Beckham did not rule out a return to Europe when his deal ends in November, but said his aim is to win the MLS championship with Bruce Arena's Galaxy -- now top of the league's Western Conference with only two defeats in 22 matches.
But if his aim was to restore confidence, he was unsuccessful: the market fell further still.
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But if his aim was to re-establish that empire, he did not really manage it.
He said he had received offers from US fans to buy his suit, but said his main aim was to go to university and improve his craft.
But his commitment to that aim has set him at odds with many in his own party.
Dr Williams was skilled in addressing those questions, but few would claim that he succeeded in his aim.
When Adam Smith pointed out that, if people want dinner, they look not to the benevolence of the butcher, brewer or baker, but to their regard for their own interest, his aim was not to portray social interaction as mean and narrow.
His aim is not to belittle the American achievement but to break the habit of treating it as a virtually isolated feat of self-creation.
Since then his progress has been severely hit by injury but McDonagh can now aim for next year's European Championships with renewed optimism.
Critics argue that the poorest are being hit hardest but the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, insisted his aim was to make it worthwhile to be in work.
He made no mention of Mitt Romney, his all-but-certain opponent in November, but took aim at House Republicans who passed a measure last week that would pay for extending the lower student loan rate by cutting from a health care fund that promotes preventive care.
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His aim is not to offer solutions or end disagreements, but to exhibit ethical argument as a back-and-forth between intuitions and principles.
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But Crystal and his co-writers (Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) aim to get behind the ironic mask of this Yiddish harlequin and reveal the fierce ambition and bitterness that fuel his put-downs.
He missed, but the person shot at is rarely particularly grateful to the shooter for his bad aim.
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His aim must be not only his own place in history, but also America's: both will require more sensitivity and unity, and less shock and awe than in his first term.
Zhao says his aim is to make real a problem that many have talked about but at times gets a little difficult to understand.
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He achieved his primary goal of keeping the club in the top flight but would have achieved that aim a lot easier if Sunderland had shown the same sort of endeavour, energy and enthusiasm as they did for the most part against Chelsea.
But despite the excitement, Cardiff boss Dave Jones says his players will stay focused on their ultimate aim of repeating their famous Cup win of 1927.
And, while he holds on to each for two to five years, his aim with Rangers is to "create a long-term sustainable business - but it's going to be a rocky road".
With the Tories gripped by ideological struggle over the prospect of British membership of the single European currency, many businessmen feel more comfortable with Mr Blair's stated aim (which matched John Major's, but not that of many of his Conservative colleagues) of treating euro-membership as a practical decision to be taken on economic grounds.
His sports psychologist urges him to take time off training, Steven says, but in order to aim for the Olympics, Steven put college on hold.
But success has brought more scrutiny, and one fiscally conservative interest group is taking aim at Huckabee for his record on taxes using the candidate's own words against him.
His aim now is gradually to free privatised businesses from continued interference by ministries that retained minority, but not insignificant, stakes of around 26-35% when control was sold to private-sector buyers over the past couple of years.
The tone echoed a somewhat accusatory report issued by the committee Thursday that examined all three executives' retirement packages, but took aim at Mozilo in particular for obtaining a third opinion after two other compensation consultants raised questions about his pay package.
But though clamping down on tax dodgers was not a priority of his 2001-06 government, it is a stated aim of this one (the treasury needs revenue to stop the budget deficit exploding).
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