Word: intendancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Speaking in clear and controlled tones, Murphy reported his abductor's motivation as the man, the only one who ever spoke during his long ordeal, had depicted it: "The A.R.A., as I understand it, feels that the American news media have been too leftist and too liberal. They intend to do something about that. That's the cause of my abduction." The kidnapers had also told him of a few other plans...
...good-humored satire, the type of play that fits in nicely with the new wave in dramatic taste here. Many students, tired of the riddles of absurdist pieces or the flamboyance of outrageous gut-splitters have come to appreciate more comfortable, less taxing plays, in which authors clearly intend to provide audiences with an evening of thoughtful levity...
...group of Chilean leftists recently chose an improbable phrase to inform the rest of the world that they intend to remain in Chile and fight the military dictatorship instead of seeking asylum abroad. The Miristas, a Chilean New Left of students who left the universities to work with landless peasants and urban workers, said only that they would remain in Chile "to fulfill our obligations." They consciously chose a future of furtive meetings and constant fear which for some of them will surely culminate in electric-shock tortures and machine-gun executions...
...frightened by many of the same things that trouble my classmates and yet I know my motives are not evil. I though of teaching next year but there are no jobs; I considered organizing but there is no money. I, along with many other people here, intend to fulfill my obligations--but one cannot build without mortar and brick...
...committed to the A.B.A.'s public service responsibilities. As he recently told an audience of law students: "We are not a trade association. We are not a union. We are out to improve justice and the administration of society. If you don't intend to work to improve the quality of justice, then I hope that you flunk your exams...