Word: intent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ease with which we can be seduced. It is simple to see how our lack of feeling towards the characters can be translated into the lack of empathy for another culture, race or religion that allows atrocities like the Holocaust to happen. It seems to have been Appelfeld's intent to lull us into a state of complete emotional suspension. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, it seems that we commonly ask ourselves how the Holocaust could have ever happened. Appelfeld reminds us why it was possible. And as dark as the issues he raises may be, they never fail...
...benefits far outweigh the costs. A plan of this type would not only be more likely to withstand inevitable legal challenges but also serve as a model for other public secondary schools searching for a viable and constitutional method of preserving diversity in the classroom--which was Boston's intent in the first place...
...Brian C. Lalime of 8 Eric Rd., Brighton, Bran P. McCarthy of 343 Broadway, cambridge, and Shane P. Russell of 19 Wright Ave., Medford, were arrested at the Harvard Square kiosk for drinking in public and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of a "Class B" substance...
...common misconception about hackers is that their sole intent is to defraud other people. However, there are those who hack purely for the challenge and the enjoyment of it. They generally do not have any malicious intent further than pranking the server they break into and perhaps turning some heads...
...were equal parts of a lifelong strategy that would establish Metro Goldwyn Mayer as the industry's dominant film factory, from the silent era through the talkies revolution. While the other early moguls were simply trying to make the best movies they could, young Mayer was an ideologue intent on using the power of the new medium to exert what he considered the proper moral influence on the American public...