Word: aims
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...again at South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in June 1975 when militant leaders of the American Indian Movement and federal authorities faced off. It began when agents arrived to arrest a young man for the theft of a pair of boots. But the FBI, claims Matthiessen, saw AIM as a conspiracy against the Government, and matters accelerated beyond reason. In came a "large force of sweating, nervous men in new battle fatigues. After all the smoke and gas had blown away, there was only this solitary Indian, killed much earlier...
...York University (NYU) officials earlier this month announced the beginning of the most ambitious fund-raising drive in the University's history, and said they aim to raise one million dollars every week for the next two years...
...source of comfort: the production rate of many major Soviet weapons has tapered off slightly, at least for now. But the study also shows that in every category of armaments, from missiles to submarines to aircraft, the Soviets are continuing their drive for new offensive systems. "They seem to aim at world domination," said Weinberger. "We need sufficient and credible military capabilities to counter the threats arrayed against...
Where does this leave the MX? A presidential commission is studying that question. I will address one issue: Should we have a "counterforce" capability (an ability to strike accurately at Soviet missile silos or command centers), or should we continue to aim for "assured destruction" of civilian and industrial targets? Ever since the Soviets began to approach strategic parity, it should have been obvious that a strategy aiming at civilian destruction was an irrational, suicidal, indeed nihilistic course that no President could implement. Undiscriminating slaughter is not a defense policy but a prelude to unilateral disarmament...
...member council, which held its first organizational meeting on January 29, seeks to reinforce the Extension School's aim of providing a "premier non-conventional education," according to Jeffrey M. Siskind, president of the council...