Word: intendancy
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...Bush's message was reassuring: "Those who think we're powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect are forgetting about the White House effect. As President, I intend to do something about it." He should be held to that promise not just by his own countrymen but by the whole world. The U.S., with 5% of the earth's population, produces nearly 25% of all the CO2 from fossil fuels...
...fall on the Far East. Hong Kong's traders have a 700-ton ivory stockpile that they will be unable to sell anywhere except within that colony. Japan, which has consumed about 40% of all ivory in recent years, abstained from the vote at Lausanne. Japanese officials say they intend to honor the prohibition...
...Maybe if he does intend to do that, he was too ashamed to bring it up with the other heads of state in attendance," Baker said. "But certainly it would be a step backward in the peace process...
...villain of the month. Although Gaddafi and his family were known to be living in the barracks and although the attack killed many soldiers and some civilians -- including, Gaddafi claimed, his 18-month-old adopted daughter -- American officials were at pains to insist that they did not intend to kill Gaddafi himself. President Reagan said, "We weren't . . . dropping these tons of bombs hoping to blow that man up" -- although "I don't think any of us would have shed tears if that had happened." A senior White House official said, "We were showing him that we could get people...
Feldstein surely did not intend to discourage women, but his suggestion that students use jokes about housewives and abused maids as study guides is not likely to produce a more genderbalanced department. Economics is one of the most popular majors for women at Wellesley--and people justifiably wonder why so few women choose the department here...