Jackson never achieved his aim.

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Almost everything begins in improvisation, and his aim is never merely to make an audience laugh or cry.

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The distressing truth is that Obama's aim has never been to prevent Teheran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

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The aim was never precise verification, but rather to use a process of admittedly imprecise inspections to make cheating gradually harder.

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It was never clear whether his aim was to get negotiations started without too much loss of face or just to head off sanctions.

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Plaid also toned down its traditional stance on independence, saying it had never been the party's aim.

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Critics already are taking aim, noting that she has never won an election and has not lived in North Carolina for years.

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When Clint took aim at three of them, they never took another step.

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The aim: to make the Thrill appealing even to consumers who may never or only rarely use its 3D bells and whistles.

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The Labour Party has never gained two full terms in office, which is Mr Blair's avowed aim this time round.

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The hassle of having to explode a nuclear bomb every time a beam was needed meant the idea never went anywhere, though it did spur research into high-powered chemical lasers and the sophisticated optics needed to aim and control them.

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