Word: aims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Heath's immediate aim was to pacify Ulster's 500,000 Catholics and thus dry up their support of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. At week's end, though, the urgent question was whether Heath's proposals-or any others that would satisfy Ulster's Catholics -might provoke a long-feared uprising by Northern Ireland's 1,000,000 Protestants...
...meeting in Gary grew out of an almost year-long series of small gatherings of black politicians and community leaders. The aim: formulation of a black strategy for the 1972 elections. Delegate slates were to be made up of every black elected official, plus community workers chosen in proportion to the black population of each state. Many states did not come up with a full slate; seven states were not represented at all. Some delegates could not afford to travel to Gary, or to pay the $25 registration...
That is barely the beginning of a beginning. The eventual aim of a reform must be to replace the dollar with some other form of money as the world's principal trading and reserve currency. The new substitute will probably be a vastly increased supply of IMF Special Drawing Rights. This historic switch will reduce the political-economic power of the U.S. by making it tougher for it to finance military operations and factory building abroad. Volcker's first job will only be to talk about the proper forum for negotiations. Connally has had enough of the European...
...proposal, Premier Golda Meir was both skeptical and sarcastic. The King's message, she said, "is a pretentious and one-sided statement which not only does not serve the interests of peace but is liable to spur on the extremist elements [in the Arab world] whose aim is war against Israel." Predictably, Mrs. Meir was totally opposed to Hussein's suggestion that Israel surrender part of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to enlarge his nation. "He crowns himself king of Jerusalem," she said scornfully, "and envisions himself as ruler of larger territories than were under his control prior...
Gambril confirmed that during the interview process Athletic Director Bob Watson and Co."...were not too pleased with the way the swim program was going"-and then hastily added, "but their aim was not to win championships." He was assured that if hired that was an expression of their belief that he would fit in well at Harvard and that the athletic administration would back him up in any decisions he made...