Word: aimed
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...Yours & Ours." Far deeper than this campaign triumph, Kennedy made at least two substantive points. First, and most important, he reasserted in clear, forceful terms the major aim of U.S. policy toward Europe: to help Western Europe become a strong, independent force of its own, linked by bonds of friendship to a strong, independent U.S. To achieve that aim he offered full risk by the U.S. "My stay in this country will be all too brief," he said in Bonn, "but in a larger sense the United States is here on this continent to stay so long as our presence...
Bell continued with his explanation. A strong India, he said, is certainly in the U.S.'s best interests. To become strong, India must build its industrial potential, and the Bokaro plant is vital to this aim. Bell insisted that Indian government officials and private citizens are almost unanimous in their belief that the Bokaro plant should be government-operated. He had, he said, recently talked to J.R.D. Tata, head of one of India's two private steel mills. Tata told him that private capital was simply not available, either in India or abroad, for investment in the plant...
...surprised. Toward the end of the second round, Cassius finally decided to fight, rapped a neat right to Cooper's left eye. A tiny cut appeared-and the crowd quieted down. In the third round, blood began running into the Briton's eye, blinding him, spoiling his aim. "Nothing very serious," announced the BBC hopefully. But both Cooper and Clay knew better. A smile spread across Cassius' face. The fight was his. But why hurry...
...Spain, where he was honorary president of the Franco-backed European Documentation and Information Center, an organization founded in 1952 to bring politically isolated Spain into closer relations with the rest of Europe. His membership in this society and his friendship with Franco convinced Austrian Socialists that his ultimate aim was the re-establishment of an auto cratic monarchy in Austria...
...Florida case, the court objected to unions charging the nonunion workers involved a service fee that was equal to union dues, which cover union services beyond collective bargaining. What if the agency-shop contract was modified to call for fees that are less than union dues? The labor leaders aim to find...