Word: intends
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...secure Baghdad's control over Kirkuk's oil, which represents 6.4% of the world's known reserves. Now displaced Kurds are returning, sometimes routing the Arab settlers. Meanwhile, Kurdish political leaders are vowing to include the Kirkuk region, by force if necessary, in the area that they intend to continue governing autonomously in the new Iraq. Today the region's population of 1.5 million is composed of almost equal proportions of Kurds, Arabs and Turkomans...
...five insurgents are gathered in a muddy field outside Baghdad, their faces shrouded behind scarves and illuminated only by the light of a full moon. They brandish an assortment of rocket-propelled grenades, mortar tubes, Strella missile launchers and Kalashnikovs--weapons they say they intend to use against American soldiers. The leader of the group, who says his name is Khaled, 31, claims his men conduct "regular" attacks against U.S. forces. Saddam Hussein's capture has done nothing to quell their deadly ambitions, because they are fired not by loyalty to the old regime but by religious zeal...
...probably isn’t a good idea for a freshman to indicate intentions to stay in the U.S. permanently since one of the grounds for denying a F-1 temporary [student] visa is if the consular official determines that the student does not intend to return to his/her country.” Keeping with government policy, the HIO does not help international students obtain visas; in fact, they discourage...
Mather resident John Paul M. Fox ’04 said he and his blockmates have had a “perfect streak” of running every Primal Scream since they were first-years and don’t intend to break it tonight...
...with friends while taking in a museum? And if you opt to skip the art, chances are there's a willing shopping companion in the group. According to a Travelocity poll, time with family and friends is the most popular way to spend a vacation: 43% of Americans intend to do so this year, compared with 28% in 2002. "The numbers of people traveling in groups of friends are overwhelming," says YPB&R managing partner Peter Yesawich. "We had no idea it was this high...