Word: intention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This speech is in intent a declaration of war, and no defensive war at that. If the American people were determined that the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, Dakar, etc., are vital to the defense of our shores, the President would not have needed to stress the point so strongly. The fact is that at least a large minority of Americans do not agree, and will keep on saying so with all the force they command. They do not doubt our ability to survive; they have felt all along that aid to England is a sensible policy dictated...
Unless the whole world was deceived, the Vichy Government last week squarely and publicly placed its bet on Germany to win World War II. Not only did it yield to Germany, which men in France today must necessarily do, but it also signaled its full intent to collaborate with the Nazis in forming a New European Order. The world over, democratic Frenchmen felt that at last they knew the full extent to which the great French democratic tradition had been abandoned by the men of Vichy...
...having bridges to cope with on Lake Waban, the coxswainess was terrified to see the Anderson structure approaching at a rapid speed, broke her rudder in avoiding it. Assistance was plentiful and the damage was soon remedied. Further confusion resulted when an eight and a single, neither one intent on their own rowing, side-swiped each other in the shadow of the bridge and the boat continued merrily...
...published propaganda dividing the world into four economic areas (see map), the "abstract" made one thing clear: Germany and Japan do their diplomatic thinking along deadly parallels. But whereas Germany's appeasement feeler was designed to convince unanalytical U.S. citizens of its reasonableness, no matter what its intent, Japan's was a blunt invitation to the U.S. to abdicate as a great power. The plan...
...much for angry Vincelli; he smashed the window. Last week, having paid for the window, he was up in court on a charge of third-degree burglary. His defense: the Army had accepted him after all. Said the Court: "It seems evident that there was no criminal intent. In fact the intent was rather laudable...