Word: intendancy
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...Comedians or The Quiet American. Some hapless Paraguayan guerrillas, stirred by General Stroessner's repressions, cross the border into northern Argentina. They aim to kidnap a visiting American ambassador and hold him against the release of ten political prisoners. But, as one character remarks, "nothing happens as we intend." Acting as his customary farce majeure, Greene has the revolutionaries mistakenly snatch and fruitlessly hold for political ransom poor Charley Fortnum, a gentle, sixtyish, befuddled and more than slightly sodden Englishman who serves as honorary British consul in an upcountry town that boasts only three British passports...
...have a lot to do. We want to revitalize our relationships with our friends in Europe and Japan. The Middle East is probably the most dangerous spot. I still hope that we can find a basis for negotiations between the parties there. I intend to make a major effort to reinvigorate Latin American policy. We will work to maintain the settlement in Indochina within the limits now prescribed by Congress. It is the first time since the war that we have had a world that is at peace. We will be judged by whether or not we can make this...
...which it is infiltrating arms and men into South Viet Nam, and the content of its recent directives to its cadres, indicates that it has no plans for a major military offensive soon. Instead, according to veteran Hanoi watchers, the handful of aging Communists who rule North Viet Nam intend to use the next three or four years to secure their strongholds in the South...
Politically, Bulut's conviction serves as a clear warning that Israeli courts intend to back up the nation's worldwide war against terrorism. It is notice, as Lawyer Tsemel stated, that "anyone anywhere in the world who commits an act Israel thinks harmful to its security is liable to prosecution in Israeli courts." Ten fedayeen captured in Lebanon almost a year ago will follow Bulut into court later this month as the next defendants to be tried under the same...
This is fine with Mason, since he does not intend to become a newscaster or director but a detective when he grows up. Recently, during the shooting of an Underwood commercial, Mason showed his insight into the criminal mind in the great Cookie Caper. Consigned by his mother to a low-calorie diet, he conspired with Producer Dole to procure some cookies baked in the studio kitchen. Drawing a diagram of the studio, Mason plotted a path to the refrigerator. Between takes, while Dole distracted his mother, Mason sneaked along the prearranged route and snatched the cookies. The plan went...