Part of the accountability language of the 1980s and 1990s. Every educational institution should have a mission—i.e. a list of aims and strategies for achieving them which could be expressed as a ‘mission...

A mission statement is a statement of an organization’s purpose or...

Many records and some suggestive studies of the foundations, motivations, dynamics, techniques, and sociocultural effects of missionary activity in specific locales exist. Most of them are written from the perspective of the missionaries or are based...

A mission, from the Latin missum (English: sent), is a specific task, often religious, which a person or group has been charged with or adopts as their main purpose. See also missionary, a related word in a religious context. The mission of an...

The record of African peacekeeping missions on the continent:IVORY COAST: A 1,200-strong West African force deployed in January 2003 to enforce a peace agreement aimed at ending a civil war. The fighting erupted after a failed coup attempt in September 2002 left the country divided...

What is to be the beginning of a theatre-packing summer for blockbuster releases, Mission: Impossible III establishes itself as the bar that all big budget movies must surpass to be considered a success this summer. The stars were out early in Harlem. M:I:3 co-stars...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent two helicopters into Colombia on Friday on a delicate mission to pluck three hostages from the rebel-held jungle."The operation has begun. With these two helicopters goes great hope," Chavez said as the two Russian-made MI-172 helicopters lifted off, bearing Red...

My friend tells me Carter had a focused forward expression, he was on a mission. "Do you think someone is going to try and knock him off?" The concern reflects a couple of realities. At 82, Carter would seem to have found a spiritual model...