Word: aims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past 20 months have brought a flurry of more than 30 mergers and takeovers involving European banks and insurance companies across the Continent. The aim has been to create institutions that will be big enough to expand Europe-wide and survive the competitive heat when larger institutions from other countries arrive in force. In Denmark, for example, where more than 150 banks serve just 5 million people, a series of unions has taken place since 1988. The most significant: the merging of Den Danske Bank, Copenhagen Handelsbank and Provinsbanken to create Scandinavia's largest lender, with assets of $36 billion...
...Sleep, these cable-noir thrillers feature tales of murder, treachery, lust and double-dealing. The mood is somber, the detectives usually disillusioned and the blonds nearly always dangerous. A bit more graphic in sex and violence than network movies, cable-noir films go straight for the gut. And their aim is true. The cable networks may get more attention for their high-minded docudramas (Mandela) and gourmet remakes (Charlton Heston in A Man for All Seasons). But these unpretentious B movies are their doughy bread and butter...
Country singer k.d. lang may sound like a cowgal, but she doesn't think like one. In a series of TV spots to be aired in the fall, the Grammy winner takes aim at the very lifeblood of cattle country. "If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch," says lang as part of a "Meat Stinks" campaign launched by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that opposes most uses of animals other than for companionship...
...aim, of course, is to induce Moscow to accept a unified Germany as a member of NATO. Said an adviser to French President Francois Mitterrand: "We must convince the Soviets that NATO is not a threat to their security, even with -- and especially with -- a united Germany included in its ranks. All the rest is essentially detail...
...their age. In the afternoons, youngsters of all abilities are thrown together to study two subjects, which are taught for three weeks straight, then switched. After three weeks of computer writing and library research, for example, a student might spend the next three investigating art and music. The aim: to help children learn by giving them concentrated doses of material...