Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...That aim no longer permits the luxury of the three services and their many sub-services wrangling for power and heading in different directions. For this reason President Eisenhower has come to one of the most important decisions of his Administration: to move for a truly unified armed service that will work in practice as well as on paper, as a single machine. Last week he ordered his White House staff planners to start work immediately on mapping out a unification plan for completion this fall. If he is reelected he hopes to present his unification proposals to Congress next...
...stoned his car, Lord Lloyd was firm. "I should like you to under stand," he told the Aden Legislative Counil, "that for the foreseeable future it would not be reasonable or sensible, or indeed in the interests of the colony's inhabitants, for them to aspire to any aim beyond that of a considerable degree of self-government . . . Her Majesty's government wish to make it clear that the importance of Aden, both strategically and economically, within the Common wealth is such that they cannot foresee the possibility of any fundamental relaxation of their responsibilities...
...short fences and hopped-up baseballs, Roberts' achievements are not easily come by. Managers flash their signals from the bench and teammates bawl their encouragement. But pitching is a loner's art. Once a man places his forefoot on the white rubber slab and takes aim at the plate 60 ft. 6 in. away, he is on his own. Only his craft and strength can whip the ball safely past the waiting batter...
...this cultural aim and the desire to make a permanent contribution to American life, which decided the University to take an active part in the Festival, giving over Sanders Theatre to the group. Indeed, among the trustees of the festival are such Harvard professors as Reuben A. Brower, Robert Chapman, Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, Harry T. Levin '33, and Archibald MacLeish. The interest of these men, and of the University, is focused on the possibilities of making the Festival a really important event, with internationally known theatrical figures coming to Cambridge and not only participating in the productions, but also...
Beyond its educational value, the student would aim at improving the health of his own patient, with the eventual goal of releasing him from the hospital. Despite the discovery of amazing new drugs, mental hospitals have been handicapped more and more by the critical lack of trained social workers...