Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Russians-including peasants and Kulaks. Having taxed the town capitalist out of existence, they would do the same with the rural "Fist." Against this policy the Peasant President of Russia stands firm, patient and unalterable. Recently he said: "The Government of the Soviet Union must not and does not aim to crush the richer peasants, but simply to stop their undue aggrandizement at the expense of their poorer brethren...
...Hoover man is usually a recognized expert in his line before he qualifies for work in that line under Hoover. He is usually an expert with creative theories of his own, or enthusiasm for Hoover theories, besides technical knowledge. He is likely to be an idealist with a social aim, rather than a practitioner of skilled self-interest. Typical Hoover men are George Barr Baker, publicist; Archibald Wilkinson Shaw, commercial economist; Dr. Vernon Lyman Kellogg, zoölogist. The latter, permanent Secretary of the National Research Council, may be taken as the ideal Hoover...
...same year (1908) he founded the mental hygiene movement. The first society was in Connecticut. Now half the United States have similar ones. Coordinating their activities is the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. Humanitarian Beers is its secretary. Its aim has been to "enable men, women and children to live happier, healthier and more efficient lives through better understanding and management of the processes of their minds and of the controlling forces in human behavior...
Recent study of Walt Whitman manuscripts has disclosed a number of significant unpublished documents, portions of which are presented in this book to afford opportunity for a firsthand study of Whitman's ideas and working methods. The introduction and notes aim to throw light upon the history and interpretation of the material but not to interfere in any way with allowing Whitman to speak for himself...
Caribou, Mountain Goat, Elk, Deer will be hunted by rich men in the U. S., with 45-70 or 30-30 rifles. (In Colton, N. Y., Mrs. Amber Reed took aim at a deer and killed instead Mrs. Fred Myers who was standing nearby...