Word: intendant
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...claim they are the country's communist future. The new reds became the largest party in parliament with 22.3% of the vote in last December's elections, and they are mobilizing their national network to take the presidency, the really important post, in June. If they manage it, they intend to do communism right this time. They plan to reconstruct and revive the monster of the Soviet Union as a communist state. They would reimpose price controls and central economic planning, renationalize key industries and, probably, turn back toward authoritarian rule. If they pull it off, they would inflict immense...
Even if it ultimately loses the battle for the Great Hall, members of HAARC said they intend to continue its mission as an oversight committee in the future...
...contrary to Patrick J. Buchanan, the WTO, the UN and the International Court of Justice--ha, ha, seriously--do not intend to rule...
...almost certainly is not on Beijing's mind. According to one Chinese official, "While we have contingency plans on Taiwan, we do not intend to invade Taiwan." As matters stand, the likely scenario is that Taiwan will have its election this Saturday; Lee will win and perhaps declare his commitment to reunification more explicitly, thereby allowing China to back off. Even Beijing agrees that reunification will not take place until some time in the future, when the societies on the two shores of the strait are more closely synchronized. The immediate crisis will pass, and the two sides will...
...programs, and will comply with proposed Food and Drug Administration rules about marketing to children--have little bite. Any capitulation, however, marks a drastic change. Publicly, at least, the other tobacco companies are hanging tough. "We haven't changed our assessment on strategy, which is that we don't intend to settle these cases," says Steven Parrish, senior vice president for corporate affairs at Philip Morris...