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The critic Helena Kontova then asked him how his “socio-political intention” related to the politics of then-President Ronald Reagan.
One key intention was to allow for more honest accounting.
The Kim regime’s ongoing efforts in this area make clear that it has no intention of scrapping its nuclear program.
But Xi has no intention of being the People’s Republic’s last president, and the Soviet Union’s collapse in the wake of Gorbachev’s political reforms taught him the importance of balancing change with stability.
Temer’s government has declared its intention to present to Congress a pension reform plan for precisely this reason.
When Kerala first announced its plans, neighboring Tamil Nadu’s alcoholic beverages corporation, TASMAC, promptly declared its intention to open a string of new outlets along the states’ border, to cater to the demands of Keralite consumers.
In addition to occupying Palestinians’ land, using their water, and imposing limits on their freedom of movement, the settlements symbolize Israel’s intention to remain, and thus its reluctance to concede independence to the Palestinian people, even if they were to recognize Israel’s legitimacy and show themselves disposed to peaceful coexistence.
He then disparaged New Yorkers’ energy efficiency as “unconscious,” as though intention were more important than results.
While Morsi declared after the referendum his intention to resolve the tensions and respect the opposition, the constitution remains bitterly contested by secular parties.
Given that he has criticized America’s forward bases in the past, he may suggest a dramatic gesture to show that the US has no intention of using its troops in South Korea against the North.
Since then Russia planted its flag on the seabed below the North Pole to demonstrate its claims to the Arctic and its natural resources; announced its intention to build its own missile defense system and issued repeated threats against Europe because of the planned deployment of a small American defense system; exploded a “stray” missile or bomb in Georgia as a warning signal to the government in Tbilisi and its Western friends; buzzed America’s military base on the Pacific island of Guam with surveillance aircraft; blocked a decision on the final status of Kosovo in the UN Security Council; and launched a hacker attack against computer systems in Estonia.
Although the government realizes that there is no money for reconstruction at home and that its accounts abroad are frozen, it tries to buy time by declaring its intention to reform and cooperate with the world, and by using pathetic marketing ploys such as glamorous opening ceremonies for pontoon bridges (one was washed away the next day), ferry-ports, and other quick-fix rebuilding jobs.
By rallying behind this domestic "Stability Pact" Serbia can proclaim its intention to make itself a viable candidate for partnership in implementing the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe that the leaders of the world community initiated in Sarajevo a few weeks ago.
Richard Holton, a professor of philosophy at MIT and the author of Willing, Wanting, Waiting, points out that a resolution is an attempt to overcome the problem of maintaining an intention when we expect that, at some future time, we will face inclinations contrary to our intention.
To prevent that, we seek to shore up our current intention to lose weight.
But the intention to deceive, or even to make money, is not necessarily what has driven the recent explosion of financial innovation.
Was his intention to deceive?
For starters, whereas the 2013 taper tantrum caught markets by surprise, the Fed’s intention to hike rates this year, clearly stated over many months, will not.
Many companies are looking for ways to automate the act of “paying attention” to individual customers on a grand scale, even as many of them also confuse attention with intention (to buy).
My intention isn’t to scare people away from organic food.
For our intention is to attract large Western energy companies with experience in this field as strategic investors.
In the summit’s joint declaration and the three leaders’ remarks at the concluding press conference, one can see China’s clear intention to improve bilateral relations with Japan by promising cooperation on the issue of Japanese imports that might be contaminated by radiation from Fukushima.
Hamas has made clear its intention to appoint as president the Palestinian parliament speaker – a Hamas member now in an Israeli prison – once Abbas’s presidency officially ends on January 9.Hamas radicalism is not devoid of a political purpose – to bury whatever remains of the two-state solution.
Governments should be ready to say that they have no intention of repaying the debt they owe their own bank.
The company has also expressed its intention to acquire 23% of Piraeus Port Authority, and is seeking to lease or acquire ports on the island of Crete.
In July, however, the North reportedly notified the Japanese government of its intention to postpone submitting the results of the reinvestigation.
It is also tightening restrictions on corporate acquisitions and investments by foreign firms; and it has signaled its intention to challenge China’s forced technology transfers at the World Trade Organization.
A few weeks later, the issue briefly returned to the agenda when eurozone leaders spent a long late-July night arguing about whether to kick out Greece; but their stated intention to follow up and address underlying problems was short-lived.
Indeed, Trump has now reiterated his intention to invoke the procedures for renegotiating NAFTA soon (within “the next two weeks”), triggering a 90-day consultation period with the US Congress, before talks with Mexico and Canada commence.
US President Donald Trump, for example, has said that although the official Saudi explanation is unsatisfactory, he has no intention of responding by curbing arms sales or trade.
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