Word: intendment
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...first speech of the trip, the Illinois governor admonished his audience. Striking out at "specialinterest" groups, he said: "I have resisted them before, and I hope the Almighty will give me the strength to do so again and again. And I should tell you, my fellow Legionnaires . . . that I intend to resist pressure from veterans also." With obvious reference to Fellow Legionnaire Joe McCarthy, Stevenson denounced attacks on the loyalty of General Marshall and called them an example of the kind of patriotism "which is, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, the last refuge of scoundrels...
...intend to tell anyone that complicated things are simple and that all the answers are in the back of a book which I will shortly produce...
...went back to his native Hungary for illegal work, was captured, twice .sentenced to long jail terms. Tried on 25 charges of murder, another 17 cases of inciting to murder, Rakosi spat at the court: "I do not intend to justify my actions. I honestly pursued my Communist convictions. I have no cause whatever to relent...
...local political boss canvassed the villagers, asked those who wanted to see the fireworks to hand over their admission tickets to the polls, so that Ueno might still have a patriotically large number of ballots cast. In one ward a bulletin was circulated demanding that people who did not intend to vote bring their tickets to the ward leader's house. Some women who voted for the right candidate were allowed to vote five times...
...generals and admirals understood perfectly well that it was desperation that brought the Chinese and North Koreans to the conference table. Some on the U.N. side suspected from the first that the enemy did not intend to make peace, but only to win a breathing spell. The U.N. made it plain to the Communists that the fighting would go on until the armistice was signed and sealed. The U.N. morale was high; the prevalent attitude was that the enemy would have to toe the line if he wanted a truce. The State Department thought the truce talks might last...