Word: intendment
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...says are its prime functions: to keep internal order, to protect us in our national security from outside aggression and to provide a stable currency for our commerce and trade." Very well. But such a definition omits the "general welfare" clause. And in practical terms, Reagan undoubtedly does not intend to dismantle the N.L.R.B., Social Security, unemployment insurance and other such encroachments on pure freedom that are here to stay. So, what does he mean...
Says she: "I intend to improve the physical and social environment on Waikiki and take action against the prostitutes and sidewalk vendors selling junk. Tourism will always be No. 1 here. We just don't have any choice about that...
...elder James was not a pernicious father, and he certainly did not intend to drive Alice to self-destruction. But Strouse makes it abundantly clear that his remarks had a lasting effect. Denied the education and independence forced upon her older brothers, Alice had little choice but to stay home and hope for escape through marriage. By the time it became clear that proposals were not forth-coming, Alice had long since adopted a third Victorian alternative. Although she dabbled in community activities for the rest of her life, her main energies, from the time she was 20, centered around...
...territory west of the Emerald Isle and south of the Canadian commonwealth, users of the dreaded "u" intend the letter to bespeak Old World sophistication and disdain for the intellectual squalor of the former colonies. Colour has the weight of Empire behind it; color is a graceless contraction...
...General Evren refuses to set a timetable for any return to civilian rule, although he has convinced most Turks that the junta does intend to step down voluntarily at some point. He has promised to set up a special committee to draft a new constitution. Clearly, however, the junta intends to finish its self-appointed task-administering strong military medicine-before handing over power to the politicians, even those of its own choosing. Said Evren at a meeting of the Journalists' Association of Turkey last week: "Many axes are being kept under cover, waiting in ambush, ready to pounce...