Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden restated the Government's case in firm, friendly tones: Britain had gone into Greece with prior U.S. and Russian approval. It sought no economic or strategic advantage for itself, although it was true that Britain had an interest in the Mediterranean. Added Eden: "Our aim is to maintain law & order, to establish a Greek Government broadly representative of all opinion in Greece, including EAM. . . . The first task of the Government will be to get relief going and food for the people. The second task will be to organize free and fair elections...
...arising in the Reich. The best-publicized of these is the Volkssturm or Home Army. Promulgated in Hitler's name, the Volkssturm decree summoned all "able-bodied" males between 16 and 60 except those in the Todt (construction) organization, or in police and security units. Himmler's aim was for three million Volkssturm soldiers; perhaps one million have already been mobilized...
...best: "I don't think we need to be unduly excited about what's happened. If there has been lack of consultations on either side at any time, the result will be closer consultations at all times . . . there is substantial understanding between us as always, with the aim of maintaining and developing frankest exchanges on all points...
...three-cushion championship in New York last week, Hoppe was jerking rather than punching through with his deft cue-and that was all but fatal in this most precise of billiard games. Once before he had battled a similar bugaboo that made him fidget around too long, taking aim. He conquered that by counting softly, "One, two, three," shooting on three. This time, he relied on silent concentration...
...task of specific business planning for the postwar world. Last week C.E.D.'s able chairman, Paul G. Hoffman, proudly reported that C.E.D. has more than 2,000 such committees spread-eagled across the nation, numbering more than 50,000 businessmen. Thus C.E.D. has been notably successful in its aim to "reach businessmen ... to get them to act, rather than to tell the public what business was 'planning...