Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...subculture, a bizarre permutation of the middle-class American ethos from which it evolved. Hippies preach altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence. They find an almost childish fascination in beads, blossoms and bells, blinding strobe lights and ear-shattering music, exotic clothing and erotic slogans. Their professed aim is nothing less than the subversion of Western society by "flower power" and force of example...
...been installed, would there be a Cuba now? No," he answers quickly. "It would have been wiped out and, if that's true, it means our transportation of rockets was justified. It cost us money, but we didn't lose a single man. What was the American aim?" he goes on. "They aimed to liquidate socialist Cuba. Our aim was to preserve Cuba, and Cuba still exists." Recalling the tense hours of the confrontation, Khrushchev said one night he slept fully dressed on his studio sofa. "I did not want to be in the position of one Western...
...young Parisian, bored with his job and his mistress, ships aboard a yacht owned by a rich and beautiful woman who has but one aim in life: to find a sailor from Gibraltar, who she feels was the love of her life. As she remembers him, he was no ordinary navvy: at 20, when they had their stormy affair, he was fleeing French law for "the murder of the American ballbearings king, Nelson Nelson." Though she has had no word of him in years, her yacht, with its crew of seven, seeks him in ports on the seven seas without...
...likely at politics. Brewster admits that unlike most Yale presidents, he does not want to keep the post until retirement age. "To stay ten years-give or take half of that-would be bad for the institution and bad for me," he says. He does not discuss his political aims, but few expect him to aim lower than a Senate seat. In mocking reference to both his ambitions and his stylish mode of dress -mod-striped shirts handmade in Hong Kong, J. Press suits, occasionally even a black opera cape-Yale wits have dubbed him "Kingwad Tweed," claim that...
Nonseasonal Pattern. Heineman's aim, like that of other progressive railroaders, is to diversify away from an essentially cyclical and undependable base. "We want to offset the weaknesses of the railroad," he says, "with the strength of other companies. In many respects, they're close to the consumer, while the railroad is not. And they operate on a nonseasonal pattern." Last winter, for instance, the normally profitable C. & N.W. suffered so much from wind and weather that it reported a $ 1,400,000 first-quarter loss on rail operations. But as the result of an earlier acquisition...