Word: intendancy
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...which sit passionate Navy supporters. Florida Democrat Charles Bennett, chairman of the seapower subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, has proclaimed that the shipbuilding program "ought to be about 20% more." Charles Mathias, the Maryland Republican who wields considerable influence on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has declared: "I intend to ensure that this country has a strong Navy in the 1980s and beyond...
...West Germany, for instance, has developed a new system, known as Zielfahndung (target search): teams of police officers select groups of suspects from computer rosters and follow them to learn habits, weaknesses, friends and hangouts, to the point that they can almost predict what the suspects can do or intend to do. As a result, since 1971, police have arrested more than 200 people suspected of being terrorists...
Despite any questions Khan might have about the Indian state of affairs, he does not intend to leave the country. It is understandable why he feels that way. In spite of its swelling poverty and destitution and its unstable political situation, India is the only place where he could best develop his art. Everywhere are indications of ancient religions and the traditions. Sacred cows walk the streets, shrines are at the feet of Bombay streetlamps, most homes have puja (worship) rooms and an idol of the household deity. People are named after characters in the Vedic scriptures...
...certainly do not intend to trust any general public to establish truth (or validate lies...
...they would probably be prepared to give way to Christian Lebanese soldiers (who oppose the Palestinians), or to U.N. peacekeeping forces, or to a combination of the two. But actually, the Israelis have declared de facto control over a strip of southern Lebanon, and it looks as if they intend to retain some kind of presence. As an Egyptian foreign ministry official saw it: "The Israelis probably will withdraw from south Lebanon under certain conditions, but they are establishing their right to return whenever they like. In almost colonial terms, Israel is creating a protectorate over south Lebanon...