Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ultimate aim is to reverse the steady growth of relief rolls. In the end, this would save money as well as redeem wasted lives. But to get started, the extra welfare cost to Washington would be $2.5 billion. For its $4.7 billion-a-year investment under the present system, however, the Federal Government has little to show...
...Ultimate Experience. His aim in publicizing this braintrust operation, it appeared, was to show his colors with his customary frankness. He was not announcing his candidacy-or not exactly. Muskie did allow that the presidency is "the kind of challenge that I'd feel to be the ultimate experience in political life." Would he shrink from it? "Certainly not." But he is also philosophical about his chances for the nomination: "I don't have quite the head of steam about running for President that I had six months ago. If I didn't get the nomination...
Ready? In the late 1930s, Justine (Anouk Aimée), the sensual wife of an Egyptian banker named Nessim (John Vernon), had been yearning after the aloof British diplomat Pursewarden (Dirk Bogarde), although she had to content herself with the favors of Darley (Michael York), a young writer and lover of a belly dancer named Melissa (Anna Karina). Suddenly Justine and Nessim are revealed as Coptic Christians involved in smuggling guns to Palestine so that the Jews can fight the British. Pursewarden, who knows of their treachery, keeps silent, apparently out of love for Justine. Melissa meanwhile goes...
Unlucky Number. In all, there are at least 30 underground groups in Greece. Some consist only of a dozen men, a resounding title and a typewriter (mimeographs must be registered with the police). But all the groups have a common aim: to weaken the regime's internal and international standing. By creating an impression of growing unrest and instability, they hope to scare off tourists and persuade the U.S. to urge Papadopoulos to hold free elections...
...sense, the results of the resistance actions have been the reverse of their aim. They have succeeded only in stiffening the resolution of the regime, making less likely a quick return to democracy...