Word: aiming
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...thought. American Ideas will bring you closer to people who are not household names but who do make a difference. Critics' Choice will present a convenient and more complete summary of our reviewers' judgments. the expanded People section is, well, just more fun. in all of this, our aim is to find new ways to offer you more information, more quickly and more clearly...
...says his primary aim as council chairman would be to have the council "take a more aggressive stance in taking action on the issues which are most important to the University, even if they are the most difficult issues to deal with." He cites the selection process for the Board of Overseers--one of Harvard's governing boards--minority hiring and Harvard's investment policy as issues on which he would urge the council to take positions...
Redfield suggests that AIDS screening be part of routine testing of hospital patients, pregnant women, marriage license applicants and clients of venereal disease and drug abuse programs. The aim is to spot the infection early, when its symptoms can often be controlled, if not cured, and when carriers can be persuaded not to spread the disease to others...
...Lewis' aim in Seoul was to recapture the four gold medals he had won in Los Angeles four years earlier. The first blow to his dream came when Ben Johnson left him behind in the 100-meter sprint. Lewis' quadruple quest was suddenly revived when the gold medal was awarded to him by default after Johnson's positive test for steroids. Lewis seemed to be headed for another gold in the 200 meters, but was inched out at the tape by his teammate and friend Joe DeLoach. "Now the world knows how well Joe is running," Lewis said after...
Last week, as seven protesters were killed -- two by plastic bullets -- and more than 90 others wounded, the U.S. State Department rebuked Israel by saying there is "no justification" for deliberately causing Palestinian casualties. Some U.S. officials charge that Rabin's plastic bullets are aimed at the voters. The Defense Minister, considered the No. 2 figure in Israel's Labor Party, dismisses the notion that his new crackdown is politically motivated. But he makes no apologies about stepping up the army's operations. "The rioters are suffering more casualties," he told reporters during a tour of the West Bank. "That...