Word: aims
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Once more, how could any rational mind accept the similarity between Begin and the PLO covenant? The latter's constitution expressly states the destruction of the State of Israel as its first and foremost aim. In his most nationalistic speeches Begin has never expressed the determination to exterminate the Palestinian population. He demands borders which would protect his tiny country from the sea of Arabs surrounding it. The similarity escapes...
...U.M.W. members walk out of the pits on Dec. 7, it will be a sign not of union power but of union weakness. The strike would be the biggest of the year, and would get President Carter's program to increase U.S. coal production (the aim is a 66% hike by 1985) off to a most inauspicious start. But the people hurt most would be the miners themselves...
...billion to be phased in over several years-$13.8 billion going to individuals, $3.4 billion to business. Last week Blumenthal reported that White House planners were considering deepening the net cut to as much as $22 billion-possibly $15 billion to individuals, $7 billion to corporations. The aim was to provide a better climate for profits and investment that would eventually perk up the economy. What form the enlarged business reductions would take-if indeed they are made at all-has not yet been decided...
...strike back-unless you happen to be at the Sweetwater singles bar in Denver. Every Monday night a drawing is held. The winner is given a brick and the right to use it to demolish a used TV bought for the occasion each week. The winner can take aim at any of the ABC announcers, but, says Manager Gerry Brown, "most pick Cosell." Business at the Sweetwater is up fivefold on Mondays. How does Howard react to this deplorable suspension of civility, this disturbing intimation of the violent proclivities of the American citizenry? Says Cosell: "It's beneath...
...four stated goals: eliminate nuclear weapons, ban nuclear power, stop the arms race, and fund human needs. These goals are deliberately broad and comprehensive as a movement too narrowly focused can collapse if its single aim is achieved or its stated goal ceases to be relevant...