Word: aiming
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Another December at the movie theater can only mean one thing: Another deluge of sober, high-minded Oscar hopefuls (Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Doubt), all made with the aim of securing movie studios the prestige of year-end awards. (See TIME's list of the top 10 films...
...said that the logistical changes from the renaming would be costly. In addition to The Crimson, other Harvard buildings that would be affected by the renaming of the street include Adams House and Quincy House. Duehay said that while he may have underestimated the opposition to his proposal, his aim is still to honor Halberstam. While he said he would be content naming another Cambridge street after Halberstam, he said he did not like the compromise. “I’m not terribly impressed with some of the opposition that was presented,” Duehay said...
...Among the immediate, concrete changes Flores and McLeod aim to enact are funding Beverage Authorization Teams to police events that provide alcohol and renting out the Cambridge Center for Adult Education on Brattle Street as a venue for students to hold parties and other social events...
...just flip-flopped on the topic? It was more complicated. Imagine if all our public discourse was conducted in the language of legal combat. His was. Learned argument did not aim to represent an opponent's position fairly, but to make it look as ridiculous as possible. Part of his rhetoric regarding Jews reflected this. Also, Christians using harsh language against Jews were often actually aiming at Christian opponents, whom they painted as darkly as possible by comparing them to hostile caricatures of Jews...
Both Koenigs and Waite are bringing humor to the UC campaign trail, which has been called self-important at times by other members of the student body. They both said they aim to prevent the race from becoming overly serious...