Word: goals
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Scholarship is seen as a competition; what should be a discussion is transformed into a petty rivalry. The purpose of scholarship should be discovery of knowledge or truth, but this new way of thinking reduces that goal into personal gain...
...government proposals on legislation affecting females, is seeking to increase the number of day-care centers (currently there are 3 million children without places) and build greater flexibility into work schedules. Some factories have begun to experiment with six-hour shifts. Says Zoya Pokhova, who heads the Committee: "Our goal is that women with young children should have shorter work hours...
...aimed primarily at Elliott Abrams, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs. Despite getting into trouble for misleading Congress about U.S. aid to the contras, Abrams still enjoys Shultz's support. Stubborn and often intolerant of dissent, he fought for what he saw as a worthwhile goal: ousting Noriega. But Pentagon brass, who balked at threatening Noriega with force, say Abrams gave little thought to the other possible effects of his actions. "Nobody disagrees that Noriega must go," says a senior Defense Department official. "We just think State ((meaning Abrams)) is bungling...
...goal of sensible social policy should be to channel this natural human desire in safer directions, not to snuff it out, which is neither possible nor desirable. Thinking about the drug problem in this way focuses special attention on the role of marijuana. Current policy steers people like you and me, fellow bourgeois TIME readers, away from marijuana and toward alcohol. Is that a good idea? I'm not sure. Legalizing marijuana might steer the users of crack, heroin, PCP, etc., toward grass instead. Whether that's a good idea seems much clearer...
...minister was running for President. Jesse Jackson, who has lost none of his fabled flair for the symbolic gesture, readily agreed to perform the ceremony before a recent rally in Santa Cruz, Calif. The impromptu wedding was a media stunt, but Jackson insisted that his only goal was to publicize the plight of Allan Steen, the bride's father, who is a hostage in Beirut. Still, Jackson was beaming avuncularly when the camera crews tromped in to film the candidate, Bible in hand, blessing the happy couple. The only glitch came when the bride, Becky Steen, was asked about...