Word: aims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Miss Mann, who appeared on Max Reinhardt's stage in New York recently, will succeed her brother in speaking tonight: in her recital of German poetry written by men of the last three generations, her aim will be to give a cross-section of lyrics in German literature since the early part of the century...
...Business has invaded the field of daily journalism, and with the making of money their sole aim, the owners and editors are forsaking any pretence of responsibility toward the reading public. Syndication of features and even of editorials on questions of national importance is tending to stamp the daily press of the country with the seal of a few powerful corporations or individuals, with a natural paralysis of broad and constructive thought...
...were sound asleep. Then I got up with a piece of steel rod in one hand and a broken bottle in the other. I brained the first man near me, slashed the throat of the second one with the broken bottle and laid about with the steel rod. My aim was good. I stretched the other two out and then slit their throats. . . . After that I did a dash for the underbrush. . . . By this time the rest of the bandits began shooting. . . . I never dared to stop for a single moment. . . . I had a pretty good idea of the country...
...alumni and the employers. It is hoped that the alumni, especially, will keep the Appointment Office actively in mind, the notify its Secretary whenever there are openings in their own organizations, or any others. The source of such information can be kept confidential if desired. The sole aim of the Staff is not to place the greatest number of men, but to help with advice and general information, so that each man may obtain the right positions...
...making a mere stage play to insure kind treatment from Congress when it comes to revise the plans for debt settlement. The return proposal from Washington that all the nations unite in signing this solemn compact for the outlawry of war took the wind out of French Sails. Their aim had been, according to their former enemies, to secure themselves by treaty with their powerful neighbors, that might allow them to use aggressive methods in gaining territorial strength at the expense of such nations as Italy. And so a flood of criticism of the answer arose in France that "painted...