Intended
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So far, however, the sanctions do not seem to be having the
intended
effect.
His Strategic Defense Initiative,
intended
to end the nuclear-deterrence strategy known as “mutual assured destruction,” was actually nicknamed “Star Wars.”
The recent killings repeat a pattern of political violence that has recurred all too often at crucial moments in Cambodia’s history – even after the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements, which were
intended
to bring not only peace, but also democracy and human-rights protection to the country’s long-suffering people.
The legislation was not
intended
to ban derivatives, but only to bar implicit government guarantees, subsidized by taxpayers (remember the $180 billion AIG bailout?), which are not a natural or inevitable byproduct of lending.
These public messages were highly misleading – and clearly
intended
to shock and disturb.
Statistical frameworks are
intended
to summarize what is going on in our complex society in a few easily interpretable numbers.
This self-serving impulse was on display in European Parliament President Martin Schulz’s fiery comments calling for the UK to invoke Article 50 (the withdrawal procedure) immediately – a move surely
intended
as a shot across the bow of his political rival, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had called for deliberation and time.
The slogan meant that his government
intended
to free up (by military means) the country’s main road networks, even when these passed through FARC territory.
But Turkey’s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis is deserving of support; indeed, to the extent that such support advances integration of refugees, it would reduce the need for aid
intended
to keep asylum-seekers out of the EU.
While much more needs to be done for Africa and parts of Latin America, the Doha Round was
intended
to assist in providing market access (and therefore opportunity) to many more in the developing world.
Europe is several years ahead of the US in implementing policies
intended
to mitigate global warming.
These subsidies are also
intended
to be used to raise wages (first of all, for public employees) and pensions.
Never mind that by the second half of 2003, it had become obvious that the government
intended
to use legal means – in the form of massive tax claims – to destroy the company.
The International Declaration on Information and Democracy is
intended
to strengthen open societies’ ability to combat authoritarian forces.
The promise to keep the overnight interest rate low for an extended period was
intended
to persuade investors that they could achieve higher returns only by buying long-term securities, which would drive up these securities’ prices and drive down their yields.
Viewed in this context, the recent protests have weakened Iran’s reformers by eroding their monopoly on hope and driving a wedge between the government’s neoliberal policies,
intended
to address Iran’s economic problems, and its goal of deepening popular support.
Palestinian officials say that there is no use in holding direct talks that are nothing more than a photo opportunity
intended
to create the impression of a peace process while avoiding any substantive commitments.
In the first quarter of 2015, governments should declare their countries’
intended
contributions to that effort, thereby boosting confidence and accelerating progress en route to Paris.
Death is, of course, a foreseeable consequence of avoiding that burden, but it is a byproduct that is not directly
intended.
An action that has two effects, one good and the other bad, may be permissible if the good effect is the one that is
intended
and the bad effect is merely an unwanted consequence of achieving the good effect.
The sheer horror – parents seeing their kids safely off to school, only to have them be killed there by something
intended
to benefit them – is unbearable.
In each country, China is nurturing special military and commercial relations
intended
to promote loyalty to Chinese interests.
These steps barely veiled an agenda
intended
not only to guarantee electoral victory, but also to cement political dominance by the Kibaki’s ethnic group.
Whether it is done through targeted advertisements based on a search history or billboards on a public highway, the (intended) result is the same.
Saddam Hussein's removal was
intended
as only the first step.
Without having
intended
it, the EU now seems to be encouraging the very forces that postwar European unity was designed to contain.
But the only evidence China offered was international Tibetan support groups’ statements that they
intended
to demonstrate at events associated with the Olympics.
But the decision not to prohibit indirect purchases, opponents argue, may have been
intended
to allow the ECB to carry out weekly repo operations, following a practice used by the Banque de France to reduce fluctuations in short-term interest rates.
The ideology mutates to exploit its
intended
recruit’s vulnerabilities.
A role for the Russians could help coax Assad into offering concessions that he will not make as long as he views the process as one that is
intended
to destroy him.
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