But these three aims achieved, the fourth must be an avoidance of any merely vengeful or repressive provisions against Germany, which would provide genuine grievances for a new Hitler.

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But welfare reform, like socialism, is the language of priorities often some of these aims can be achieved only at the expense of others.

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But those security aims have been achieved, and there would be little point in making such a controversial concession for a prize that has already been won.

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"Wider reforms of the qualifications system are for ministers to consider and, as regulator, we will continue to provide advice on how their policy aims can be achieved and standards and delivery secured, " said an Ofqual spokeswoman.

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They achieved their aims to the extent that Boro barely had a kick from the outset.

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If any of the existing parties adopts its proposals, the movement will have achieved its aims, say the co-founders.

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But sport provides us with aims that can be achieved, one that allows those who share them to feel pride.

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What all these schemes achieved, beyond their simple stated aims, was to raise the profile of a sector of Venezuelan society that had hitherto been neglected.

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He puts together a way that policy might be executed and presents that to the president - not as a fait accompli, but as a way that the goals, the aims, that he and the president share can be achieved.

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