Word: aimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loyalty, nationalism and, above all, fealty to the Emperor. The American overseers saw shushin as part of the country's problem and banned it. In 1957, five years after the occupation ended, shushin was restored, minus its ultranationalist trappings and with the new name of dotoku. Again the aim was to instruct youngsters in the importance of respect for the common good. In a sense, it is what makes Japan's education system truly Japanese...
...functions and technologies required new forms, but that there was no need to get bizarre or belligerent about them. Exhibit Organizer William J. Hennessey points out in his excellent catalogue (published by the Gallery Association of New York State, which is sponsoring the show) that Wright's aim was to avoid both "forced adherence to past periods" and "the abrupt introduction of unprecedented ideas." He wanted to overcome what he saw as America's cultural inferiority complex by demonstrating that U.S. designers could combine comfort, efficiency and aesthetic pleasure...
...second publication criticized by Reagan is titled Choices: A Unit on Conflict and Nuclear War. Its stated aim: "To help students understand the power of nuclear weapons, the consequences of their use, and, most importantly, the options available to resolve conflicts among nations by means other than nuclear war." Deputy Under Secretary of Education Gary Bauer calls the material "leftist indoctrination aimed at turning today's elementary students into tomorrow's campus radicals." The curriculum does convey the idea that nuclear war is immoral, but does not urge students to take any particular political action...
...Pemex chief, the flamboyant Díaz Serrano often dealt bluntly with the U.S. As he once put it, "We aim to deal with the U.S. according to our program of energy." In 1978, while he was running Pemex, Mexico abruptly canceled a natural gas sale after the U.S. refused to meet the Pemex price. In June 1981, after the worldwide oil glut had forced Mexico to lower its export price, Díaz Serrano suddenly resigned from his Pemex post after his enemies charged that he had not cleared the price cut with Lopez Portillo...
...employees and chemical companies is that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. As citizens realize the extent to which they are exposed to hazardous materials and the medical dangers of this exposure, pressure will undoubtedly mount for stricter regulation of toxic chemicals. The implicit, if not the stated, aim of the Right to Know legislation is not knowledge for knowledge's sake, but the power to mandate a safe work environment. Simply knowing that the chemicals he handles each day are carcinogens is no great boon to a worker who cannot afford to leave his job. Employers are justified...