Word: aims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Story of Arthur," to be led by Gurney Professor of English Literature Derek A. Pearsall, will aim to introduce students to a variety of Arthurian literature. The readings will include works from the Middle Ages to today...
...place where everybody goes to plead. So with the nation largely -- and, for the most part, miserably -- poised between affection for O.J. Simpson and revulsion at the bloody slicing of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, a public game is in play between O.J.'s accusers and his defenders. The aim is to persuade people that they do not know what they think they know. What they think they know is that O.J. is the world's nicest guy, a smile button on winged feet, but that the murder case against him is all but overwhelming. What they learned last week...
...enough to start a grass-roots rebellion -- and it has. Across the nation from Greenwich, Connecticut, to Palo Alto, California, environmentalists and their allies are taking aim at the noisy machines that rule the neighborhood from May to October. In Takoma Park, Maryland, for instance, free-lance writer Mike Tidwell founded Citizens Against Lawn Mower Madness, a group seeking to limit use of gas mowers in the town. Says Tidwell: "I'm committed to spreading the gospel of power-mower reform...
...regulations aim to throttle the power lawn mower...
...when it comes to "incidence"--that is, who will pay--there really isn't much of a difference. It is simply a matter of adroit pandering. In employer mandates, the liberals see an opportunity to strike a visible populist blow, by delivering health care and hiding its cost. Conservatives aim to please the business lobby by relieving them of the burden of providing health care (and though most businessmen realize they'll have to compensate with higher money wages, they'll still be happy to dispense with the administrative burden...