Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that they had begun a "countdown," and warned that "they are serious about their threats." The hostages were taken back inside the plane, but five minutes later the man in the white shirt reappeared atop the ramp. He could be heard screaming as the hijackers coldly took aim and fired six shots into him. His body was also thrown onto the runway. U.S. officials denied that the American envoy to Karachi was on the plane and established later that the victim was William Stanford, 52, an AID official stationed in Pakistan...
...wall of the lobby of The Boston Globe's Dorchester offices a marble tablet reads: "My aim has been to make the Globe a cheerful, attractive and useful paper ... that it should help men, women and children to get some of the sunshine of life, to be better and happier because of the Globe...
Organizers from the Houses said that the aim of the game is to promote creativity rather than encourage heavy spending. In fact, Cabot House organizers established a spending ceiling of $15 for all Santas...
...White House wants to put all the budget cuts into a single gargantuan bill for one yes-or-no vote. The aim would be to throw down this challenge to the Democrats who control the House: You have been screaming about the deficit; here is your chance to do something about it. Democrats, predictably, are resisting. They talk of submitting each cut to a vote "on its merits," a process that would doom many of the proposals...
...about his desire to leave, and there had been no mention of sharp budget reductions at EPA. "I don't think they're going to cut much," Ruckelshaus said. "And if they do, Congress will restore it, and the President will sign it." Also departing was Alvin Aim, whom Ruckelshaus had recruited as his top deputy...