Word: intending
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...better off deciding what portion of your money you really intend for the long term, and then investing it yourself in two or three no-load mutual funds, or even just an S&P index fund. You, too, will do about average each year, and save most of that...
...involved in the peace movement in the sixties in San Francisco and Berkeley, a movement that made Americans think again about the meaning of war and peace. Now I find myself faced with a struggle more personal and more frustratingly difficult than any before. I do not intend to minimize the struggle or pain of other groups, rather I ask all people of good will to join us in his endeavor to enlighten the Harvard community about the meaning of tolerance, diversity, and equal opportunity. It is difficult for lesbian and gay people these days to avoid the feeling that...
Does Conley realize just how injurious his actions were? Undoubtedly he intended some harm. But does he realize what a published character assassination--erroneously alleged, no less--can do to the assassinated? If he does not, let me say this: it is out of all proportion with anything even an evil person might intend. Having your personal life--let alone an inaccurate portrayal of your personal life--publicized against your wishes is a humiliation no one deserves (save, at this point, Conley). I hope Conley will keep this in mind the next time someone rubs his tender side the wrong...
...illegal "deadly force" unless King imperiled officers' lives. The preponderance of evidence says they did, but the videotape is inconclusive and witnesses differ. Did the police use too much force when King was on the ground? That depends on whether he was "aggressive" and "combative." Third, did the officers intend to violate King's civil rights? That depends on whether they knowingly broke department policy. This point, which the earlier prosecution did not have to address, makes conviction tougher to reach...
...President in memory. Then there are the rumored slights, both real and imagined: a woman believed to be a member of the White House staff refused to speak to a top aide of Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell (true); Chelsea Clinton refused a military escort (false); Clinton does not intend to use Bethesda Naval Hospital (he has not yet made clear where he will seek medical care). "It's not any one thing that makes us distrust Clinton. It's the accumulation," says a Navy officer. "At a certain point, every little thing starts to be viewed as part...