Word: intents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Algerian rebels were equally intent on proving that the Sahara's oil would never be secure so long as France refused Algeria independence. As the first shipment was being pumped aboard the silver tank cars at Touggourt, rebels blew up a section of the rail line to the coast, derailed 20 cars of a freight train in a psychological shock of their own. But the tracks were hastily repaired, the armed guard increased, and by week's end the first oil safely reached Philippeville for loading aboard a ship bound for France. In a few years, predicted...
...keynote of Macmillan's address to the British people was his avowed intent "to go on seeking for some agreement with the Russians." Said he: "For my part, I don't mind whether we make it through the United Nations or at some smaller meeting...The object would be to clear away the rubble of old controversies and disagreements, perhaps to get the path ready for a meeting of heads of government...
...learned last week when Mintoff rose in the paneled chamber of Malta's Legislative Assembly and proposed a resolution that "representatives of the Maltese people in Parliament declare that they are no longer bound by agreements and obligations toward the British government..." The resolution, seemingly a declaration of intent to secede from the British Empire, was passed unanimously...
...smaller, lighter cast, through which he operates after only one week. Patients, home after two weeks, can run and play while wearing the cast for only six months. Dr. Risser also favors operating in some cases that other orthopedists would leave alone. For Margie Bilotti, now 13½ and intent on an acting career, there was never any doubt about the operation's necessity. Like most of the "scolio club," she has played the part of a turtle smilingly and without complaint...
This sort of organization seems to be spreading. In thickly populated Eastern states the cops hamper even the more serious rocketeers, but in Texas, Utah and other states with plenty of room, many societies of intent teenagers, under proper supervision, are aiming their flame-tipped tubes...