Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found a fellow lawyer, a man of great gifts and profound flaws who reminded him of his own imperfections while providing a model of how to live with them. More's famous work Utopia describes an island where both religion and reason work to support ethical norms and the aim of society is to provide in a communal way for all citizens...
...focus is not on technical aspects of art, but on training students to see more inclusively," he says. "The aim of the VES department is to expand and deepen the vision of people taking the courses, not to just lecture to them...
...Soviet press, the disaster itself was transformed from the near non-event of early versions into an occasion for heroism. Flames leaped so high after the initial explosion, the newspaper Izvestiya reported, that fire fighters had to climb to the 90-ft.-high roof of an adjoining building to aim their hoses down on the blaze. "Every step taken by the fire fighters in their battle against the flames was incredibly difficult," the account continued, "because of the hell-like heat from the melting surface" of the asphalt roof. The following day a 1,100-bus convoy that stretched...
Buying activity is greatest among individuals and families who already own homes; they represent more than 60% of the population. Many hope to move up, as the brokers put it. Translation: they want a more expensive house with more space or more status. Emily and Bill Jones aim to step up from their three- bedroom ranch house in Marietta, Ga. Says Emily: "We are building something bigger, better, newer." Developers are responding to the demand. A survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders reports that about 80% of all builders plan to begin constructing homes for the "move...
That stung the Sandinista leadership. It was a prescient observation. One of the government's first steps was to move in on a new church-sponsored group called the Justice and Peace Commission, whose aim was to defend human rights. Marta Patricia Baltodano, a lawyer and longtime human rights activist who helped organize the commission, asserts that she learned of a Sandinista plan to discredit her by forcing an accuser to claim falsely that she had engaged in sexual relations with a priest. Baltodano fled to exile in Costa Rica last December. "We realized we were not going...