Word: intents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think clearly," Keep Posted is produced by two TV veterans, Lawrence Spivak and Martha Rountree (Meet the Press). The opening show, trying to decide "What's Next in China?", was something of a fizzle because of a last-minute cancellation by Henry Wallace, subpoenaed by a congressional committee intent on the same question...
...nothing else--oh well, bad Whitman too. But I sure loved them. Where does a young man get the courage for such abortions? I can tell you my need must have been great. There is not one thing of the slightest value in the whole thin booklet--except the intent...
...Intent on his manuscript, Adenauer read on: "The Federal [Bonn] government is prepared jointly with representatives of Jewry and the State of Israel. . . to bring about a solution of the material reparation problem in order to facilitate the way to a spiritual purging of unheard-of suffering . . ." At this point Richter, the neo-Nazi, stomped from the chamber. But when Adenauer finished his address, the rest of the Bundestag rose in a standing ovation. As Adenauer hurried off the rostrum, speakers for all major parties came forward to echo and endorse his sentiments. All, that is, but the Communists...
...Great Britain, still in the center of worldwide crises and facing a crucially important general election, for a time forgot her other worries: the country was intent on the fate of the King, the symbol of stability in a world in which nothing was stable. To Queen Elizabeth came a note jointly signed by the leaders of the three political parties, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee and Clement Davies. "Madam," it said, "at this time of anxiety we wish with our humble duty to assure Your Majesty that our thoughts are with you and the Princesses. It is our earnest prayer...
...well worth watching was a swarthy, black-haired young man with deep-set eyes and powerful, slightly hunched shoulders. The picture of intent, unsmiling concentration, he smashed serves, laced backhands down the alley and crosscourt, whaled deep forehands to the corners...