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Word: aims (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...executes his revolution from above more or less indirectly, carrying suggestions from one group to another, completing or urging the completion of half-formed plans. He assembles dinners and meetings in the hope that those convoked will somehow adhere and persist. His aim is the old one of making something out of the curious mixture of professors, tutors and undergraduates who sit down to lunch everyday beneath the glum stare of the 14-point moose who surveys the House dining room...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: Alan Heimert: The 'Idea' at Eliot House | 6/12/1969 | See Source »

...dearly won in American lives the week before, Ap Bia Mountain was abandoned last week by troopers of the 101st Airborne Division. Their aim, as always in the long war, had been not to seize ground but to disperse or destroy their enemies. Mission accomplished, they moved on to resume their sweep through jungled A Shau Valley, searching for Communist troops and stores. But the battle for Hamburger Hill, as G.I.s had christened Ap Bia while taking casualties of 84 dead and 480 wounded, continued to be refought far from A Shau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: REBUTTAL OF HAMBURGER HILL | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...relationship between religion and science in its regular curriculum. St. Louis University gives credit for free university courses in the psychology of social work and the future of Catholic higher education. On its own hook, Brown University recently adopted some of the far-reaching reforms that free universities commonly aim to stimulate. Beginning next fall, a Brown student will be able to plan his own interdisciplinary course of studies; the only requirement for a bachelor's degree will be "satisfactory" ratings in 28 courses (failures will not be recorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curriculum: The Shadow Schools | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...Apple Corps, wholly owned by the Beatles as their major corporate entity, is a disappointment. It was founded last year with the aim of promoting other talented people and creating businesses in recording, electronics, publishing, films and retailing. But Apple bankrolled stale ideas and supported a film division that never made a movie. Even the Beatles' enormous earning capacities could no longer comfortably carry the load. Last year they closed Apple's mod boutique after opening the doors for a two-day giveaway of more than $100,000 worth of bellbottoms, see-through blouses and other clothes. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Beatles Besieged | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Patil, 68, who is as round-faced and cherubic as Menon is lean and hungry-looking, has served in Nehru's Cabinet as well as that of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi until he unexpectedly lost his seat in the 1967 elections. Patil's professed aim is to "polarize" the catchall Congress Party. "If fellow travelers and Communists are in the majority in the party, then the rest of us must walk out," he says. "If the democrats are in the majority, then the others must walk out or be kicked out." Menon holds much the same view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Return of the Enemies | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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