Word: intentioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actions of mine in matters relating to the conduct of my office. If . . . I have in any way so conducted myself as to cast any semblance of doubt upon such conduct, I can only say that the error was one of judgment and certainly not of intent...
...other aspect of the U.S. exhibition, which ranges from fashion show to soda-serving drug counter, has raised such a ruckus as the choice of U.S. art (see color pages). The original intent, outlined by American Federation of Arts Director Harris K. Prior, was to document the proposition: "Nowhere in the world can man live a complete life without the beneficent presence of the visual arts. In America, because of the highly mechanized civilization and the abundance of leisure time, they are perhaps even more necessary than elsewhere...
...masterpiece she will wear to her job as secretary in an advertising office, he says: "Some day you ought to sign it, like Renoir or Picasso." Honeyed Promises. In millions of homes across the U.S. last week, millions of women celebrated similar rites in great er or lesser degree, intent on enhancing nature's boon or correcting its defects...
...gone far beyond that. In early January 1957, prices of Texas crude oil rose generally by 35? per bbl.; shortly thereafter, gasoline, home-heating oil and other refined products went up in most markets by about 1? per gal. Said the Justice Department: "For the purpose and with the intent of raising, fixing and stabilizing prices of crude oil and automotive gasoline, each defendant . . . would increase its posted price of crude oil . . . and each defendant engaged in the marketing of automotive gasoline would increase its prices throughout its marketing area...
Crooks Brothers. In Ottawa, guards from the Manitoba Penitentiary complained to a civil service association convention that they had to wear uniforms made by the prisoners, whose intent was "to make the officers look as ridiculous as possible...