Word: intends
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Feisal and Hussein argue that Nasser does not really intend to pull out his thousands of troops in any case. The Saudi Arabs are certain that Egypt's boss has his eye on their huge oil fields-fifth biggest producers in the world-and hopes to use Yemen as a springboard for revolt in the rest of the Arabian peninsula...
...Harvard University Police, unlike their Yale counterparts, do not keep files on such subjects as "Subversive Organizations, Activities, and Individuals" and do not intend to keep them in the future...
There are signs that it may. In its quarterly survey of consumer buying intentions, the Federal Reserve Board found that 4.1% of the families it queried intend to buy new cars in the coming six months, well up from the 3.7% of a year ago. Consumer spending in general is giving strong, if unspectacular, support to the economy. Total retail trade, which leveled off in the late summer, hit a record $20.1 billion in October. Department-store executives from Manhattan to Los Angeles, who used to wait decently until after Thanksgiving before putting up the Christmas decorations and playing scratchy...
...prepared to enjoy the benefits of Democratic spending habits. The economy's weakest point is that businessmen themselves are scarcely in a heavy spending mood. A recent McGraw-Hill survey of planned capital outlays in 1963 found that manufacturers, whose spending has the most impact on the economy, intend to increase their capital investment by only a disappointing 1.3% next year. But capital spending is one of the few negatives. Unemployment, though still disturbingly high, diminished from 5.8% in September to 5.5% in October. And of the 30 "leading indicators," which usually trend ahead of the whole economy...
...China Light agreed last week to merge with smaller Hong Kong Electric. The brothers are determined to hold control of the new giant. The Kadoories smile away all criticism. Says Brother Lawrence: "We've grown with Hong Kong, and we consider ourselves Hong Kongers first. Britishers second. We intend to remain here." Carrying on the family credo, which is "Adhere and Prosper," Lawrence's only son, Michael, 21, is training at a bank in Britain, will go home soon to pick up third-generation supervision...