Word: goals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jetliner tour of twelve cities in five days. His determination remained in spite of editorials in the prestigious Le Monde and Le Figaro urging him to withdraw and of desertions among his key backers. Poher himself indulged in few illusions about the outcome, hinting that his only goal was a strong second-place showing. "I'm an old engineer," he said, "and I know my mathematics...
...elections. Though his success was primarily a personal triumph, he proved that the Communists' strength in legislative elections can translate into national contests-a discovery that could well increase their stature among other leftists. More important, Duclos' campaign was another step toward French Communism's overriding goal: respectability...
...their war, the fedayeen have also set themselves on a possible collision course with some of the Arab governments who sponsor them. For while Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser now only talks about forcing the Israelis to withdraw to prewar frontiers, the commandos still insist that their goal is the destruction of Israel and the recovery of Palestine...
...every orchestra is a deficit affair, more concerts mean a larger deficit. Los Angeles has expanded its annual schedule from 37 weeks to 46 in the past three years, and the musicians are pushing hard for 52. "Sure, the schedule is murderous," says A.P.M. President Herman Kenin. "But the goal is not 52 weeks but 52 checks. The musician has to pay the mortgage on his house, educate his children and feed his wife all year, not just 40 weeks...
This too was an idea rooted in practicality. The real goal of the ROTC protests, Calkins said, was to end the war. Just getting ROTC off Harvard territory won't do that. What the protestors need to do is to win a national following -- as the civil rights marchers did in the South. National sympathy, he said, was the only way to have a successful campaign...