Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aim to Please...
After the freshman indicated their four choices, he explained, the House Assignment Committee--a standing committee of the Faculty--set to work. "Our first aim is to please the students," Watson said, "but we have to stay within certain limits." Each House, for example, has a rank list quota to determine the minimum number of students from each academic "group" the House must admit...
...aim of the reorganization is twofold. "It will divide the present rather numerous commitments of the Glee Club, performing both alone and with the Choral Society, between the various choruses," Forbes said. "The smaller group will also be more manageable for the presentation of difficult, little-known works, while the larger choruses will create the opportunity for singers who want traditional classics," he said...
...camera took aim at the rifle's innards and then switched back to a crew-cut sergeant in fatigues who breezily demonstrated how to strip the weapon...
...went home in protest against the parade. Some watched the parade on TV behind shuttered windows; others, excited by the blare of loudspeakers and the roar of jets, came out on their balconies to watch. Radio Amman charged Israel with buying 20,000 Arab kaffiyehs (headdresses) beforehand with the aim of having dark-complexioned Israelis wear them in the streets and thus making it look as if Jerusalem's Arabs were joining the celebration. The few Arabs who did mingle in the crowds, however, seemed genuine enough...