Word: intending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...visit to South Africa has been most instructive, and I intend making other visits in the Empire, in order to acquaint myself with the problems of the various countries concerned in my department. I have a visit to another dominion in mind, but it would be unwise to tell you at present...
...haven't seen the statement yet. . . . I never intend to read...
Lately surplus stocks of copper have been considerably reduced, demand has improved, and the producer is beginning to be favored by economic forces in the industry. On the theory that every dog has his day, the copper producers apparently intend to secure highest possible prices for their output, and to meet mystery concerning the demand with an equally dense mystery about the supply...
...Egypt pays one-fifth of the costs of the British occupation, she has much on her side of the argument. Under British rule, however, the Sudan has been developed to a pitch undreamed-of in recent Egyptian history, and, having made this desert a prosperous land, the British intend to stay. A compromise is expected in London...
...trump card in African colonization-Bayer 205. This drug, discovered by the same laborious research that produced Salvarsan, is apparently a certain cure for the terrible "sleeping sickness," and as such may make huge areas in Africa habitable. The Germans keep the secret of this drug very well, and intend to use it solely in the promotion of their own colonial enterprises. Meanwhile the French and British chemists are making great efforts to obtain the same drug through intensive research. It may be that the key to the future development of the whole continent of Africa is at present bottled...