Word: aims
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...call Botha's visit "an insult to Britain's black and Asian population." Still, like the other European governments, the British recognized South Africa's importance as a trading partner and as a political power. In the words of a Thatcher aide, the government's aim was "not to drive the South Africans further into [isolation] but to bring them...
Mubarak's aim in holding free elections was not only to legitimize the government he inherited after Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 . The existence of a genuine opposition enables him to spread responsibility for difficult policy measures, including much needed economic reforms. Mubarak also wanted to prove that Egyptians are as capable of holding democratic elections as their neighbors, the Israelis, who go to the polls next month...
Downplaying the intricacies of foreign grammar, intensive courses like Spanish Bab aim to teach successful language students the first three semesters of another language in just one semester...
...Dante movie is a lot like the now vicious, now mischievous gremlins. He adroitly makes his characters seem to aim straight for the jugular, then along the way, find something more diverting to do with all that energy. Whenever the occasion permits, Dante loves to undercut the visceral impact of the horror genre with a clip from an old movie or a spitballing, pratfalling sight gag. His loopy werewolf melodrama, The Howling (1981), and his profligately imaginative episode of last year's Twilight Zone: The Movie are both energized by this sly schizophrenia. In Twilight Zone, the smile becomes...
Hart cannot win enough delegates to take the nomination on the first round. Even in a best-case scenario-doubling his 886 delegates-he falls short. His aim instead is to deny a first-round victory to Mondale. At the convention, Hart then hopes to win over uncommitted delegates, woo others away from Mondale, and get still other Mondale delegates thrown out. "It's now a three-ring circus," says Caddell. "The primaries, the delegate battle, and the rules and credentials fights." Hart claims that some 500 Mondale delegates should be disqualified because they were chosen with the help...