The damage caused by Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia in 1864 was limited to a swath, but neither Lincoln nor his commanders saw destruction as the main goal, but rather defeat of the Confederate armies.

Even though scientific research is not their main goal, many amateur astronomers make a contribution to astronomy by monitoring variable stars, tracking asteroids and discovering transient objects, such as comets.

Scientific research is most often not the main goal for many amateur astronomers, unlike professional astronomy.

Absalon's main political goal was to free Denmark from entanglements with the Holy Roman Empire.

In reality, this goal was divided into three main efforts — to prepare for future invasion, to seek revenge against Persia, and to organize a means of dividing spoils of war.

When the trade association began, it had seven members and its main goal was to eliminate all duties and restrictions on the majority of their trade within 12 years.

( Chapter 1 is the first of three important moments in Joshua marked with major speeches and reflections by the main characters ; here first God and then Joshua make speeches about the goal of conquest of the Promised Land ; at chapter 12, Joshua looks back on the conquest ; and at chapter 23 Joshua gives a speech about what must be done if Israel is to live in peace in the land ).

This commercial route was the main goal of Danish invaders in France.

The main goal of the game is to rescue Bub and Bob's girlfriends from big wind-up toasters, among other enemies.

Greek trade networks spread throughout the Mediterranean region, while Roman trade expanded with the main goal of directing tribute from the colonized areas towards the Roman metropole.

He argues that both promiscuity and sexual abstinence are unnatural, and that the main goal of human sexuality is procreation.

The study of these complex linkages is the main goal of complex systems theory.

Venter writes that his main goal was always to accelerate science and thereby discovery, and he only sought help from the corporate world when he couldn't find funding in the public sector.

Conciliation differs from mediation in that the main goal is to conciliate, most of the time by seeking concessions.

Providing isolation is the main goal of concurrency control.

Providing isolation is the main goal of concurrency control.

Dylan's main design goal is to be a dynamic language well-suited for developing commercial software.

In his first works Husserl tries to combine mathematics, psychology and philosophy with a main goal to provide a sound foundation for mathematics.

The main goal is the creation of jobs by creating incentives for private investments.

The FBI's main goal is to protect and defend the United States, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.

Nationalism had become a " civic religion " among the Finns by the end of the 19th century, but their main goal, particularly during the first period of Russification and the general strike in 1905, was a return to the autonomy of 1809-1898, not independence.

In domestic policy the main goal of the Vaasa Senate was to return the right to power in Finland.

The Greens founded the first international chapter of a German political party in the U. S. on April 13, 2008 at the Goethe-Institut in Washington D. C. Its main goal is " to provide a platform for politically active and green-oriented German citizens, in and beyond Washington D. C., to discuss and actively participate in German Green politics.

She says their main goal was rent seeking, that is, to shift money to the membership at the expense of the entire economy.

While " glasnost " is associated with freedom of speech, the main goal of this policy was to make the country's management transparent and open to debate, thus circumventing the narrow circle of apparatchiks who previously exercised complete control of the economy.

Like its 2nd-century model, the library is a round building fronted by a large two-storey portico which forms the main entrance on St Peter's Square, and is surrounded by five bays of Corinthian columns.

But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.

It has two main features on which its distinction as a major contribution to Avicennan studies may be said to rest: the first is its clarity and readability ; the second is the comparative approach adopted by the author [...].

In fact, Fitzmyer believes that the preface of Luke should only be “ the starting point in the discussion of the aim of Luke-Acts .” Because the author ’ s intended purpose for the Book of Acts is not that straightforward, scholars have put forth four main claims to address this.

More recently, William D. Rubinstein, Professor of Modern History at Aberystwyth University, Wales, wrote that Conservative politician and pro-Zionist Leo Amery, as Assistant Secretary to the British war cabinet in 1917, was the main author of the Balfour Declaration.

Piron is the author of a book in French, Le bonheur clés en main ( The Keys to Happiness ), which distinguishes among pleasure, happiness and joy.

The anonymous author drew three main sources, including the Gospel of Mark, the sayings collection known as the Q source, and material unique to his own community.

* Vita Hludovici Imperatoris, the main source for his reign, written c. 840 by an unknown author usually called " the Astronomer "

The main facility is the element, where the document can be described using Dublin Core metadata properties ( e. g., title, creator / author, subject, description, etc ).

German poet and author Philippus Caesius saw the three main stars as representing the Three Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ( with Atria as Abraham ).

O ' Rourke's best-received book is Parliament of Whores, subtitled A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U. S. Government, whose main argument, according to the author, " is that politics are boring ".

Susan Carroll, the author of Women Voters and the Gender Gap, states that the increase of women influence on political behaviors is due to four main categories: women outnumber men among voters ; significant efforts are underway to increase registration and turnout among women ; a gender gap is evident in the 2004 election as it has been in every presidential election since 1980 ; and women constitute a disproportionately large share of the undecided voters who will make their decision late in the campaign.

* Rick Riordan ( author ), " The Lost Hero "; Medea, having geing resurrected by vengeful goddess Gaia, runs a department store in Chicago that the three main heroes Jason, Leo & Piper encounter on their quest to rescue Hera / Juno.

However, the main Arabic text seems to have been written by an earlier author sometime between the early 9th and late 10th centuries CE.

Romance author Bertrice Small portrays Ní Mháille in several of her books, particularly in Skye O ' Malley, where she is a kinswoman to the main character, who is based largely on her.

The main author of the book, Abbie Hoffman was one of the most influential and recognizable American activists of the twentieth century.

It's main author has been identified as Sec.

Pompeu Fabra i Poch () ( Barcelona 1868-Prada de Conflent 1948 ) was a Catalan grammarian, the main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language.

* Admiration for Richard and the Montreal Canadiens was the main plot point of the popular heritage story " The Hockey Sweater ", originally published in 1979 by native Quebecker and acclaimed author Roch Carrier., as well as its 1980 National Film Board of Canada ( NFB ) adaptation, The Sweater.

Homer is both the name of the author of the Odyssey and the main character in this novel.

In the Troy Series by recently deceased best selling author David Gemmell, the Xanthos is the largest ship ever built, belonging to the series ' main character, Helikaon.

Cerdic is the main protagonist in the historical novel Conscience of the King ( 1951 ), by the English author Alfred Duggan.

Steadily published through the 80s and 90s, the series main author, Lob died in 1990.

J. Todd Moye, author of Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986, said " Sunflower County has always been overwhelmingly rural " and that, at the end of the 20th century, the county had four " main towns of any size.

Clark was the main subject of the 1999 bestseller The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by U. S. author Michael Lewis.

Frequently, the author surrogate is the same as the main character and / or the protagonist, and is also often the narrator.