Word: intendment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Geneva. There is no sign that the Russians intend to concede a thing at Geneva, and he has concluded that Moscow wants to dominate West Berlin and prevent unification of Germany at all costs. What the Soviets fear most is a strong, united Germany and the possibility of a very strong China. Ike has seen nothing to indicate that the Russians really do want a summit conference, but they are using the summit to split the Western powers. Still, he is willing to go to the summit, provided that the foreign ministers' meeting shows some progress; he would...
...Baptist, noting that Patterson did not speak for a majority of Alabamans, pronounced Kennedy hopelessly dominated by the Catholic hierarchy. And the Methodist Christian Advocate, official mouthpiece of Alabama's Methodists, denounced Patterson, conceded that Kennedy was a good man but that "the people of Alabama ... do not intend to jeopardize their democratic liberties by opening the doors of the White House to the political machinations of a determined, power-hungry Romanist hierarchy...
...Ludwig Erhard demanded a public apology, but all he got from the Chancellor was a grudging brushoff. "Honorable Herr Erhard." wrote Adenauer in a personal letter, "I am of the opinion that we must not offer a spectacle of dispute to the public. Therefore, I do not intend to reply to your arguments." Bowing to pleas of party conciliators, he added: "You know I attach the greatest importance to further harmonious collaboration with you." But that was all, and it was not enough for Ludwig Erhard...
...Then Mickey uncorked a real showstopper: Barbara expects a child around September's end. Elaine sidled back into the act to declare: "I won't feel I'm divorced from him until my California decree becomes final next year." Rumbled the judge who granted it: "I intend to look into the Mexican divorce and do whatever my legal duties call for." Said father-to-be (his fourth child) Rooney: "We're just elated that everybody in the world is put out by our happiness...
...going to be president," says Mrs. Ward, "it's important for people to know that you are." She hinted that she had definite changes in mind for the company, but discreetly added that she does not intend to "rock the boat-yet." She has also taken over the top post in sales, will later delegate sales supervision to a vice president, "but he must prove his worth." Says Mrs. Ward: "It's a man's world, and I'm not sure that isn't the way it should be. So what happens is that...