Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...award, for "eminently meritorious conduct" in the Korean war. Before flying home to the U.S., Clark was asked about rumors that he might become a candidate for mayor of San Francisco in 1955. Said he: "I have no political ambitions for at least two or three months. I merely intend to spend some very pleasant time resting in that city...
...fortnight ago, Ramo and Wooldridge quit to form their own company; five other executives submitted their resignations. Last week Thornton and George quit, too. Said General George: "I would like to paraphrase Churchill. I do not intend to preside over the liquidation of the Hughes organization, and so help me God, if present policies are persisted in, the liquidation is inevitable." But Howard Hughes disagreed, said that only a handful of his 17,000 employees had left and that production would not be hampered...
...find the reason why. Then we'll give it hell." It is a long-standing P. & G. belief that if a man invents a better mousetrap, no one will beat a path to his door unless he goes out and tells people about it. Neil McElroy does not intend to let anyone forget about his mousetraps...
...come to this case," said Federal Judge Harold R. Medina 34 months ago, "without any knowledge of the investment banking business, but I intend to get my teeth into this matter." The court was soon wondering whether there was anything to chew on at all. For nearly three years, Medina fidgeted with ill-concealed impatience while Justice Department lawyers tried to prove that 17 big investment banks had conspired to monopolize the securities business through the syndicate system of negotiated bidding...
Most students have plenty of time for athletics, because the scholastic standards are made more flexible because of the state-support. The governor of Ohio spends a great deal of money to send these young people to college, and he does not intend to see them flunk out. A student goes on warning only if he gets a D average. If his marks go up to D plus, he comes off warning. If they go below, he may conceivably be asked to leave the school...