Word: aims
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...road, sitting their underbred nags with easy grace, rode the rag-tag and bob-tail of Lincoln. Indian fighters, many of them had been, and some still were. They eyed the newly-victoria'd business aristocrats with scorn, and spat tobacco-chaws with a nonchalant lack of aim...
...boycott against newspapers which dared to hint that birth control might remedy the situation. Cried he: "Is it logical or even fitting for Catholic:parents to introduce into the sanctuary of the home newspapers which by their editorial policy, their news emphasis and news selection, and their columnists, aim repeated, insidious and deadly blows at the Christian doctrine and ideals which are dearer to the Catholic than life itself? Newspapers today in many instances have become considerably more than mere purveyors of news...
...editor of the Presbyterian Tribune, holds its monthly meetings at his Labor Temple in radical 14th Street (TIME, Sept. 24). Though the union members know that ministers' salaries are unstable, averaging $2,500 a year throughout the U. S., they sedulously avoid suggesting that raising them is their aim. Their stated purpose is to express religion's approval of ''the right and necessity of organization on the part of all those who labor with hand and brain." Likewise they wish to promote the use of union goods and services in churches, help strikers' families, secure...
...whole student-body. With governmental agencies playing an increasingly important part in the daily lives of all, it is essential to understand many of the principles to be debated. Since the speakers are men of very different beliefs who have been active in various phases of political life, the aim of a well-rounded program will be attained...
Venizelos changed all that. Born on Crete, equipped with an Athens law degree, he soon developed an extraordinary flair for leadership, a marvelous sense of situation, a nearly perfect aim with a revolver and one of the greatest poker faces in Europe. Crete was then still Turkish. Venizelos rapidly led two revolts, won Cretan autonomy, the first step toward union with Greece. The Greek Crown sent a chuckleheaded prince as Commissioner to Crete. With another revolt, Venizelos kicked him out because the prince looked on Cretans as a subject race. His local fame as a Cretan established. Venizelos moved...