Word: intentionalism
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...brilliant CD Kham Kham are in his native Wolof. But when Mbaw, with his beatific tenor, soars into a passage of staccato vocals and jittery guitar work on Saay Saay, you know exactly what he means even if you don't know what he's saying. His intent is in his inflection; his eloquence is in his emotion. Boundaries fall away...
When you ask Powell where he had put his foot down, he pauses a long time, then says, "Hmmm." He's most intent on preserving team harmony. He portrays himself as done with ambition: "I don't have any personal need to shine." He says he's a "problem solver," the practical man who knows how to make the system work with minimal friction, the one who carries out the vision, not the one who imagines...
...Metropolitan Opera House is the venue, so Foxx says he'll open the show with nominated songs sung aria-style. In between introducing performers like Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Staind and U2, says Foxx, his mission is to set the pace and "up the ante." He's also intent on getting an intro to Best New Artist nominee Alicia Keys, though he notes that Best Female Artist contender Missy Elliott is "sure looking fine. You know that song One-Minute Man? I'll be her Two-Minute Man." Sounds like the spontaneous combustion part won't be a problem...
Harvard’s presidential inaugurations have varied in size and intent. The inaugural events of former University President James B. Conant ‘14 and the university’s tercentennial were for all intents and purposes one and the same. Derek C. Bok’s installation was a modest affair. His successor and Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, had one of the first grand inaugural galas in memory as he embarked on the first University-wide Capital Campaign...
...living trusts and durable powers of attorney for health and wealth, to spell out who should take over when they have lost capacity. Many would prefer to have others take charge of their affairs a little at a time as needed, rather than all at once. That's the intent of the customized conservatorship that Hankin designs for clients--facilitated by the terms of a pioneering state law that he helped craft...