Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...backside") is inaccessible to bombardment from the earth. To blast these regions I have designed a cannon combining the better features of a trench mortar and a slow curve. Consisting of a curved barrel mounted on a base equipped with weather bureau, barracks, soda fountain and bond booth, its aim and fire power is controlled by the formula given on the enclosed drawing...
...That is, and that always has been, the policy of this Government in all countries. It is not only our aim and in our interest; it is our only care. It is to that goal that we try to make our way across all difficulties, obstacles and perils of the long road. Trust the people. Make sure they have a fair chance to decide their destiny without being terrorized from either quarter or regimented...
...First aim of the new Government was an armistice with Russia, the U.S. and Britain, and the deal was reported already in preparation. First step was war against Germany. For the future, land reforms were promised. Abolition of anti-Jewish laws had already been proclaimed for the freed areas...
Less equivocal was the opening sentence of Britain's official plan. Lord Woolton's white paper on Employment Policy. It read: "The Government accept as one of their primary aims and responsibilities the maintenance of a high and stable level of employment after the war." The paper proposed to fulfill this aim by countercyclical spending on public works and by countercyclical manipulation of social-security contributions made by workers and employers, lowering contributions required in bad times, raising them in good times...
...wake of Benito Mussolini's African conquests in the 1930s, the Roman Catholic Church sent a host of missionaries swarming into Ethiopia. Their aim: to "reclaim" for the Catholic faith the five million members of Ethiopia's ancient Christian Coptic Church. Since then Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and Emperor of Ethiopia, has taken a very dim view of missionaries in general, Catholic missionaries in particular...