Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russian policy expects from the 'purges' what it expected in 1935-36 from the 'popular fronts' set up in several countries . .. [by] the Comintern. . . . The aim of the Comintern was to eliminate . . . politicians who were prone ... to act against the Soviet Union. . . . The Comintern has disappeared from the scene,* but not the purpose it tried to fulfill. . . . The Moscow policy is to make it impossible for an anti-Soviet coalition to develop in Europe and the rest of the world...
...Normandy, the aim was to smash the German Army, to finish off the war in the west by quick exploitation of a break. For the Germans it was a case of stand and die-to make so many American and British soldiers die that another such battle could not be fought this winter...
...attained only if all other important industrial nations also achieve full employment. Depressions, he states, as well as prosperity. are spread by multilateral trade. Other prerequisites for the ideal system: stable tariff and monetary policies. If multilateral trade cannot be secured on these conditions, then Britain should aim at regional arrangements. And if those fail, it is better to make bilateral bargains with raw-material producers. Whatever the form of trade, Sir William foresees increased Government control of capital, exchanges and imports. To stabilize purchasing power in agricultural nations, and thus provide steady markets for British manufactures, he advocates long...
...nation's school system had been totally ineffective: "We have today in action on many fronts," said President Conant, "millions of young men who are graduates of our public high schools. They developed in their schooling the quality most necessary in modern times--an ability to change the aim as the target moves...
...pursue the aim of destroying Germany, for it is impossible to destroy Germany, just as it is impossible to destroy Russia. We can and must destroy the Hitler State. . . . We do not pursue the aim of destroying the entire organized military force in Germany, for every literate person will understand that this is ... impossible. . . . But we can and must destroy Hitler's army...