Word: aims
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...DEMOCRACY: Everybody's favorite Western-sounding word. The rebel legislators used it, but their aim was the antithesis of democracy -- to create a new form of dictatorship that would restore the authority and privileges they had lost. Yeltsin too has little claim to the term, particularly last week when he shut down newspapers, outlawed opposition parties and disbanded local legislatures...
...city's first and only gambling house -- opened last week; it boasts five floors of baccarat, roulette and blackjack, plus 1,200 slot machines. Located on the site of the French pavilion on the Expo 67 grounds, the casino expects to handle 6,000 visitors a day. The aim is to attract low-rolling tourists and conventioneers, although one of the one-armed bandits accepts only mauve- colored tokens worth $375 each. Open daily from...
...think that Rush Limbaugh is the equivalent of say, Mort Sahl. And again, it's because of who his targets are. Yes, it's identifiably satire, but the point I was trying to make last night is that when you aim satire at powerless groups it is really not only cruel, it's pathetically vulgar...
Anspaugh and Pizzo aim low, seeking to sucker the part in all of us that wants the underdog to overcome great odds to win--and they succeed. By the end of the movie, when Rudy's teammates carry him off the field, there were cheers of approval from the audience, and more than a few people around me were sniffling back tears...
Although it stresses diversity, the project does "aim for conformity at the basic reading-writing level," Brown said. But even students who cannot read well can take part in discussions, she said...