Word: intentioned
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...congratulate President Lawrence H. Summers for his willingness to say out loud what many of us in the Harvard community have long believed: namely, that singling out Israel, among all the countries in the world, for divestment, is an action which is anti-Semitic in effect, if not in intent. A recent open letter by one of the signatories made it clear that he regards Israel as the “pariah” state, a word historically used by anti-Semites to characterize the Jewish people...
Calls for the University to divest from Israel and a Harvard student group’s fundraising activities are examples of developments on campus in the last year that are “anti-Semitic in their effect if not in their intent,” Summers said to students and faculty attending the first Morning Prayers of the term...
...terrorist attacks around the anniversary of Sept. 11. Although U.S. commanders say the 12,000 allied troops in Afghanistan have flushed nearly all remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban forces out of their redoubts and degraded the enemy to a few hundred fighters, the country still seethes with militants intent on destroying the Karzai government and attacking the Western soldiers who back it. A senior Afghan official says the government's opponents have begun a new phase of more brazen, "open" terror attacks...
...thousands of American lives at risk and seeks to dictate American will on the world. TIME: What would it mean for Israel or other neighbors of Iraq if Saddam did acquire nuclear weapons? Ritter: If Iraq today seeks to acquire any prohibited weaponry, then clearly we must presume ill intent on the part of Iraq. We must treat Saddam Hussein as a pariah leader and we must treat Iraq as a rogue nation, and they must be dealt with harshly, up to and including military force that leads to regime removal. If Iraq acquired a nuclear weapon today, it would...
...While we strongly advocated for 35, we feel that 30 is a far better outcome than 25,” said Director of Athletics Bob Scalise. “I’m not sure whether the intent of the presidents was to de-emphasize athletics, or to see if there was an opportuity for more efficiency...