Word: intendancy
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...does not involve some high and all-encompassing ideal such as freedom, democracy, a war to end war, Americans are reluctant to go into it . . . To the Communist nations, limited war has an altogether different dimension. In fact, inspiring and supplying 'wars of national liberation' which they intend to keep as limited wars has been a declared national policy of the U.S.S.R. for years...
Good Memories. Indeed, though his position papers and public pronouncements inch toward independence from the Johnson Administration, Humphrey himself vacillates, afraid that outright divorcement has perhaps even more dangers than advantages. "I do not intend to run for the office of President of the United States," he told a $500-a-plate dinner in Washington, "by turning my back on those who have stood with me." Tears filled his eyes and his voice cracked with emotion as he said that he had no intention of "repudiating the work of my party, my President and his predecessors...
Black Power, as Young envisages it, is the power of Negroes to choose: to live in harmony with whites, to live among themselves amid decent surroundings-even to exclude whites if they wish. But Young ruled out black apartheid. "We do not intend to do the racists' job for them by accepting segregation," he insisted, "and we plan no one-way trips to Africa." As a result, Young told 1,800 Urban Leaguers gathered in New Orleans for their 58th annual convention, he is launching a new thrust for what he termed Soul or Ghetto Power, increasing sevenfold...
...Steel extended its original increases to several other lines. National Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. weighed in with selective price boosts. Bethlehem, meanwhile, showed no signs of budging. "In our opinion," said Chairman Edmund F. Martin, "our price increase is absolutely necessary, and we do not intend to withdraw...
Easier Loans. The first area that they intend to work in is housing. Surging since the beginning of the year because of demand and in spite of higher interest rates, new-home starts slipped in May by 16%, fell even further in June. To make it easier to obtain housing money and thereby induce more people to buy houses, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board last week ordered a change. The board reduced the required liquidity for savings and loan associations from 7% to 61%; this means that S & Ls need keep $600 million less in reserves and will have...