Word: intentioned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...real trouble was that the independent Albanians took a violent dislike to the policy of Premier Ahmed Zogu. He had tried to abolish the old feudal system and set up a highly centralized government at Tirana, capital city. Some said, possibly without foundation, that he was intent upon making himself King...
...agreement, said to have been drawn up by Viscount Ishii and President Wilson in 1917, was to affirm the principle of the Open Door in China. A paragraph, however, recognized Japan's "paramount interest"?a part which led the Japanese to suppose erroneously that the U. S. was intent upon abandoning her interest in the Far East...
...proceedings. The opinion held that, although two illuminating experts had declared (without examination) that Tomadelli's lamp violated well-known scientific principles, the burden of proof was on the plaintiff (the Attorney General) to show that the representations of the promoter were consciously false and made with intent to deceive...
...went, playing an unobtrusive part in the front row. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the great denunciator, remained for the most part silent, save when he rose to deliver one of his thunderbolts across the House. Two rows further back, pince-nez on nose, sat the sententious Ashurst of Arizona, intent on periodically expressing himself with great deliberation, learning and politeness. King of Utah, very 'businesslike, examined every bill, the least important, with meticulous eye and, "reserving the right to object," would demand an explanation of it. Following this, he generally declined to object, while Mr. Cummins from the Chair murmured...
...married life was at first happy. The very young couple, bent on reform, hurried hither and thither, always intent upon settling down "for ever" in every place which touched their fancy. But their marital bliss became clouded, they parted, and Shelley entered concubinage with beautiful Mary Godwin, daughter of his hero-philosopher...