Word: aims
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When, at the Washington summit in December, Gorbachev signed the treaty eliminating intermediate-range nuclear missiles, he received more credit for accepting the zero option than Reagan got for having proposed it in 1981. Gorbachev achieved, as part of the deal, the long-standing Soviet aim of forcing the removal of all U.S. missiles from Europe. Congressional concerns about some details of that treaty led the Senate last week to postpone ratification, but in Geneva last Thursday, Secretary Shultz and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze seemed to have cleared up the remaining points of ambiguity. There is still deep suspicion...
...bolster Rocard's chances of eventual success, Mitterrand last weekend called a snap parliamentary election. In a televised statement, he announced that he was dissolving the National Assembly and summoning voters to the polls on June 5 and 12. His aim: to win Rocard a parliamentary majority. Rocard, 57, is a pragmatic self-described social democrat who launched an aborted challenge to Mitterrand's candidacy in 1981 and opposed the sweeping nationalizations that followed the Socialist victory that year. A former Agriculture Minister, Rocard has consistently emerged in opinion polls as one of France's most popular politicians...
...depth of Bennett's biases is exhibited by his claim that the aim of Stanford's "Cultures, Ideas, and Values"--studying works by and concerning women and minorities alongside established Western masterpieces--"Trivializes the entire purpose" of education. The Bible and the thoughts of Plato naturally deserve study, but such texts as the Koran and the writings of Confucius can not be ignored, presenting new perspectives, and representing major literary and spiritual schools of thought. The fact that this country's Secretary of Education believes that societies and groups outside of mainstream Western life do not merit study by American...
...aim of Tokyo's largesse is to counter U.S. complaints that Japan does not shoulder its fair share of international obligations. Japanese aid in 1986 amounted to 0.29% of gross national product, less than the OECD average of 0.35% but ahead of the 0.23% rate for the U.S. But while the U.S. sinks 6% of GNP into defense spending, much of which goes to protecting allies and international sea lanes, Japan devotes only...
...response to Jennifer Griffin's article entitled "Black Fraternities and Sororities: Maintaining an Identity or Being Separatist?", we, the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, feel compelled to further enlighten your readers on the nature and aims of our organization. In particular, we strongly believe that Ms. Griffin's article acutely characterizes the misnomers which have accompanied us since the Fraternity's inception in 1911. Nevertheless, we think that her work will emerge a positive one for both the University and the Fraternity, for finally we are able to at least partially present our views and objectives. Thus...