Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson now tunes up for next Sunday's Eastern Sprints, where the varsity will aim to avenge losses to Brown and Navy and the J.V. will try to remain unbeaten...
...were 30 years later. Both were involved in aggressive, immoral wars because they were either drafted or left it was their duty. But for some reason we can only sympathize with our own victims, not others. It seems that Reagan was giving it a try, even if his ultimate aim was to solidify the NATO alliance at least the symbolism was there...
...whether he can dampen El Salvador's passions or, instead, will further inflame them. One concern: too much flaunting by the President of his new strength might lead to an upsurge in death-squad activity by right-wing extremists. Last week the President took pains to show that his aim will be to encourage moderation. Said he: "We're going to build a government of tolerance, not a sectarian government." Most of his countrymen seem to agree with that aim...
...President's plan called for a cease-fire followed by talks between the opposition and the Sandinista government under the auspices of Nicaragua's Roman Catholic bishops. The aim of the negotiations would be to restore democracy, end any efforts by the Sandinistas to export their revolution, remove Soviet-bloc and other foreign military personnel from the country, and reduce Nicaragua's military forces to a level equal to those of the country's neighbors. The President's key point: while the talks are going on, Congress must release the $14 million earmarked for the contras but tied...
...Chilean police said that the murders of the three men, two of them schoolteachers, were the work of the Communists themselves; opponents of the regime of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte contended that government-backed death squads were responsible. A possible government aim: to force the Communists to end their backing of an urban guerrilla organization that in the past two weeks has staged bomb attacks against four banks and a newspaper in Santiago. The government quickly moved to end speculation about its involvement in the murders by promising a far-reaching inquiry...