The magical sunset light was exactly what we aimed for.
With its drag bars, blacked-out straight pipes, gun metal colors and low, slim seating, this bobber is aimed for exactly the customer Harley has served so well with its V-Rod line.
When I walked the area 10 months later with Scott L. Stephens, a professor of fire science at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on prescribed and managed fires, he said, "This looks exactly like what I would've aimed for if I were setting a prescribed fire in here".
Having established our opposition to environmental injustice, we might want to ask: what exactly are we aiming for, in positive terms?
The key to his engagement, he says, is the not knowing; how it turns out, or what exactly he is aiming for.
Ruth Rendell, one of my crime fiction heroes, once said that a novel should grip from the first line, and when I write my psychological thrillers this is exactly what I aim for.
And what was Kiselev aiming for, exactly?
Scott points out that Olive is aiming for exactly the same spot on the screen every time, and what may appear to be random nose swipes are in fact fairly precise.
When the hiring manager said that role sounded like management rather than that of an assistant, I told her that was exactly what I was aiming for long-term, of course.
