Word: aims
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...betting is that Bush will not loosen sanctions now, in part as a gesture to black voters he is trying to lure to the G.O.P. Mandela's aim is to leave Washington with some sign that the Administration will not retreat from that grudging support. Continued U.S. sanctions would give Mandela a powerful hand to play when he and other A.N.C. officials eventually sit down to negotiations with the Pretoria government. It would also help Mandela when he arrives next week in Britain, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been anxious to reward South Africa for the gestures De Klerk...
...engine and chassis were developed jointly by Ford and Mazda. The Detroit automaker has a 25% stake in the Japanese company. The convertible, which will be built at a Ford plant near Melbourne, will be the first Australian-made car sold in the U.S. The Capri takes dead aim at the Miata. While the Mazda has rear-wheel drive and two seats, the Mercury offers front-wheel drive and a small backseat. Ford has priced the Capri slightly below its rival: $12,588 for the standard model and $15,522 for a turbocharged version, which Mazda does not offer...
Madani's party has put forward no concrete proposal to deal with Algeria's sagging economy. There is no guarantee that he can control the radicals, like those who took to the streets last week chanting, "Oh, Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" And his party's aim to establish the Islamic legal code, known as the shari'a, conjures visions of public amputations. Middle- class women are particularly anxious: Madani has proposed that women be paid to stay home and not compete in the tight job market...
With or without Aung San Suu Kyi's release, her party must move quickly to cement its mandate. Party leaders aim to call the new National Assembly into session within 60 days after the election. To forestall extensive negotiations over the drafting of a new constitution, the league may resurrect the 1947 constitution, which was suspended in 1962. And it plans to invite the junta to enter into talks on the transfer of power. "We have to calm the present political anger and forget about political reprisals," says Khin Nghwe, 48, who belongs to the league's executive committee...
...aim closer to home, Harvard, too, indulged in the feel-good daydream and suffered for it. Most of the Class of '90 arrived in Cambridge days after he University's sprawling week-long party for its 350th birthday. Coming after the shamelessly commercial Los Angeles Olympic ceremonies and the orgiastic Statue of Liberty commemoration, Harvard spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on flag-waving majorettes, fireworks, concert orchestras and multimedia projections in The Stadium...