Word: intentionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...adventurers--Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard, 41, and British balloon instructor Brian Jones, 51--completed their tour of the world in 20 days. The stakes were different (a purse of $1 million, courtesy of Anheuser-Busch, as opposed to 20,000[pounds] in Verne), but their intent was the same. They sought to prove a point--to themselves and the world...
...There's never been any intent to cut thesalaries of people who are already there," hesaid...
...vote in the House was not only about steel. Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt made no secret of his intent to make steel only the first step in a general protectionist program. He called for a plan "to combat the unfair imports" that have resulted from the economic crisis, saying "the U.S. should not be forced to unilaterally take in a massive global import surge." Such a move would be one of the most dangerous actions we could undertake. Removing the booming U.S. economy from the world scene would make recovery far more difficult, as well as probably...
...1980s, China stole sophisticated nuclear weapons know-how to replicate America's W-88 warhead, a miracle of miniaturized firepower. Last week the New York Times, elaborating on a January story in the Wall Street Journal, reported the security breach was being soft-pedaled by an Administration intent on warming to China. "We know the Chinese, through espionage, got information about the W-88 from Los Alamos," a White House official told TIME. "But we still don't know--although we are trying to figure out--just how much of an intelligence bonanza this...
Once archrivals intent on gunning each other down, the two new allies have something important to gain from their new friendship. For Gephardt, the prize is to become Speaker of the House. "Gephardt believes he has a real shot at the post, given the popular disenchantment with the Republican performance on impeachment," says Dickerson. "The endorsement allows him to leverage his ambitions off Gore's momentum." For Gore, the impetus is the ability to focus more on his electability -- a proposition that looks more problematic at the moment than winning the Democratic nomination. For despite the current Republican disarray over...