Word: intentions
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...bellicose talk is obscuring a more difficult but far more significant conversation. "There are obviously people in Pakistan who are intent on undermining India and attacking India, and the Mumbai attack reminds the world of that fact," says Mishra. "But we in India have been using this Pakistani involvement to ignore the growing problems within India." First among those is the increasing disaffection of India's Muslims because of what historian Ramachandra Guha calls "the failures of the Indian state." The country's 138 million Muslims, who comprise 13.4% of the population, are poorer and less educated than the rest...
...Italian gay rights association Arcigay says the Vatican's opposition to the anti-discriminatory measure is "unprecedented," and the citing of gay marriage is an "excuse" to distract people from the real intent of criminalizing gays. One Rome-based priest was disappointed that the Vatican decided to publicize its opposition to what appears a rather innocuous declaration. "When you're always trying to look for new ways to make your point, you lose credibility," says the priest. "Better sometimes to keep quiet...
...Buiter says tough economic times inevitably increase the risk of protectionist policies, including state aid to struggling companies. "Anything that smacks of subsidies is protectionist in consequence and often intent, and can raise temperatures," he says...
This was, in fact, one of several self-proclaimed final showdowns by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), which has long been intent on erasing from government any influence of billionaire populist Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed as Prime Minister in a 2006 army coup. After surrounding Parliament and forcing lawmakers to abandon their work, the PAD moved on to Bangkok's old airport, where a VIP lounge now serves as the makeshift headquarters of current Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat. A brother-in-law of Thaksin, Somchai was evicted from his real office by the protesters, who have besieged...
...squash court, so it’s open, and you don’t have to be too aware of the architecture because it’s so neutral.” While he is keenly aware of the need for deliberation in making art, Martin is intent on making the most of his time here. “If you are creating too quickly, you lose control; the art is not about communicating something to the world anymore.” With this in mind, he is planning his future as an artist one step at a time...