Word: intendancy
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Suggestions that Rockefeller should step down became so pointed that in 1977 he wrote a memo to the bank's vice presidents, stating that he intended to stay on as chairman until he reached mandatory retirement age in 1980. He added as a personal challenge: "I intend to make those three years the most productive of my career...
...First of all, his record on everything, domestic and foreign, is an abomination, and we intend to remind voters of it: when he called the League of Women Voters the "Rhine Maidens," when he said he wanted to tear up SALT II. Second, Reagan doesn't know anything about the Federal Government. He particularly doesn't know anything about international affairs, security matters and economics. I think the contrast with Carter is pretty impressive. Carter does know Government now, he's able, and he understands the complexities of these problems...
...Many people like your party, but they have trouble liking your candidate because of his record. How do you intend to take your message to America...
...accepted the appointment as Secretary of State to serve the country and to serve the President. I continue to serve the President, and I will support him all the way. I have a commitment to the President. I don't make such commitments lightly, and I intend to keep it." When reporters later questioned the firmness of his position, Muskie's famed temper flared: "If you will just listen to my words, it will still all those questions I see quivering on your lips...
...membership took a vote, and they ratified the contract," City Manager James L. Sullivan said last night. "We do not intend to bargain further with the union," he said, although he added that the city might consider "reformulating" the scheduling of pay raises in the contract if doing so did not increase the size of the contract...