"To do" list

Usage examples of agenda.

The occupiers and their agenda hold pride of place in most accounts, whereas the vanquished country itself is located in the postwar context of a world falling into antagonistic Cold War camps and discussed in terms of a vision of that moment which was distinctly American.

This agenda was never introduced to other American-occupied areas in Asia such as the southern half of Korea and the southern reaches of Japan itselfOkinawa and the Ryukyu Islandswhere harsh strategic considerations held sway.

It took months, however, before the reformers actually worked out the full, concrete implications of their ambitious agenda and conveyed this to the other side.

As with the basic reform agenda itself, the decision to rely on already existing machineries of government was formalized at the eleventh hour.

The old Japan hands who still controlled postsurrender planning anticipated a mild reform agenda at best.

Some individuals urged that the reform agenda be pushed more vigorously at the local level.

Yoshida Shigeru later ruefully explained that this had been his philosophy regarding the American reformist agenda in general.

Where the antitrust agenda was concerned, SCAP moved swiftly to clarify its policy of dissolving zaibatsu holding companies and eliminating zaibatsu family members as dominant share holders and officeholders.

He reached for his agenda and penciled in her name on the appropriate page.

Different men, different times, but with the same agenda, the same motivation.

He opened the first agenda and leafed through the pages, stopping to point out several of the entries that had merited his attention.

Nick picked up the agenda for 1979 and skimmed through the pages, finding the first referral to Goldluxe on March 13, 1979.

Indeed, based on its public agenda, The American Society of Newspaper Editors might think about changing its name to the American Society of Racial Bean Counters.

Americans thought NOW and other leading feminist organizations were selling out, for one and only one reason: Bill Clinton supported their agenda, especially their agenda on abortion.

Perhaps in addition to the other items on her agenda, Hillary Clinton will define for women that magical spot where the important work of the world and love and children and an inner life all come together.