Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bill's aim: to authorize the Federal Government to police the morals of all motion picture performers. The idea came from Colorado's ex-oowpuncher Senator Edwin Carl Johnson, 66, who considers himself a friend of the cinema because he goes to the movies a lot. "Big Ed" Johnson was outraged by i) RKO's brazen exploitation of the film Stromboli in the wake of the Roberto Rossellini-Ingrid Bergman romance (see PEOPLE) and 2) the publicity given Cinemactress Rita Hayworth and her husband, Prince Aly ("Premature babies run in my family") Khan. Johnson proposed federal licensing...
...five judges varied widely in rating Button's performance, two of them giving aim considerably lower scores than expected. The champion's leg muscles seemed to stiffen after he had completed three of the required six intricate figures in the compulsory section, slowing him down in the rest of the meet. Button explained that he had taken an examination on Wednesday and had had considerably difficulty sleeping on the train that night...
...first few months, the Center was engaged in a survey of what was already known about Russia, finding what knowledge there was on which to base further investigation. During the summer of 1948, various American scholars did some exploratory activities in Central Europe. The final aim of the five years of study was a large mass of new or newly-integrated material, in published form, which would contain a fairly comprehensive picture of Russia today...
...were everywhere. The native populations showed great interest in American affairs and American thinking. English is now in such general use that, although his work included detailed study and negotiation, Sherry never once needed an interpreter. Even in Siam English is compulsory in the schools and many young Siamese aim to complete their education in the States...
...National Science Foundation is proposed as a government - sponsored organization with the aim of fostering the development of new scientific techniques to meet problems of peace and, war. It would have no connection with the government's atomic energy program...