Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a spectacular mission, the Reaganauts aim to expand the space program...
Thus, as the Nicaraguan debate continues to percolate within the Administration, the U.S. tends to pick and choose among different reasons for confronting the Sandinistas. Among the hardliners, the latest outcry may have the ultimate aim of restoring shattered congressional support for the rebellious contras. That prospect, however, has grown even less likely in the wake of the controversy over a CIA-drafted counterinsurgency manual (see box). Among moderates, the hope is to force the Sandinistas to accept a version of the so-called Contadora peace process that will adequately guarantee security and democracy in the region...
Even though harsh crackdowns had occurred under previous, less embracing "emergencies," the most recent raids were more extensive. The government's stated aim was to pack off criminals who have joined forces with political activists in the slums. But the actual purpose was to spread a climate of fear among slumdwellers, who provide the biggest manpower pool for antigovernment protests: about 70% of the men in slums like La Victoria are unemployed...
Minnetonka, the Minnesota firm that developed Softsoap, last May introduced the first pump toothpaste, Check-Up. Now Colgate-Palmolive is following with Colgate in a pump, and Lever Bros, has put out a pump version of Aim. Procter & Gamble started test-marketing a Crest pump in August. Packaging experts predict a tough battle over which brand's pump design is superior. Crest's model, for example, uses valves to extrude the paste, while Colgate's design has a piston mechanism. The new containers generally cost 20% more than tubes. Even so, the companies think they will have...
...famous smile and the phrase "L. H. O. O. Q." under it--was roundly criticized for its irreverence. The phrase, roughly translated, means "she has a hot ass." The Dadas also sponsored "readings" which consisted of random gunshots or the din of a sledgehammer pounding on sheetmetal. The aim of this group, beyond sheer insanity, was to destroy the foundations of what makes art, and thereby to undermine one aspect of a society they saw as inherently evil. Their irreverence and vulgarity sprang from the same ethos that the punks' did--a conviction that anything at all is better than...