Word: intendancy
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...took his life in his hands. "I will go on a jumbo," he said with bravado, "and I shall probably treat myself to a first-class ticket," which should not dent his fortune, once estimated as $1.5 billion. The usually secretive Getty was surprisingly carefree: "I don't intend to take any pills and I don't drink much-just a glass of wine. Alcohol was never one of my problems...
...from certain whether the other seeds of Democratic dissension will be similarly stifled by the urgency of the nation's legislative needs and the political advantage of party unity. It is clear, however, that if the Democrats turn fratricidal, House Republicans intend to take advantage of the disarray. Republican Leader John Rhodes has been quietly organizing his followers both to defend many of President Ford's legislative proposals and present other alternatives if the Democrats flounder...
...Democrats slapped together their own program for doctoring the economy, but it was an imprecise series of compromises that even party leaders concede will be tough to enact (see box page 19). Still, in announcing the program, House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma said: "We mean business. We intend...
...farm and ranch organizations. It was even backed by a few big coal companies that were anxious to have some law-any law-enacted to clear up the uncertainty that has clouded their future in strip mining. Congressional advocates of the bill, among them Washington Senator Henry Jackson, intend to try again...
...Indians intend to go into federal court this week to reply to the New York eviction suit and are expected to file a motion to dismiss, arguing that the issue should be decided in "an international forum or by diplomatic negotiations between the U.S. and the Six Nations." The office of New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz would then file an answer, and a hearing date would be set. "We will resist anyone who tries to remove us from our lands again," vows Kakwirakeron. "They will be met by whatever force is necessary. We will be here when they leave...