Word: aiming
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Oslo agreements to a tactical truce the Prophet Muhammad negotiated with his enemies only so that he could later conquer them. Arafat's Israeli critics believe he never gave up on the Palestine Liberation Organization's "phased plan" of taking lands bit by bit from Israel with the aim of eventually seizing control of not only the Gaza Strip and the West Bank but Israel as well...
...Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Prime Ministers José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain and Göran Persson of Sweden urged the Union to "take new action to sustain Europe's demography and better reconcile professional, personal and family life with the aim of permitting couples to have as many babies as they want." Ron Lesthaeghe, a demographer at the Free University of Brussels (V.U.B.), is happy that the taboo has been broken, but he says, "It's still too little, too late." Immigration has so far staved off population shrinkage in countries...
...making this recommendation is that “students also receive a great deal of advice from one another, particularly from older students who can tell them about the experience of being in particular courses or concentrations.” Continuing to strengthen the Prefect Program, with the aim of someday converting it into a system of upperclass residential advisors, will accomplish this goal and preserve the best parts of Yard life as it is now: close bonding with other class members and the luxury to choose a blocking group across first-year dorms. We are happy to see Harvard...
...It’s a whole different ball game inside the Stadium,” Schindel said. “The field goal I hit to end the first half against Northeastern was from 38 yards from the right hash. I had my aim point right on the right upright and it just snuck inside the left post...
Kirby acknowledges in an e-mail that the current numbers are disturbing, but he hopes that a new approach will help. “This year we will add new, division-wide searches that will aim to identify outstanding talent across departments and disciplines, with particular attention to women and minority scholars,” he writes. However, the Divisional Deans’ main priority is interdisciplinary hiring...