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Word: aims (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...specific proposals I will make," he said, "will not set faction against faction, group against group. They will aim to join us together in a more perfect union." Ticking off the nation's ills-high prices, housing, racial discrimination-Dewey echoed Warren's sweet reasonableness and added a sly twist of his own. "Some of these unhappy conditions are the result of circumstances beyond the control of any government. Any fair-minded person would agree that others are merely the result of the Administration's lack of judgment, or of faith in our people. Only part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pitched High | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

name: National Guardian. Its aim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pink Shoestring | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...congress, hopefully standing ready to do what it could, formed a World Federation for Mental Health. Its ambitious aim: to gain for mental hygienists a larger role in determining relations between governments. W.F.M.H. will cooperate with such United Nations groups as WHO and UNESCO. Russia was not represented at London, but will be invited to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Standing Ready | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...book explains his friendship and admiration. It doesn't explain (no one has, convincingly) why Stein-worshipers such as Thornton Wilder regard her as one of the most brilliant conversationalists of our time. It contains sections of literary approval of Author Stein's writings, but its main aim, which it fulfills very well, is to show why so many people, from Picasso to the average G.I., found Pussy and Lovey such a fascinating and lovable pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Makers of Wonder Bread | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

...been planning to trap someone of Wallace's stature, but they were not sure just who the quarry would be. They began in Sidney Hillman's C.I.O.-P.A.C., whose simple objective was to make labor's influence felt in the Democratic Party. But the secret aim of pro-Communist operators like Hillman's counsel, John Abt, was to weld radical labor groups, disaffected Democrats and odds & ends of disgruntled Americans into a third party. Obviously, they would need a candidate. Collaborating with the proCommunists were such New Dealers as Beanie Baldwin, a onetime Wallace aide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: Iowa Hybrid | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

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