teachers. Aim: nothing less than 100% literacy among Delhi's 1,900,000 people (now 82% illiterate...
Premier Liaquat Ali Khan's announcement was tense: "A conspiracy hatched by the enemies of Pakistan has just been unearthed. The aim of the conspiracy was to create commotion in the country by violent means . . . These plans, had they succeeded, would have struck at the very foundations of our national existence...
...unloading ships, but because freezing-plant workers support the dockers, many ships that would have carried meat to Britain left New Zealand with nearly empty holds. As in the Australian strike, the surface issues concern wages and overtime, but the government charges that the real reason is the Communist aim to hurt the Commonwealth. To deal with strikers, Prime Minister Sidney Holland has broad powers. So far, he has used them with restraint. The majority of New Zealanders, including many unions, seem to be backing the Prime Minister against the Communist-led dockers...
...hardest job for a painter in Paris is to be original; the next hardest job is to be wilder and woollier than one's associates. Oscar Dominguez achieves the No. 2 aim with distinction. His latest works, on exhibition in a Paris gallery this week, prove that when he settles down before an easel, Dominguez can be wild in a mighty workmanlike...