Word: intendancy
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...embarrass Yeltsin at his inaugural, Chechen fighters succeeded in reversing the course of the war, driving thousands of Russian troops--and desperate civilians--out of Grozny, inflicting hundreds of casualties and surrounding thousands of other Russians in their barracks and strongpoints. Back in command of their capital, the Chechens intend to stay...
...afterward broke the news to gossip diva Liz Smith. Nobody is saying whether the rift was caused by the pressure of being married to a man so famous his name is synonymous with underpants, or whether the oft-repeated suggestion that the marriage was a sham is true. "They intend to make every effort to work out any issues between them, but in any event intend to remain the closest of friends, as they are today," said a spokesman. One possible translation: she won't have to pay retail...
...believe students should also be extremely careful in selecting the foreign language they intend to learn so that the one they choose will make a significant difference in their lives--it should be a language they truly expect to use. After all, what good is it to learn a language if one will never communicate with it? Personally, I don't place much value in learning another language simply as an intellectual exercise...
...fear that, unless the U.S. tolerates China's cheating on trade, they will be locked out of the world's fastest-growing market. Boeing will still benefit as long as it has orders for planes--even if they are built by Chinese workers. Whether Clinton and the Congress intend it or not, the practical effect of their trade policy toward China, at least for now, is to defend the interests of some American shareholders over the interests of some American workers...
...next two. The 6-ft. 6-in. Sotomayor has been slow to recover from an inflamed left knee. He predicted that it will take a leap of at least 7 ft. 9 in. to win in Atlanta. "I'm not going for the record," he said. "I only intend...