Word: intendancy
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...directly on the Soviet Union, would be regarded by the U.S.S.R. as affecting the interests of its security." That warning, aimed directly at the U.S., startled and annoyed American officials. After a hasty Sunday meeting, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance issued a statement saying that "the U.S. does not intend to intervene in the internal affairs of any country." Then Vance added pointedly: "We expect other countries to conduct themselves in similar fashion and we note that the Soviet Union has said that it will not interfere in the affairs of Iran...
...working, and they have both the need and the cash to buy plenty of cosmetics, sales this year are running 23% over last year's record $1.6 billion. Costume jewelry has become Avon's fastest-growing line, from nothing in 1970 to $260 million last year. Avon does not intend to abuse the Tiffany name in flogging its own cheaper wares. Says John Riedy, an analyst at Drexel, Burnham, Lambert: "That would be like putting a Rolls Royce label on a Pinto." Instead, the company plans next year to test-market a whole new line: door-to-door vitamins...
...Harvard is certainly privileged to make its own rules for Harvard people," Turner said. "But if a Harvard employee doesn't intend to follow them then it's not my job to enforce them," he said...
...Cairo some days ago, an Egyptian bank clerk asked a foreign customer what the weather was like in Israel; the clerk and her friends are planning a spring vacation there. Easter should be particularly busy. Many of Egypt's 6 million Coptic Christians intend to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which is their most holy city. Huge numbers of Israelis are eager to see the pyramids, which some think their forefathers built (historians are doubtful...
...that Carter is finally ready to move determinedly against U.S. inflation, which recently hit an annual rate of 10%. Said Carter to a Wall Street crowd, as he stood later in the week beneath a bronze statue of George Washington outside Federal Hall: "I mean business. I do not intend to fail and I will not fail...