Word: intents
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...Consider, for example, the transformation of Brooklyn-bred Rudy into an honorary Texas oil lawyer. From the start of their private-sector days, Giuliani and his associates were intent on joining a law firm in addition to running their consulting business. It made sense: before he was mayor, Giuliani was a senior official in the Reagan-era Justice Department. His subsequent flashy tenure as U.S. attorney in New York launched his political career. As he explained in an interview with a Texas newspaper last year, "About three-quarters of the people in Giuliani Partners are lawyers, and we always wanted...
...game ended after midnight, I spent the next hour-and-a-half writing my stories. While waiting on line at a cheesesteak truck, the time changed from 2 to 3. I dripped Cheez Whiz all over my sneakers, shared a cab ride with three girls intent on making “sexual” the English language’s most-used adjective, and proceeded on to the airport for a 6 a.m. flight. Next thing I know I’m being shaken awake by a beautiful stewardess named Michlain (yeah, I asked for the spelling...
...Farouky might want to add a sixth point to her solid list of ways for Europe's diverse inhabitants to get along. Rather than try to bolster our Christian credentials in response to fears that Islamists are intent on colonizing Europe, we should institutionalize inclusiveness for people of all backgrounds throughout the region. But try telling that to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, is planning to revive the European Constitution underpinned with a Berlin Declaration claiming that Europe is based on Christian values. Fortunately a Europe-wide collaboration of Christians...
...Elizabeth Rasmussen, Director of Edu Exchange Service, the agency that recruited the Bolivian Decatur workers, defends the hotel firm, arguing that Decatur was overstaffed, and therefore had to slash hours, because they "miscalculated the number of workers they would need, not out of malicious intent...
...should be the duty of those in the media, people with such unfettered access to the masses, to at least begin raising those questions. The intent to make a dollar is fine and dandy, but there should be another goal—to start a dialogue regarding serious issues...