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Word: intents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...concept of balanced forces, which has hashed up every defense budget since World War II. In its place, Eisenhower emphasized the buildup of air-atomic power. This, as far as Secretary Dulles was concerned, spelled a sustained capability for massive, effective retaliation-without the'slightest hint of aggressive intent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Other If | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

There was no disagreement, however, that the huge, frenzied birds were intent on wrecking the author's blue and white Cessna. Mrs. Hemingway, who first saw them approaching and pointed them out to the pilot, said she thought nothing of them until she noted the leader--glittering in the African sun--break from formation and head straight for the plane. The other black and white birds immediately followed...

Author: By John J. Iselin, EXCLUSIVE TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Missing 'Poon Ibis Linked With Hemingway's Crash | 1/27/1954 | See Source »

...down on the hedge-hopping Cessna, forcing it to crash-land on an elephant track, or else be demolished by the flock. Both pilot and wife noted that the Ibis leader seemed especially trained for his performance, and speculated that he may have been sent out by some group intent on ridding the world of perhaps the Twentieth Century's most talented author...

Author: By John J. Iselin, EXCLUSIVE TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Missing 'Poon Ibis Linked With Hemingway's Crash | 1/27/1954 | See Source »

...contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning ... to any person." Penalty: $10,000 fine or two years' imprisonment, or both. The history of the section indicates that Congress did not intend it to regulate wiretapping; the wording was lifted out of the Radio Act of 1927, where the apparent intent was to prevent pirating of messages by rival communications companies. But the Supreme Court applied Section 605 to wiretapping. The court ruled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE DEBATE ON WIRETAPPING | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...much of it, because the driver accelerated to make a green light three blocks away. Before he knew it, Vag was at the Ware collection of glass flowers, which he understood was part of Harvard. The little boy bolted from the bus, and ran into the building intent on picking some of the flowers. Cute kid, Vag thought to himself. But his father shouldn't cuff him around like that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And On Your Left | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

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