Word: goals
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Bork's strongest defense, appropriately, came from the White House. In his television address, Reagan cited Bork's confirmation as his first goal for the remainder of his presidency. Bork's nomination, said the President, "is being opposed by some because he practices judicial restraint. That means he won't put their opinions ahead of the law; he won't put his own opinions ahead of the law. And that's the way it should...
According to King, Eastern foremen have a good reason to defer maintenance: they can earn bonuses for getting planes out of the hangar fast. Under an Eastern incentive program started in January, the airline's employees set performance goals for themselves, subject to management approval. In the case of the Boston maintenance station, the goal is to make sure that less than 4% of all flights miss their scheduled departure times because of delays resulting from repairs, preflight loading, cleaning or the like. King says one supervisor earned an extra $800 through the incentive program in the first three months...
...Khomeini came to power in 1979, tensions have been especially high during the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that annually attracts more than 2 million Muslims from some 130 countries. Khomeini viewed the sacred occasion as the ideal time to deliver his revolutionary message, but the Saudis blocked that goal by banning demonstrations and limiting the number of Iranians allowed into the country. Last year Saudi police discovered more than 110 lbs. of explosives hidden in the luggage of 500 Iranian pilgrims...
...relentless war with Iraq is only the most visible sign of Khomeini's determination to defeat heretics. No less important are Tehran's ties with the terrorist networks of Shi'ite radicals that stand ready to do the Ayatullah's bidding. Though tactics may shift, Khomeini's ultimate goal remains the same as when he came to power in Iran in 1979: to extend Shi'ite fundamentalism over all of Islam and recover the unity and power that the Muslim world has lost since the Middle Ages. "Khomeini is a one-track fanatic," contends a senior Israeli official...
...America's stated goal is to protect oil shipments. But oil experts say the gulf war has stopped only 1% of tanker traffic. What's more, a halt in tanker traffic would damage Iran the most. Thus America's bold action is directly defending Iran's highest strategic interests...