Word: aimed
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Reweaving the threads of our tattered social institutions is an admirable aim, but many women will settle for the more attainable goal of retrieving their lost self-esteem. And that, say many, is what makes The First Wives Club so uplifting. "They did something constructive with the money [by setting up a crisis center] and left you feeling that they were not bitter, bitchy women," says Beverly Hills therapist Carole West. Sugar Rautbord, a divorced Chicago socialite and author of the novel Sweet Revenge, agrees. "It's not about going off a cliff like Thelma and Louise did," she explains...
Instead of sitting in the Brill Building, the writers worked via fax and voice mail. Yet, Bacharach says, the aim is the same: "Despite the machinery, the finesse of modern record making, underneath it all, there has to be a yearning for a melody. You still need something to whistle...
...think we have something to offer to everyone--undergraduate and graduate students, professors, as well as the Cambridge community," Lee added. "Our aim is not to become a student hangout. We want a casual atmosphere, but nice...
...manipulating the friendships and animosities of those around him." Yeltsin's distrust of others and his gift for manipulation found its expression in the 1993 constitution. Drawn up at the height of Yeltsin's confrontation with the legislature, the constitution gave the President broad and vaguely defined prerogatives. The aim was to ensure that he, and only he, controlled all the levers of power...
This statewide campaign has as its primary aim the re-election of John Kerry (D-Mass.) to the U.S. Senate and Bill Clinton to the White House...