Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MANY ways these criticisms are criticisms of style. But they are substantive, nontheless. No action--by Olimpieri, Stendahl, Faculty, or students--is going to overpower the war machine. One's strategy, then, necessarily becomes that of symbolic protest and confrontation, which differ from publicity stunts in that they aim at raising issues for debate. And this tactic only succeeds when carried off dramatically...
...case we hope to make our position as clear as possible from the outset both by the stated positions of the section men and by the readings. Our aim is to stimulate the students to a critical evaluation of the radical position both in its faithfulness to the evidence and its explanatory power...
...speech Humphrey set forth a four point plan for bringing an honorable peace to South Vietnam. The aim of his steps, he made clear, would be to deescalate the conflict in Southeast Asia...
...welfare rights is obviously a stop-gap approach, and SRRP director Don Jelinek was trying for a frontal attack on the welfare and food systems. His aim was to change programs like Commodities and Food Stamps into realistic plans based on the rural families' needs, and not on the needs of the Agriculture Department...
Throughout most of a typical performance, the English rock quartet called The Who live up to their own modest billing: "A good, steady-going, down-to-earth pop group." Their beat is tight and jabbing, their guitar backings crisp. Their songs (Happy Jack, I Can See for Miles) aim to divert listeners rather than convert them. Un like current groups performing along the protest-and-prophecy axis, they do not come on like four hoarse men of the Apocalypse. Not at first...