His oft-stated goal is to hold all the world marks from 800 meters to 5,000.

His oft-stated goal of waiting until he retires to worry about giving away his money is nice, but extremely shortsighted.

And not the way the Mets (28-45) played up to the All-Star Game break, when they were 19 games below their oft-stated goal of .500.

His oft-stated goal these tumultuous weeks has been to support President Clinton, Administration policies and Democrats running for election.

Hezbollah's oft-stated goal is the annihilation of the state of Israel, which it calls "the Zionist entity."

Indeed, no one will ever think the extra floor will "look as if it's always been there" - an oft-stated goal of architects these days.

His oft-stated goal is to make opera popular.

Her thoughts flashed back to her stern university-professor father whose oft-stated goal was that she not grow up to be "just another dumb broad."

Mr. Gregory has reappointed her for next year, and she will continue to work toward the adviser's oft-stated goal - furthering the newspaper's professionalism.

Mr. Mack must start anew in fulfilling his oft-stated goal to seal a deal that will bolster the firm's asset management business.