Word: intents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...become "disenchanted" with the Teamsters after what was admittedly a falling-out among thugs. Once he had rid himself-at Chairman McClellan's request-of his wad of chewing gum, Witness Elkins sang loud and clear. As one who had served time for crimes ranging from assault with intent to kill to possession of narcotics, he easily qualified as an expert witness on Portland racketeering...
...intent on getting the Israelis out of Egypt and Gaza without losing the good will it has been trying to build up among the Arabs, was bound by its declaration that aggression must not be rewarded. The Israelis, invoking a theory of war older than U.N., insisted that victors earn spoils...
Spicy tabloid headlines and the senators own publicity-minded staging almost obscured the inquiry's intent: for the first time steps are under consideration to impose curbs on the salacious magazines. The senators were hoping to build a case for legislation that would dam the gutter press at its principal source-the Hollywood bedroom-by making it illegal for private eyes to hawk their dirty discoveries to publishers (for prices as high as $1,500 a story...
...changes are designed to cope with problems which arise, almost inevitably, in the course of administering a field with as many concentrators as Economics. As Preston commented, "We are such a big field that many of our students tend just to go through the mill. The intent of our new program is to stimulate the honors concentrator to a higher level of work and more individual work, and, for both honors and non-honors candidates, to allow some increase in his range of courses...
...developed to a specialist's high art-the defusing of ticking, active bombs which might go off at any moment if not delicately handled. Such an art was needed in the Middle East last week. There the specialists had first to rope off the area (which is the intent of the Eisenhower Doctrine), and then to take apart the mechanism of destruction...