Word: aims
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...aim of this fact sheet was to present to the Harvard community the adverse consequences of the policies stemming from the Zionist ideology. These policies have undeniably resulted in discrimination against the Palestinian people. Our goal was not to attack either Judaism or the Jewish people. It is regrettable that a number of students has misinterpreted the intention of the fact sheet...
...rational person can realize that the argument falls flat given that the two issues are wholly incongruous. Yet the Puerto Rican electorate mixed la gimnasia con la magnesia, (apples with oranges) and fell prey to the specter of a worsening social crisis. If their aim was to kick the governor out, they should have waited until the '92 elections, rather than compromise their identity...
...port-a-john. Only someome who has already had about six beers can be as desperate to use a bathroom as were the people waiting on line. Another consequence was the condition of the bathrooms. When men get a little too much alcohol in their system, their aim worsens. And for both genders, the smell of vomit in a portable toilet is even worse than the smell of a portable toilet by itself...
SOLUTION: Federal money pays for half of graduate medical education. Redirect as much as 50% of that $3.6 billion federal contribution to students who aim to practice primary medicine...
...keeping with that tactic, the White House and Congress took aim last week at the most stubbornly high rates of all: the interest that banks charge on credit-card balances. While the prime rate has fallen from 10% a year ago to 7.5% today, credit-card rates remain stuck at an average 18.8%. Banks say they need that interest to offset the cost of rising delinquencies. But President ) Bush last week urged bankers to reduce their rates. Not to be outdone, the Senate voted 74 to 19 to put a cap on credit-card rates under a formula that would...