Word: intentioned
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...allies have long believed that Omar and bin Laden would choose to go down in a blaze of martyrdom. But with the storm gathering around them, both men appeared intent on survival. Perhaps their only way out was a dangerous route through the snowy passes of the White Mountains and into one of the border towns of Pakistan. Once there, they could receive refuge from sympathetic Pashtun tribesmen and be absorbed into the anonymous urban surroundings...
...board was appointed—including Dukakis—to a five-year term, with the intent of making Amtrak self-sufficient by 2003, said Dukakis, a former Mass. governor...
...fast. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, who's furious that the GAO report was prematurely leaked, dismissed the study as "fatally flawed." Abraham appears intent on recommending to President Bush soon that the nuclear waste be located at Yucca. If Bush agrees, Nevada's governor and legislature can still veto the site. But Congress then has 60 days to override the state's disapproval. If it gets to that point, count on Reid to use all his powers as Senate majority whip to block the congressional override...
...schmaltzy theater and lack of serious debate on the issues led many Taiwanese to write off the campaign as nothing more than a bad joke. But by the time results were tallied on Saturday night, it was clear that, either by serendipity or intent, Taiwan's voters had orchestrated a revolution, one that is arguably even more sweeping than Chen Shui-bian's victory in the March 2000 presidential elections. As a result, Taiwan's relations with mainland China, which regards the island as a renegade province, could become a lot more testy...
...weapon's intent?like the cluster bombs the U.S. began unleashing a few weeks ago?is to terrorize enemy troops into surrender. The Pentagon believes such intimidation is beginning to take hold. Though the Northern Alliance claimed massive enemy desertions, U.S. commanders know better than to count on a collapse of the Taliban's fighting zeal...