Word: intents
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...Leatherheads, Rutherford is lightly brushed by scandal. And by Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), a proto-feminist newspaper reporter intent on exposing (perhaps inventing would be a better word) a less-than-sterling Rutherford myth. She is, of course, smitten with him. And, she banters fiercely with Connolly - and anyone the least bit familiar with the basic tropes of romantic comedy has to know where that is heading. The course of true love is always charted by the exchange of zingers, which in this case are pretty well written by Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly...
...played the double bass with a touch that added color and stability but did not intrude on the centered sound of the ensemble. The concluding, triumphant gesture was a confident end to a pleasing concert. The Brattle Street Chamber Players’ mission is admirable: They seem to be intent on making classical music more accessible and fun for those unfamiliar with the genre. The program notes included playful, clarifying parenthetical remarks in keeping with the ensemble’s informal and relaxed vibe—a departure from traditional classical concerts that can tend to be stuffy. While this...
...crusade he has embarked upon requires that he balance two competing messages: the U.S. must resolutely rearm to counter the Soviet threat, but it must project its peaceful intent along with its military might. Congress must be convinced that his $274 billion defense budget for fiscal 1984 ought not to be gutted. The nuclear freeze movement at home and abroad has to be countered so that the U.S. can upgrade its strategic forces and proceed with deployment of NATO missiles. And the Soviet Union needs to be persuaded that the West will not shrink from nuclear competition if its proposals...
...journalist intent on capturing the suffering of the Vietnamese during the war, Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths was at first a hard sell in the U.S. Thanks in part to a lucrative shot of Jackie Kennedy in Cambodia, he kept working. His now classic 1971 book, Vietnam Inc., with its unprecedented texture and detail, dramatically influenced Americans' perception of the war. Griffiths, who had been in poor health...
...than Vance.Among the cast of would-be sluggers, Stack-Babich appears the most likely to take the lead role.Once a highly touted prospect for Wake Forest, Stack-Babich redshirted his freshman year. with the Demon Deacons. After the coach who recruited him retired and new skipper Rick Rembielak appeared intent on starting fresh with his own hand-picked players, Stack-Babich felt the need for a change. He transferred to Harvard, where he had originally been recuited, but struggled in his first season, hitting at only a .237 clip.“It’s been a rebuilding process...