Word: aims
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...consistent size of the images confirms Hofer's documentary aim. In several of the library photographs, we can almost make out the titles on the sides of the books, but not quite. The size almost seems to have been chosen with this aim in mind. This aim crystallizes when "Deichmanske Bibliothek Oslo III" is juxtaposed with "Wikingsmuseum Oslo I," which portrays an old Norse ship that leaps out of the frame, prow-forward. The singularity of purpose in this image, taken with the well-composed light streaming in from windows, imparts a striking ecclesiastical quality to the work. Hofer refrains...
...Though weary from five months of volunteer work, this group of teachers, social workers, civil servants, artists and unemployed are meeting to continue preparations for a revolution: breaking the decades-old lock that traditional parties and career politicians have had on political life in Toulouse. "The aim of this goes far beyond seeking power, or the upcoming election," says Salah Amokrane, 37, head of the Motivé-e-s list of "citizen candidates," an independent, largely improvised movement inspired by a rock band. "It's a reminder to other citizens that democracy is about active participation, not just surrendering...
...working phones. Or take my wife, who called an electronics store and had it install a satellite dish on our roof that would, allegedly, bring in zillions of channels but, in reality, brought in only seven. Her fault, because she assumed that the store would repair the transponder and aim it properly. As it happened, the store was just the "agent" for a regional company. What services did this company provide? Only one, we discovered: billing...
...students, the security argument provides a band-aid of respectability for their true aim--gaining the ability for any student to visit any other student, no matter the hour...
...contrast, the conservative Washington Times was scathing: Powell "went into the Middle East with a bang and came out with a whimper." Accusing Powell of following up America's bombing of the Baghdad radars (a good thing) with easing sanctions on Saddam (a bad thing), it sneered that his aim seems to be to figure out "how the United States can best bow to pressure from the Arab world." Equally bad, he "gave the Israelis a slap in the face" by telling them they should pay the $54 million in taxes owed to the Palestinian Authority. It concluded...