Word: intendancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chief Petty Officer Gary Fullerton, who works in the Cambridge naval recruiting office, said yesterday, "We are willing to work with the school and the students. We don't intend to misinform, and we're more than happy to stand corrected." Fullerton said the resolution "is as fair an agreement as could...
...plans to enlarge Kyrenia's port. In addition, a new ferry service linking Kyrenia and the Turkish mainland nearly 50 miles away will soon start. The Turkish Cypriots, who are outnumbered almost 5 to 1 by Greek Cypriots on the island of 659,000 people, apparently do not intend to relinquish any of the salient that has been won for them by the Turkish army. Said Rauf Denktas., leader of the 119,000 Turks on Cyprus: "We want Kyrenia to come back to normal, but it will be different now; we will be the master." Denktas. hinted that federation...
DERSHOWITZ: I did not intend to accuse the government of making a decision to suppress for the purpose of obstructing...
...material to the Supreme Court. The Court may have agreed it was frivolous or not significant. What would the harm have been? At least then the Supreme Court would have had it and with full knowledge. That was my state of mind at the time. I did not intend, and I certainly did not intend, to accuse a particular person of anything. I know the high regard with which you hold the United States Attorney's office...
That the writers obviously mean Pete to believe this, and intend for audiences to accept it as well, is one of the few genuinely amusing things in the movie. Written right and played right, Pete's testimonial could have been the sort of denouement that was a Preston Sturges specialty, an inadvertent confession of blindness and stupidity. It could have had a well-honed double edge of irony, but such style should not really be expected from film makers who prefer a bludgeon to a blade...