Word: intention
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Doubts. Britain has made pledges before. Straightforward as this seemed, even Britons had doubts of its force and full intent. In a Foreign Office press conference next day one correspondent asked an ironic question: "Will the Government send Lord Runciman soon to Poland?" The London Times which often reflects the views of the British Government, found a multitude of reservations in the Chamberlain pledge: "The new obligation which this country has assumed does not bind Britain to defend every inch of the present frontiers of Poland. The key word in the declaration is not integrity but independence. The independence...
...with a wide Dutch hook, curving into the 1-3 pocket from the extreme right side of the alley. The pins scattered like cats off an alley fence. Then, ten more times without a miss, Bowler McGeorge's pet two-finger ball socked sweetly into the 1-3. Intent on remembering the groove, Bowler McGeorge had not been watching the score. Like most bowlers, he was content to let his string of strikes run itself out before finding out where he stood. But watchful eyes among the 300 afternoon spectators in Cleveland's vast Lake Side Auditorium spotted...
...English Department, others will study microphone technique, the mysteries of auditory perspective, the effects of studio acoustics, and the reactions to propaganda. For the present, a majority of the programs will be recorded, although certain specific presentations will be heard over WIXAL. This is the group's avowed intent--to combine the theoretical with the practical. By coordinating the newer theories of auditory perception with actual practice, the Workshop may well take the helm in radio's future progress...
Settlement of the TVA dispute three weeks ago on close to Wendell Willkie's terms was clear enough evidence of the New Deal's intent to break the utility log jam. Besides that, Treasury experts have already drafted 85 proposed revisions of taxes which now deter business; Franklin Roosevelt himself last week plumped for A. F. of L. -C. I. 0. peace and proposals by the nation's stock exchanges to reshape the Securities acts in order to revive the dormant capital market have actually been "welcomed...
...Elephants naturally take to the water", said George W. Dana '40, assistant athletic manager of Eliot House. "We have won the inter-House cup for several years in the past and are intent on keeping...