Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from village to village in Japanese-made Jeeps, or rented oxcarts if the going gets too heavy. A Thai official goes along to explain that "our government has asked these foreigners to help us." The medics give shots, dress wounds and treat minor diseases, including dysentery. Their long-term aim is to teach the Thais these skills and so to work them selves out of jobs...
...Thieu, it was a face-saving second best. He had been planning a ten-day official trip to Washington and other U.S. cities with the double-barreled aim of bolstering his prestige at home and burnishing his regime's uncertain reputation in the U.S. Washington, mindful of the predictable demonstrations by antiwar zealots, was cool to the idea of the visit. Eventually, the expected Communist offensive afforded an excuse to Thieu for avoiding a prolonged absence from Viet Nam. Besides, Thieu's running rivalry with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky made staying close to home a matter...
...leader must aim high, show that he has vision, act on a grand scale. -Charles de Gaulle...
Significantly, the court has not charged that the fake wine is harmful. "The aim of the adulterators is not extermination," said one Italian police officer wryly. "After all, they have to safeguard their market." Italians' confidence in their wine has been severely shaken; in some parts of Italy, beer has at least temporarily replaced wine on the dinner table...
These four men, led by a veteran Antarctic cartographer and explorer named Wally Herbert, comprise the British Trans-Arctic Expedition, and their aim is to drive by sled from Barrow to the Pole and down to Spitzbergen Island--3,500 miles all told. Perry and the other adventurers who roamed the ice pack 60 years ago traveled a few hundred miles out on the ice, perhaps to the pole, and then turned back. But Herbert's group plans to spend a full 16 months in their crossing, with frequent scientific observations along...