When animals fight, it is with the intent to kill and with the understanding that they may be killed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie was once again in the yard, this time intent on catching fireflies, and at first she didn’t notice him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced around to see if anyone was listening, but all the girls were too intent on rushing home for their suppers. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Possession with the intent to distribute was a charge of a completely different magnitude—with serious mandatory sentences. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is so intent on winning Hide and Seek, or any game for that matter, she would probably go ahead and burn up before she’d ever yell and give herself away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors had it that someone had ratted them out, and Takumi seemed intent on finding out who—intent enough, anyway, to shout about it with his mouth jam-packed with bufriedo. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now Massasoit was visiting a group of British with the intent of changing the rules. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Professor looked up and around the circle of intent faces, and his lips moved in their slight smile. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was intent on it; he stood up again after a couple of seconds, the knife held forward already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she came up to my level she crept forward, intent on the snare’s knot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He supposed that the intent of the Gospels was to teach people, among other things, to be merciful, even to the lowest of the low. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was horrified when, about six months after Malala’s visit, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram, seemingly intent on causing other Nigerian families to fear sending their daughters to school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He passed her again with his emptied flat and saw how intent she was on her picking, never hurrying but never stopping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The silent treatment would be Ophie’s punishment, but for now Mama seemed more intent on getting them out of the attic than anything else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

This brought to mind the woods in the Wizard of Oz, where the trees have ugly faces and malign intent and every step seems a gamble. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the other segment seemed intent on staying put— maintaining the old status quo. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The men who hired them were for the most part moral citizens intent on efficiency and profit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A wave of panicky frustration comes over me at the sight of her intent expression. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra had left it She felt she was leaving the world altogether, so remote and intent she was, so high they were climbing, so strange and uncanny was the light that bathed than. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Winnie was independent-minded and intent on learning, and it would be useful because I was gone so much of the time and could not drive her places myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foraging wild creature, intent above all upon survival, is as strong as the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before Sarai could process what was happening, one of the ghosts lunged toward her and raised a knife, her face savage with hate and intent, and Sarai couldn’t get out of the way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had said root worked with intent, and you had to have what you wanted to accomplish in mind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was intent upon her face and her slow backing away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A volunteer lawyer had challenged the intent questions in a desperate appeal but was unsuccessful. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy, realizing his intent, cried out in protest and caught his arm. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The intent was to hide my white mom and go it alone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see behind his eyes, the intent to punish me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But those near him were silent, intent upon the music of the voices and the instruments, and they gave no heed to anything else. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched the two until we were out of sight, taking off—both still intent on their drama, as oblivious to the planes as if they were alone in the forest primeval. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Those sitting around the fire grew perfectly still, their expressions intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though he had said nothing, Kit had been aware that not a motion had escaped his intent scowl. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You are under arrest for intent to overthrow the government of this mission, murder the council members, and make yourself ruler.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The immediate explanation is that Atahuallpa had very little information about the Spaniards, their military power, and their intent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From Leon at the window, still intent on the world outside. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staff spoke very little English, but they were intent on maintaining English hospitality for the rare guest who might happen to show up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell her, Jared. Tell her that was my intent." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And the person who seemed most intent on framing Bunch was the King of the Osage Hills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My intent was to return to the inn, there to await Bear and our departure from Great Wexly. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ben, terrier-formed, was standing with his back legs on her lap, his forepaws on the gunwale, intent like her on the whisper, which Malcolm could hear now, though he couldn’t distinguish the words. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kemp that racial bias in sentencing, even if shown through credible statistical evidence, could not be challenged under the Fourteenth Amendment in the absence of clear evidence of conscious, discriminatory intent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He turned back toward the door, intent on going inside to find some answers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She found in the outer court a beautiful lad in priestly attire intent on purifying the sacred place with water from a golden vessel, singing as he worked a hymn of praise to the god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not intent on tracking down every crumb. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, style need only be appropriate to the intent of the work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been so intent on finding the cattle that he had forgotten all the events of the past days and past years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A bee flies from one blossom to another, burying half its body in the petals, emerging coated with pollen, intent on its task. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hum!” said Jo, still intent upon her sister’s face, for the bright color faded as quickly as it came, the smile vanished, and presently a tear lay shining on the window ledge. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was intent, but his body was relaxed, as if he had just stood and stretched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Short of chaining him to his side, Luke had done everything he could to keep Toby from making the mistake he seemed intent on making. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I heard a groping at the stove, and then he struck a match and the light flared about his face as he bent over the kerosene lamp, intent on lighting it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is eleven years old, in the sixth grade, on a school field trip of some historical intent. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The intent is to reflect “the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t seem so intent on teasing Frank. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Adam wore a faraway yet intent look, as though he were listening to some wind-carried music, but his eyes were not dead as they had been. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were enjoying it,” he says lightly, watching me, however, with intent bright eyes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fixed themselves upon Ashe in an oddly intent manner. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Second, when states and school districts adopt the standards, they are taking a stand for rigor, informed by a clear intent. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“It seems intent on keeping us both from slumber.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A dictionary buff, a devotee of obscure words, he had been intent on improving his companion’s grammar and expanding his vocabulary ever since they had celled together at Kansas State Penitentiary. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are too intent on their game to notice the blur of his body running by. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Jez. Everything in root needs intent. That’s a clear idea of what it is you want to get before you even start. Think hard and focus on what you want to happen.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

To all intents and purposes, the notion that the earth/water assemblage was to be thought of as a single globe or sphere disappeared around 1400. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Lord Commander. Are you still intent on this .. .. folly?” finished Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They’re intent on two horsemen making their way up to the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Neither did thrushes set out with the intent of domesticating strawberries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, and I also talk to Rascal next door, who, for all intents and purposes, is a horse, but yeah right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at my father and measured him carefully with her intent gaze. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newly focused, sober, and intensely committed to succeed, he graduates with honors and returns to his community intent on changing things. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The intent and plans hadn’t had time to vacate. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Many people were about, walking quickly and intent on their business: we did not find it easy to stop and ask them the way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I distinctly remember his intent face and the fascinated faces of his listeners. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Polish government was intent on proving that it was as antisemitic as the Nazis and so refused to grant the refugees permission to reenter their homeland. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"It is not my intent to linger here long." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jam could feel its intent, as clear as a bell, as sharp as a blade. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They made a point of being intent on questioning the next man while the man who had been questioned before was being shot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once a month, however, they transform into savage, four-legged beasts of murderous intent and no human conscience. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now give those kine a wide berth, keep your thoughts intent upon your course for home, and hard seafaring brings you all to Ithaka. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he sat, hour after hour, so intent that often his lips moved, and two spots of color burned in his pale cheeks, as though some secret excitement sprang from the pages. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Dell stepped on the gas, intent on inching slowly ahead. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember this Lily, the one who is so quiet, intent, angry. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I was so intent on transcribing correctly and speedily that I'd paid no attention to the sense of the words. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face was intent and serious. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other organizations, now intent on treating MDR in Russia, were still waiting for the inexpensive drugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He was forty, out of baseball, and, for all intents and purposes, out of life. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was late, Hugo, and you were asleep. Whoever killed them was intent on being silent and invisible. If Malcolm and Maud had screamed, you would’ve been right there. All of us would have.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cady had been so intent on her baking that she hadn’t even noticed the haze. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was too intent on opening it to wait for an answer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I submitted that no thought could be further from Dr. Trefusis’s intent than to incommode such an excellent hostess. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But two days later, he was strong enough to call for his painting gear, intent on pursuing a hobby he had taken up at the urging of Manette Loomis. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It didn't help that Guiteau had written down his intent to make his “friend Arthur President.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mark skidded to a stop, his focus so intent on the onrushing crowd that he almost ran past the exit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, average Cahokians understood the intent: to assure the city’s continued support by celestial forces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Was it imagining on his part, Robbie wondered, or malign intent on hers, that made the adults' portions appear twice the size of the children's? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But under Pennsylvania law, the judge could not take the absence of intent into account during sentencing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hosts of Morgul intent on their prey, taken at unawares in wild career, broke, scattering like sparks in a gale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He went on, nursing a book, a little shapeless, fatly intent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My intent is not to honor these passages as if I were bestowing a prize, nor to hold them up as models for you to emulate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Because rootwork takes intent. And all I’m intending to do is make myself a drink, not throw hexes or fix somebody’s condition.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I would have told him his father was dead,” I said, “as he certainly is to all intents and purposes. It would have been easier.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved with ghostly ease, but also with a severe, martial intent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Despite Prohibition’s clear intent, the drinking of alcoholic beverages did not cease or even diminish. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Coach is urgent, intent like he’s holding his breath until I answer. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Had any of you gone to Mose Wright’s house with evil intent, would you have given your name? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The stated intent was to look funky, but I was grateful for the full coverage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He knew all the natural harbors, the swiftest currents, how to avoid a squall even when it seemed intent on destroying him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I assume I am his enemy until I see a crow sneaking toward his nest intent upon eating the eggs. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did Mother have to be so obvious in her intent? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Common Core Standards, however, are only written for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with no further intent to include other subject areas. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They were always moving because he was intent on paying his way by helping to clean the house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli was so intent on her movement that she almost didn’t notice a low growl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If a drunk caused trouble in the grocery, if the kids swarmed down from New Monterey intent on plunder, Lee Chong had only to call and his tenants rushed to his aid. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intent may be to emphasize the quoted words, but a bright color or a different typeface would do a better job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes, his beat was the Naked City. heart-rendering. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within two weeks, the original intent of the engineer who walked away from her, whatever it might have been, was moot. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I just got home from signing my letter of intent to play football at a PAC-10 school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The corruption narrative that he seemed intent to expose was harder to assess. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I patted him and was glad to see him, but that was all I did—I was still intent on watching the scene below. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The overall correlation was now down to .11, which for all intents and purposes means that the students’ evaluations had almost nothing at all to do with the experts’ evaluations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Five or six wild duck flew overhead in a swiftly moving V, intent on some far-off destination. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unexpected halt in the moving line caused the children to press upon each other, and whispers of no small intent reached my ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They charged him with two felonies: “aggravated mayhem” and “assault with intent to cause great bodily injury.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He slowed down, but still without any intention of stopping until, as we came nearer, the hushed intent faces of the people at the garage door made him automatically put on the brakes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Studies have shown that racial schemas operate not only as part of conscious, rational deliberations, but also automatically—without conscious awareness or intent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes, merely intent before, now burned with an uncontrollable need. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was intent on proving that the word “dying” was not synonymous with “useless.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ho Chi Minh was intent on reuniting his country under Communism. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Toby tried to catch her eye, but she was intent on avoiding him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This is not a crime in the sense that you deal with every day or in the sense that Mr. Linton and I deal with every day. There’s no intent in any of this. “ A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind the man’s back, Bast made a more urgent gesture, trying to catch his master’s attention, but Kvothe was intent on the befuddled man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I start to walk away, intent on leaving her alone in her chair. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When there was laughter at a joke he didn’t understand Frankie laughed delightedly behind his chair and when the conversation dealt with abstractions his brow furrowed and he became intent and serious. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had leaned over, thrust her hand in the cage and waved the end of her sari in the lion’s face, with what intent we never figured out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to face the newcomer, who was bounding straight toward them, low to the ground, with unmistakable intent. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She stares and listens with such intent that I don’t even bother trying to hide myself from view anymore. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

By the time he had broken the thigh of the King of Northgalis, everybody could see that to all intents and purposes the tournament was over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was busy with his new life then, lost to the novelties of undergraduate life, and also intent at that time on putting a little distance between himself and the Tallis family. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Cook seemed fully intent on backing up the support he’d shown for Thomas in the Gathering. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was the same dream: a pack of wild dogs, all kinds of dogs, running with furious speed across a bare plain this time, intent on hunting and killing something he couldn’t see. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I gripped his arm and when he looked at me questioningly I spoke with firm intent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As the conversation continued, Chronicler’s expression had grown by degrees more puzzled and more intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hand dropped to his side and he stood very still, his eyes intent on my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her expression is so intent that I glance down, assuming I've put my chest plate on backward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Closer at hand a far stranger creature raised his head in equally intent anticipation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m Penelope, but no one ever calls me that and I don’t really like it anyway, so for all intents and purposes my name is Poppet.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nearby, the three Mondragon kids were stretched out on the threadbare carpet, intent on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked to Osh for his advice, but he was intent on his work, his back to us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The deluge continues as if the Gamemakers are intent on washing us all away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As politicians, we were just as intent on fortifying our organization in prison as we had been outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no wind yet, but their intent is clear. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think of another one when we all three simultaneously saw the human-shaped container of anabolic steroids known as Chuck Parson walking toward us with some intent. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was so intent on seeing myself that I hadn’t noticed she was slowly lowering her foot; now it rested on the step and I was on my hands and knees, still looking. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In Boston, on October 21, 1833, William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator, was rescued from a mob of some two thousand well-dressed, eminently respectable men who were intent on hanging him. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor seemed more intent on intimidating Gino than he was on getting the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t lift his hands to show good intent without causing Koffi to slide off his back, but he let go of his hanjari slowly and deliberately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was fire in his eyes, and his open nostril quivered with intent. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rapt air, the rhythmic utterance, the intent listeners—what was it they recalled? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as the intent is good, nothing else matters. Not in these days, son.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He went on kicking, kicking Mariam now, spitde flying from his mouth, his eyes glittering with murderous intent, kicking until he couldn’t anymore. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I have no intent of submitting you to tor-turé. That is only a last resort.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Their eyes so intent on the wayward stranger who trips into their net, they were blind to the cobalt on their own backs, the moonshine fighting to pierce their comers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to explain to her that, for all intents and purposes, I’m already taken. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In short order, I’d come upon the three urchins, more intent on skipping stones across the creek than filling their buckets. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

While his guilt wasn't really in question, there were persuasive reasons why this case should not have been a capital murder case, above and beyond the absence of a specific intent to kill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was staring across the room in a daze—how long, I don’t know—when gradually I became aware that Francis was looking at me with an intent, fixed expression on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My gut is the sea, roiling and stirring with deep dark acidity and malevolent intent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They had evidently finished the hungry, intent stage of feeding and were browsing and talking at leisure, and he could see that one of them had the attention of the other three. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the start, we could see that he was intent on manhandling us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the girl he singled out, she was left impressed and terrified and confused by his momentary attention—which was precisely the intent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The intent of his queries, as he soon established, was to introduce a subject the prosecution had emphatically avoided: the question of Wells’ own role in the murder plot, and his own moral liability. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delaware County Circuit Judge Howard Reed found that Trina had no intent to kill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A badger, an owl, and a baboon were all just as intent to pin Pantalaimon down, and Lyra was crying to them: “Why? Why are you doing this? Help us! You shouldn’t be helping them!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning I arose from my bed intent on revisiting the scene of our meeting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

To all intents and purposes, Earth now was dead; they had been away from it for three or four years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny closed his eyes, intent upon keeping his present good mood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The State decided to invoke an unprecedented theory of “transferred intent” to make the crime eligible for the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My intent was that I would return before Bear even noticed I had left. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was—which must have been his intent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then a swell came up that was particularly intent on taking us along. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the hearth Kit was intent on her spinning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her toenails were painted red, and she was wearing red, and she was also wearing an expression of intent that would have alarmed him had he looked up—which he didn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At one point he stopped and stood motionless and intent for nearly half an hour, staring at a fern swaying slowly in the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were intent, it seemed, on killing all the crew members who had survived. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He pushes through the door, and as much as my big sister instincts want to stop him, he moves with such intent, I just watch to see what he’ll do, quietly shadowing him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Horatio’s eyes grew wide with understanding and his brow creased with firm intent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They walked with a quicker stride and seemed intent upon reaching some destination in a great hurry. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa heard me out, his blue eyes intent. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The young Jesse—seen largely in photos of camping and riding trips up north—looked remarkably like the older one, grave and intent. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Dad was intent on steering while rounding a curve, Bill would reach forward and clutch his arm. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood by the churchyard fence, intent on trying out the whipping powers of his fearsome tail upon a few rats that he had dubbed “the awkward squad.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was intent on keeping the secret of azoth, it would seem, even in this city whence, long ago, the secret had come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I flew back to Miami feeling that it was Allah’s intent for me to help Cassius prove Islam’s superiority before the world- through proving that mind can win over brawn. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When other German factory owners took their profits and fled Kraków, intent on saving their lives and fortunes, Schindler increased his efforts to save his Jews. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

His brows were pulled together in a single line, his eyes intent upon my face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It had been approved and executed with the intent of controlling the population. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that mental training was just as important as physical training, because despite our team’s upward trajectory in competitions, my teammates and coaching staff were intent on standing in my way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Alabama's capital statute requires that any murder eligible for the death penalty be intentional, but it was clear that Herbert had no intent to kill the child. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was full of our family’s magic, made by our own hands with love and intent. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I was so intent on studying the world that I didn’t notice it until Chasca pointed it out to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, nothing. Now why don’t you answer my question, since you seem so intent on getting information out of me, but refuse to give any up yourself.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Safer is completely intent upon the screen, his pen hovering over his spiral notebook. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he was a man of some six feet three inches, and his countenance, though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging, could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Up above, clouds will billow out of nowhere into dark monstrosities, pregnant with malevolent intent, and a clear blue sky is like a magnifying glass for a punishing sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

James was intent on watching a row of black birds huddled on a wire overhead and didn’t answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He gazed down with intent, looking right into the dead face of Finn Bennett and wondering at his missing foot. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

While he was in the hospital, he was served a warrant charging him with assault and battery with intent to murder a peace officer. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed intent on preventing Snape from slipping away at the end of class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had a stream of visitors, all intent on cheering him up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They seemed intent on strolling every walkway and path in sight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hamlet’s intent was only to protect me. My dear son. Pity his madness! Poor Ophelia, forgive him and forgive me!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Minya stood there like the small general she was, intent and ready. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He seemed quite intent on proposing this fall,” Clara said, “but I am not sure if Ana will continue to entertain him.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly intent, his eyes searching mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The more he drew, the more his expression became intent, focused, consumed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She’s to receive ten lashes for her incompetence. If you’re intent on helping her, perhaps you wish to take on her punishment?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the Mormon kids, intent on saving Jesse, brought him notes from their bishops and copies of the Book of Mormon to try to win him over. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy had no such skill, but his intent was different, and he had the strength to turn the spell to his own ends. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

An enemy intent on the Eyrie would have to fight his way from Stone step by step, while rocks and arrows rained down from Snow above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at her; she was still intent upon the papers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began a whispered dialogue with me, imploring me to get the testifying expert to say things about his intent that were really outside the expert's knowledge. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I was going to say hyperfocused. I get so intent on orchestrating my plans and keeping them a secret that I suppose I have a tendency to stop observing what’s really going on around me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once I stand in front of the lords and ladies of Faerie and declare my intent to go against Balekin, there’s no going back, no crawling under the coverlets in my bed, no running away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment a woman and two men stepped from the jewelry store; I moved to one side to let them pass, my mind intent upon Grigg’s words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adults’ voices relayed the serious intent of their mission. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her intent to blindside Scythe Curie with it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Downtown San Francisco became alien and cold, and the streets I had loved in a personal familiarity were unknown lanes that twisted with malicious intent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s so tired or so intent on dreaming. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The children were quiet, intent on spotting more monkeys in the trees, and Mr. Das was absorbed by his tour book, so it seemed like a private conversation between Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I did at last turn my eyes in Wemmick’s direction, I found that he had unposted his pen, and was intent upon the table before him. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

No one said anything but the faces turned to Ralph were intent. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had stood there for a long moment, intent, focused, while beside him the blind man waited. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Things about focus and intent that he does not entirely understand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No free man would willingly sign aboard a ship whose captain spoke openly of his intent to sail into the Smoking Sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined the tumor metastasizing into my own bones, boring holes into my skeleton, a slithering eel of insidious intent. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“A mixture; but to all intents and purposes they’re the same thing now,” said Lupin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The kneeling forms, the leaning forms, all intent on one ground spot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball at a prestigious college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They seemed less intent on finding out my views than on proving that I was a Communist and a terrorist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were silent again: Simon intent, Ralph incredulous and faintly indignant. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Capital murder requires an intent to kill, and there was a persuasive argument that there was no intent to kill in this case and that poor health care had caused the victim's death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

An army of giants, all intent on getting their cauldron back. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I watched the intent faces of the listening crowd and they were the faces of an audience. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his eyes cast down, intent on his work, and does not answer me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He returned to San Francisco intent on trying a different, more oblique means of winning a concession—one that ultimately would get him a lot more than he had bargained for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Are the citizens soberly intent upon seeing that the law is executed? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed, his mouth worked strenuously; for the first time that afternoon he was intent. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go out for recess,” she said, criminal intent gleaming in her eyes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I awaited with interest some hint of their motivation and intent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beating the air, a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach—could not even see—but which filled the valleys of the mind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer bent over the bin, outwardly intent on scooping charcoal into the furnace pan, inwardly cursing the Babylonian and Gebu alike. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

This sergeant, while also an Afrikaner, was intent on doing his duty correctly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be intent Another figure, an unrecognizable one, appeared by Robert and gave him something, then turned and went back behind the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I'd forgotten he was even standing there in the corner, as intent as I was on not ending up at the mayor’s dinner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had been so intent on telling Sirius all about Snape and Moody he had completely forgotten to mention the egg’s clue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stared at me intent as I tried to figure his meaning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think the intent was to send him to Florida and put him in prison there.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

But as I knelt, the mist seemed to ensnare my body like a sticky shroud, intent on dragging me down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A killing stroke took decision, clarity of intent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He seems intent on discussing Audrey, though I wish he wouldn’t. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Matthew sat intent, ready to pounce on a hint of heresy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Till this moment, I had been so intent on watching them, their appearance and conversation had excited in me so keen an interest, I had half-forgotten my own wretched position: now it recurred to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was not normal fire; Crabbe had used a curse of which Harry had no knowledge: As they turned a corner the flames chased them as though they were alive, sentient, intent upon killing them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now she seemed intent on playing the piano, dodging bill collectors, forcing us into college through sheer willpower, and riding her bicycle all over Queens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teacher Li was over fifty years old, and her hoarse voice was not very loud, but when she stood before the class, she seemed so intent and serious that we had to listen to her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes they may as well be nouns; in this example, going may as well be the noun departure. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Rosaleen, afraid this situation of jilted love might be unfortunate enough to send May into one of her episodes, but she was intent on my pancake. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The arms are fair,” Halsey said, cleaning off a Winchester, “when the intent of bearing them is just.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The steps were very intricate and their faces were intent and concentrated. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His intent was to curb their independence by keeping a watchful eye on them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The way he stared at Joe’s face seemed both intent—as if there were no one else in the world—and also focused elsewhere. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

For all intents he spoke into a vacuum. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They not only fuzz up a writer’s prose but can undermine his intent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But at the same time his intent was clear. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next four decades, the national debate over slavery and its expansion into the West was often framed as an argument over the intent of the founders. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra didn’t stop to look; they stumbled over the rough ground at a crouch, intent only on getting away unseen. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Iorek stood beside him, looking in the same direction, and then reared up high, fully twice the height of Will, his gaze intent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally understanding Zeitoun's intent to stay, one of the men in the helicopter decided to drop a box of water down to him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The intent of the place and its regime was punitive, but not destructive, and I think it might have been endurable, without the druggings and the examinations. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The intent look in his eyes, even in the waning light, warned her of what was coming. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were well and truly at it when he entered, so intent on their rutting that neither took any note of his arrival. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Archie was careful to keep his poker face, intent on not betraying an emotion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Breaking and entering with the intent to commit theft. What do you call that, Tag? In legal terms?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Panic spread from coast to coast: was it possible that the satellite was mapping the United States, with the intent of locking down targets for missile-delivered hydrogen bombs? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s always hurtful. I think it depends on the intent and also on who is using it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was concerned that the Communists were intent on taking over our movement in the guise of joint action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing the intent of Hamlet’s letter, I would take care not to express my longing for him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They might never come close, but they could approach a point where, for all intents and purposes, she knew all that she needed to know. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She demanded I try everything, intent on getting me to see how much there was to love. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say intense. I’d say that I have ‘clarity of intent.’ Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t be surprising to learn that elderly people are not very criminally intent; the average sixty-five-year- old is about one-fiftieth as likely to be arrested as the average teenager. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Although no admissions of racial bias or racist intent could be found in the record, Judge Cahill believed race was undeniably a factor in the crack sentencing laws and policies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But he was intent on keeping politics out of the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But he was no longer afraid, he was too intent upon plodding ahead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The organism remains viable in the soil for years and therefore be comes to all intents and purposes permanently established, increasing in effectiveness, and being continuously spread by natural agencies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly he began to crawl aside; but the Black Captain, in doubt and malice intent upon the woman before him, heeded him no more than a worm in the mud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He indicates over his shoulder where Minerva and Lio are immersed in an intent conversation in a comer of the galena. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His handsome face was devoid of mockery or malice, and was instead intent, alive, and fascinated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Most blacks thought I was either stupid or too intent on pleasing the whites. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I let myself out through the gate, fully intent on walking home. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I tried and failed to change his bloody course. There can be no peace or good in being yoked to a husband who is intent upon revenge. Therefore I go.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They asked how I had got out of Pulefen Farm and into Karhide, and they asked the destination and intent of the code message I had sent on their radio. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve barely noticed that I’m there, more intent on calling out to their mother and arguing about who’s going higher on the swings. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The squirrel jumped to the ground, and dashed back across the yard, intent on his cherry tree. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black people and white people moved about, each seemingly intent upon his private mission. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My intent was to say a couple of words and sit down. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But biophysicists were intent on restoring a rigidly mechanistic description to biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“So was I, Herbert, when the blow first fell. Still, something must be done. He is intent upon various new expenses,—horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. He must be stopped somehow.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been thinking, daughter. It was not wise of me to put you in Hamlet’s path. My intent for your advancement, and my own, was foiled.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

How promptly to the famous door he came, intent on pleasure with sweet Kythereia! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter reveals nothing other than earnest pedagogical intent, mentions a panel Dimitri and the professor to whom it’s addressed attended some years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I worked on the sweater I was knitting for Dad, sharing the sofa with Ji-yong, who was intent on making a periscope. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, Kelly’s father sat in the middle of the floor, his eyes intent on the paper in his hands. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It had seemed to rise in many minds at once, the initial intent simply to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World by hosting a world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Idle assassin and the prince glanced at each other, their blue eyes reflecting the same intent. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His intent was to make himself secure against the French, and he would have immediately succeeded in this if Alexander had lived. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents had sent Hatsue to Mrs. Shigemura with the intent that the girl would not forget that she was first and foremost Japanese. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes are intent on Alex the moment he sees him, his lip chewed the same furious red as the embroidered Union Jack on his pocket square. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I have no heart, I’m cold inside I have no real intent... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I turn the key in the lock without fanfare, intent on making it out of the building without being sighted. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He initiated legal proceedings to gain custody of their children and became intent on publicly disgracing his wife by exposing her infidelity and revealing her relationship with a black man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The singer seemed intent on making off with the daughter of Eddard Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They followed me everywhere; if by accident or intent I lost them, we always met up again at the hotel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I turn back to my doodle and pretend to be intent on my work. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When a composer writes a forte into a part, followed by a piano, the intent is for the music to be loud, and then suddenly quiet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was the bleak face of middle age, waiting intent and stoical between the beefy faces of the soldiers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was intent on fighting and alarming the whole neighborhood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His years in the Kingsguard had taught him the trick of listening without hearing, especially useful when the speaker was intent on proving that words were truly wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All the while the man atop the lamb girl continued to plunge in and out of her, so intent on his pleasure that he seemed unaware of what was going on around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The intent look had gone from her eyes and the stillness from her body. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Constantly intent only on creeping along quickly, he hardly paid any attention to the fact that no word or cry from his family interrupted him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the minute Dr. Vifias closed the door of his consulting room, he was a different man, intent, serious, down to business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha was a strong swimmer, enthusiastic about breaststroke and intent on mastering the butterfly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was too intent to keep track, but, at length, a sort of pinkness invaded the translucent blue skin of her cheek. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it very funny that he should say that, he who hadn’t stepped into a temple with a serious intent since I had had the faculty of memory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was too sunk in his own thought, too intent upon the thing he faced, to answer her or even to listen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has made himself scarce since baring his intent to kill the captain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Nor could I remove from my mind the steward’s hateful look when he brought down his sword with the clear intent of killing me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was a mountain boy who stayed to himself, bothering no one, intent solely on drinking himself to death. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was not so much a sound as a stillness so intent that it made her ears ring. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Briony suspected that behind her older cousin’s perfect manners was a destructive intent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was very controlled and intent about what he was doing, as if following a time- honored procedure. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There surely is something to these terms, but too often they’re the result of minds intent on discovering meaning where there is only probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth was hunched over her sewing machine, intent on getting a new dress ready for the Christmas season, and it is yet another green gown, cheap and frail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Though I believe Pearl Harbor itself would have passed by them tonight, intent as they were on devouring the manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

City officials threw up one stumbling block after another to delay implementation of the Court’s intent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For two saddles, a handful of bridles, and two sacks of oats, he became for all intents and purposes the property of Freddie Johnson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m ready,” he said, his eyes steady and intent. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The younger Kleynhans advanced with the obvious intent of assaulting me, but when he was a few steps away, his brother ran over, grabbed him, whispered a few words, and the incident passed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was considered a suicide person just the same, since suicide was his clear intent. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His hand had traditionally been very heavy when he returned from overseas, so intent was he on re-establishing codes of discipline and ensuring that the children marched to his harsher cadences. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, where the expeditionaries explored with careful intent, there was nothing but a thick forest of flowers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On occasion, when they were taken under fire, Mary Anne would stand quietly and watch the tracer rounds snap by, a little smile at her lips, intent on some private transaction with the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," he said, and again he had that intent look in his eye, and again he looked over my shoulder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"Is that why you called me here, Lord Stark? To pose me riddles? Or is it your intent to seize me, as your wife seized my brother?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The others, intent on their knitting, did not notice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As he handed it over, the attendant gave me an intent look. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became very intent on moving ashes into piles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The king, it seemed, was intent on crying himself a river. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby moved swiftly out into the room, across the open floor, holding the powder, her eyes intent only on the bowl. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not my intent to choose any side,” said Jon, “but I am not as certain of the outcome of this war as you seem to be, my lord. Not with Lord Tywin dead.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sees the intent in my expression, pauses, spits the nails, drops his tool belt, and comes toward me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed intent on not turning his classroom into a mill where everyone passed regardless of how much or how little they knew. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

James was intent on watching a row of black birds huddled on a wire overhead and didn’t answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was not as though he was really surprised, thought Harry, as he wrestled with a thorny vine intent upon throttling him; he had had an inkling that this might happen sooner or later. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But these black Washingtonians were angered and deeply disturbed by the discriminatory laws the city’s government was intent on passing. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

However, that was a distraction; Lyra was still intent on playing Gobblers, and she inveigled Roger down into the wine cellars, which they entered by means of the Butler’s spare set of keys. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he reached for her hand, intent on touching her ring, but she pulled her hand away from him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The J V race began at 3:45 p.m., and for all intents and purposes it was over a hundred yards down the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After only three weeks of bombardments under Lawrence’s intent gaze, White had enough data to publish. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Certainly the captain of the Swordfish did not, intent as he was on finally spearing something with his ungainly fat sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Miles navigated through the tables without so much as a glance at the patients, intent on only one of them, on the far side of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Naturally, strawberry plants didn’t set out with a conscious intent of attracting birds when, and only when, their seeds were ready to be dispersed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Has everyone got a flashlight, by the way?” the doctor asked, and they nodded, more intent upon sleep than the waves of darkness which came after them up the stairs of Hill House. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They rushed the groups of people, all eyes intent on the sky. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This time he leaped with purpose and intent. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Like the workers loading the crates into the truck, those in the boats seemed earnestly intent upon their work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she were Armstrong intent on murder, it was cunning that she would employ, not force. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She’s intent on it even though he’s much too good- looking for me, not to mention a state senator’s son. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But then he didn’t tell her; he was too intent on speeding through the neighborhood streets. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked to see his eyes watching me, suddenly intent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What could I say when I, too, was intent on keeping my own flesh safe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Scythe Curie listened—truly listened—as if she were intent on memorizing everything they said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Tiffany seems intent on living up to Mr. Trump’s expectations. The Other Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Muddied orange, toxic green and shrieking mauve, rare in the marketplace six months ago, are crowding the shelves of department and drugstores, snapped up by consumers intent on releasing their inner Nicki Minaj. Once Staid, Nail Polish Becomes Fashion Accessory 2012-04-04T21:07:26Z

Atmosphere is like scent here: enveloping and emotional, also fragile, intangible, easily lost, which may be why artists and curators in the biennial are so intent on creating and preserving it. The Havana Biennial Is Running at Full Throttle 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

On Thursday, the singer issued a statement to the Times saying she was still intent on working with Raising Malawi. Madonna-backed group ends plans for Malawi school 2011-03-25T04:48:23Z

If his intent was to make her jealous, he missed the mark and instead hit me. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z

Freud, ever the student of human behavior, was so intent on facing death with clarity and rationality that he refused all painkillers except aspirin for his throat cancer. Review: In ‘The Violet Hour,’ Great Writers Facing the Inevitable 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

"I see the intent here and I see the level of brazenness with 'let me see what I can get away with'," Sautner said. Lindsay Lohan out of jail after rollercoaster day 2011-04-23T06:09:44Z

Taddeo’s intent — and her publisher’s hope — is to reveal what “female desire” looks like today. What Do the Sex Lives of ‘Three Women’ Tell Us About Female Desire? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

It points to the mix of African and American that Beyoncé seems intent on getting right. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Our mother had wiped the slate as clean as she could, intent on overwriting our previous life with new memories. Hearing His Voice Changed Everything 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Johnston filed his letter of intent Friday with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, a first step needed to begin campaigning. Palin paramour files paperwork to run for office 2010-08-24T01:55:00Z

In the courtyard of the Forester's lodge, his Dog sidles up to the Vixen with amorous intent, but he gets short shrift. The Cunning Little Vixen - synopsis, cast and creatives 2012-05-31T13:42:15Z

A further statement of intent is the appointment of Pearl Matome as permanent secretary for labour and immigration, one of a handful of women in such a senior government post. Women will get equal pay … in 118 years 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Even in a struggle, she’s unflinching, intent on taking her power to a new place. Dance Review: Jodi Melnick at New York Live Arts 2012-03-09T23:41:20Z

Christensen’s ballet is an immersion in the colors and decor of the wartime era, with an intent to supply much-needed cheerfulness. Ballet West ‘Nutcracker’ at the Kennedy Center 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

NBC’s version hews more to the creators’ intent, “quite rough and raw,” says Mr. Lloyd Webber. ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in a Live TV Revival 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

We open with a bare grey stage and a low-key solo ahead of a first number that swells and swells, overwhelming in its volume and scale and intent, but low on memorable musical moments. King Kong - review 2013-06-16T20:43:38Z

Released early from rehab and free again to pursue personal and professional rehabilitation, Lindsay Lohan has an opportunity to re-enter the public consciousness with the seriousness of a newly clean starlet intent on sobriety. Lindsay Lohan returns to theaters, as naked junkie 2010-09-01T11:50:00Z

Also, we don't always go out with the intent to meet men, so why cut me out? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Shut out from girls’ night out with friends from college 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

In her most recent interview, Parton reiterated those sentiments but clarified her intent was never malicious. Dolly Parton is ready to rock 'n' roll "just to show that I can do it" after joining Hall of Fame 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

That is topped off with the attraction of funds from the Paul Hamlyn and Baring Foundations signalling the intent of the new organisation to attract additional funds to achieve its ambitions. Creative Scotland offers a positive story 2011-03-17T11:45:06Z

But anything shy of that depends a lot on interpretation, intent, and circumstance. I took Fox News’ sexual harassment class 2013-06-04T11:45:00Z

With "Fury Road," Miller was intent on investing this forbidding hellscape with a kind of savage beauty — and on doing something purely original. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' rules: Keep it real and really wild 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Its grimness is taken as a sign of serious intent, even as its sentimental turn offers that all-important measure of hope. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

What is the comedian's intent when they tell a joke? "We're going to be canceled for a joke": Judy Gold on how "safe spaces" in comedy ignore reality 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

Nor are there many obvious villains intent on bringing these 21st-century hobos to heel. Roof down, music up: American Honey and the neverending search for the American dream 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Ms. Middleton seemed intent on pursuing a media-related path that inevitably kept her in the spotlight, an approach not entirely lost on some royal observers. Pippa Middleton Goes Out on Her Own. But She’s Not Alone. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

She laid on a thick Southern accent in a caricature of a lawmaker intent on cutting off the TikTok CEO during his testimony. For TikTok creators, the vibes in Washington were … not immaculate 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

Whether a part is fictional or based on true events, the emphasis is on giving the producer's favorite actors roles they can slay – and sometimes that overpowers the intent of a project. Ryan Murphy's "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" is an example of the brand undermining the mission 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

"Being able to enhance the emotive quality and bring out the intent of the lyric and the artist's performance," says Buckmaster. Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z

Mr. Gilbert, intent on illuminating the Webern work’s Romantic spirit, focused on its roiling textures; its dark, shifting coloration; and an undercurrent of emotional intensity. Music Review: Many Different Sounds In a Wide-Ranging Week 2010-10-15T21:26:00Z

Prosecutors called them as witnesses under a state law that allows testimony about so-called “prior bad acts,” enabling them to explore things like motive, opportunity, intent and a common scheme or plan. Weinstein’s rape trial shifts gears after intense testimony 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Spread throughout multiple galleries at the Seattle Art Museum, this gaze tracks you from dozens of similarly intent portraits of the artist throughout the exhibition, each one demanding you to meet their gaze. Hail the Dark Lioness: A roundtable of black, queer Seattle artists on Zanele Muholi’s photography exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

And what I believe was the intent to protect his creative and to take his creative to another level. A Rising Designer Brings Hip-Hop to Homeware 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

That is just a small sliver of the "noise with intent" that Geldof demands. Bob Geldof: American music 'exhausted' | Kot at SXSW 2011-03-17T19:16:45Z

"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent," Rosen said. Pop queen Whitney Houston dies on eve of Grammys 2012-02-12T12:30:12Z

But hey, Episode 2 gives women a little more credit: In one scene, a lithe young woman kills three burly warriors who were intent on violating her. ‘Marco Polo,’ Fur-and-Armor Drama From Netflix 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

“My original intent was to focus on the abundance of meats and cultural elements on display at this food stand,” said the 52-year-old geographic information systems specialist for the Department of Energy. The 2015 Travel photo contest announces its winners and finalists 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Paradoxically, it makes us better citizens of the world, more alert to its pain, more intent on its salvation. Perspective | Art is a collective experience. It’s also a deeply private one. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

It opens up the long gallery but doesn't overpower it, as was Twombly's intent. US artist Cy Twombly creates ceiling for Louvre 2010-03-23T17:08:00Z

“Its intent is not me telling you what you should or shouldn’t do,” he said. Vince Gill weighs hard truths with emotional depth on ‘Okie’ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

From the start, McDonald’s Holiday seems intent on reinventing herself: “I’m the new Billie now, and I don’t need flowers,” she announces, disdainfully handling a box of her trademark gardenias. Review: Audra McDonald's Lady Day on HBO is a Moving Parable of Fame 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

All along, show creator Ryan Murphy argued this wasn’t his intent. Perspective | I am a former cannibalism scholar, and I finally watched ‘Dahmer’ 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

He was intent, it seemed, on conveying the narrative sway and psychological complexity of this cycle. Music Review: A Swagger and Some Bluster for the Sake of Telling Stories 2011-04-04T21:28:36Z

Saul was very intent on our meetings being formal dates, so there would be a day and time decided well in advance. First Encounters with the Art and Presence of Saul Steinberg 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

It’s a declaration of intent, a statement of profound hope. Thirteen miles with my teenager 2013-05-10T19:33:00Z

Whately’s intent was subtly religious: He wanted to mock those who questioned the evidence for Christ’s existence. Review | All the books in my 300 boxes sparked joy. The lockdown made me rethink why I was keeping them. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

"No matter how genuine or well-done it is, or how great the intent, it's very difficult for us to condone something like this that hasn't been approved by the city," Deputy Director Jim Kratsas said. Gerald Ford graffiti pops up in Michigan hometown 2012-04-10T16:12:17Z

So clear is Phoenix's intent that, even without a script or story, his character's nature is immediately evident. James Franco brings River Phoenix back to life 2011-03-07T14:34:43Z

That these rows seem to explode out of nowhere reflects the fact that the LRB doesn't behave like a magazine intent on causing conniptions in Westminster or invading tabloid territory. Hilary Mantel: not the first LRB controversy 2013-02-20T14:42:46Z

These men are ruthless at best, mass murderers at worst; one joins in the spirit of their merriment reluctantly, even though the film’s satiric intent is abundantly clear. ‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Laughing in the Graveyard of History 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

The intent was to create the illusion of troop strength or to make it seem as if an offensive would be launched in one place, when the true attack point was different. Television Review: ‘The Ghost Army,’ on PBS, About the 23rd Headquarters 2013-05-20T20:46:56Z

“Regardless of the filmmaker’s intent,” the actor and activist Kal Penn said, a movie “can offer a narrative that moves people to recognize that political choices always matter.” Hollywood Revs Up Partisan Films a Year Ahead of Election 2011-10-19T22:54:25Z

Beckinsale is the lead, a beautiful widow intent on both securing her inheritance and snagging a new husband for herself and a fresh one for her deb daughter. The 75 films we're most excited about in 2016 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

You could easily have taken up the men’s cause, too, since you’re saying her intent was to use them for cash. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend makes excuses for her roommate’s racism 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

While tough conversations — with the intent to inform and provoke change — might be new among friends and colleagues, they are not foreign to interracial romantic relationships, where support and advocacy aren’t just bonuses. For Interracial Couples, Advocacy Is a Love Language 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

But in between, there’s more ambivalence, humor, self-questioning and openly political intent. U2 Releases ‘Songs of Experience.’ Cynicism Not Included. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

How about that as a statement of intent? Little Simz’s Big Moment 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

And so she arrives in Mercury intent on breaking up his marriage, a plan she justifies to herself in the romantic language of destiny, soul mates and following your heart. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z

Still, if Mamet's narrative is more pamphlet than dramaturgy, it's unswerving in intent and word-smithery. 'Anarchist's' artful words don't make satisfying drama 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

In what is also typical of Bang on a Can, the celebration is meant more as a party in which everyone joins in rather than some great statement of intent. Bang on a Can All-Stars launch their 'Road Trip' in Hollywood, and it's a fun ride 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

Finally, its noble intent is to implant one man's vision in the mind of a vast audience. Inception: Whose Mind Is It, Anyway? 2010-07-14T22:00:00Z

Yet Liverpool is still strong on nuance, gentility and intent, and Liverpool hasn't been as quiet since the day after it was bombed. Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:24Z

While the intent is to be humorous, such cavalier treatment of the testimony implicitly discredits Heard's claims and makes light of abuse. Lance Bass mocks Amber Heard's testimony in now-deleted post, jumping on a nasty TikTok trend 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

So while I can’t speculate over a hospital’s intent, I would say this law is an abuse of regulatory authority. “The person I think I ought to be”: Meet the doctor fighting to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic 2014-05-06T12:30:00Z

“It was my statement of intent that I’m coming home. Even though I’m spending my life in New York, I’m coming home. “ After ‘The Affair,’ Ruth Wilson Hits Broadway in ‘Constellations’ 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

As the inauguration approaches, Jackie and a handful of other performers face unusual scrutiny from a divided nation intent on knowing their motives and political leanings. Juliet and Jackie Evancho, Bonding as Targets in a Trump Media Frenzy 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Yarrow and Stookey’s original intent was to write a book of individual reminiscences, but that idea was abandoned early on. Peter, Paul and Mary forever: CD, PBS special, book continue folk trio’s legacy

His face is invisible, except for a fraction of one eye that is absolutely intent upon her. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art may be almost a century and a half old, but that doesn't mean that one of the oldest art institutions in the United States isn't intent on evolving. Teaching an old Met contemporary tricks: Museum director Thomas Campbell on launching Met Breuer 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

They are for all intents and purposes comatose, incapable of producing excellent grapes. California Wine Country Rebuilds as Threats Persist 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

No formulation is perfect, but here is a good thumbnail for discussing the value of authorial intent when discussing a work: Are Ernie and Bert gay? Who gets to say? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

One of my intents was to definitely write a cookbook that people could cook from. Gabriela Cámara has had a very good year, and she's only getting started 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

But I’m alive, and I’m for all intents and purposes healthy and well. A Word With: Javier Muñoz, the New Hamilton on Broadway 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

And dangerous to the status quo, which is dedicated to policies that undermine efforts of women to act together and challenge systems intent on depriving them of their autonomy. 4 reasons America’s afraid of women with friends 2014-01-29T20:12:00Z

Many fantasy culture warriors, on the other hand, insist that they are simply defending authorial intent. Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Even if that was the intent, there is a way to write such characters without wasting their space in the story. Review: Here's the true crime of Hulu's "Candy" 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z

McCain’s office said the senator’s intent isn’t to open up the Grand Canyon to hunting. Senator pushes plan to manage Grand Canyon bison 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Even as his health waned, Meat Loaf was intent on performing live. How Meat Loaf Made a Cult Favorite: ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’ 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

We can’t figure out how it got made, its intent, the way that the media and critics responded to it, and how audience have found it and reclaimed it for themselves. Was "Showgirls" actually a failure? "You Don't Nomi" revisits the craptastic cult film we can't quit 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

In fact, the show often seems intent on embodying the very stereotypes that it claims to be dismantling. Insatiable: how offensive is Netflix's controversial new comedy? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Optimistically set at the intersection of Agatha Christie and Quentin Tarantino, “Bad Times” is a hard-boiled thriller with flashes of a horror but largely a statement of authorial intent. Review: Hard-Boiled Play in ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The series is also part of an emerging trend of Minecrafting among institutions that are intent on attracting younger visitors. Can You Save London From the Inferno of 1666? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

He has the eyes of a toddler in the throes of pure evil, intent on disobedience and destruction. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met

At their most basic, all of her stories are about women trying to hold on to themselves in a world intent on diminishing them. Review | Jennifer Weiner understands women. Her new novel, ‘That Summer,’ shows us why. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

Why are all gangsters' mothers seemingly intent on putting their sons in harm's way? The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z

Moss said she informed Ellis this week of her intent to sever ties. Howard Theatre moves to terminate contract with operator as debts mount 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, as the choreography and music play with and confront the tension between race and masculinity in dance, they seem as if they are intent on seduction. Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

You will bring raw feelings with you that will render any such acceptance insincere, even if you’re sincere in your intent. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When your spouse is unmoved by the reasons to buy instead of rent 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

The high-energy soundtrack, an overstuffed and peripatetic playlist, seems intent on conjuring some unspecific sense of “the exotic.” Review: Momix’s ‘Alice’ Is a Rabbit Hole (or 22) Too Far 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

The real story here is the gradually corrosive effect of a government that, while paying lip-service to the importance of the arts, seems intent on sleepwalking the nation towards cultural impoverishment. Arts cuts are an act of unthinking vandalism to the cultural landscape 2011-03-30T20:26:03Z

“And I realized that I was bored with myself. I was just feeling and emoting with no structure and no intent.” SZA Almost Quit Music. Now She’s a Grammys Contender. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

It was a statement of intent and a warning. A 'high-risk' year for the future of the BBC 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

I’m not convinced that the podcast’s intent is to reveal. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

“It was a sort of statement of artistic intent on my part,” he said. Viggo Mortensen Goes Off the Grid With ‘Captain Fantastic’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

And yet, there is momentum in these works: Hong Kong was always a way station for Mr. Diao’s family, which was intent on going West. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The young men from Syria in particular are intent on integrating their lives alongside their canine counterparts'. In the documentary "Stray," dogs are "walking emblems of resistance against capitalism" 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

Here he seemed unusually intent on strident epiphany: his solo on “Blues Minor,” the opener, was full of overblown notes and impassioned digressions, hard swerves out of the given key. Music Review: Big Bang?s Echoes, 50 Years Later 2011-04-22T21:52:51Z

Alyn has been judged to have had serious intent to commit suicide seven times. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

Mr. Colbert later said on his show that they were guilty of “high jinks with intent to goof.” ‘Late Show’ Staff Arrested at U.S. Capitol Complex Won’t Be Prosecuted 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

London was charged with assault with intent to injure and disorderly conduct, the report said. Police arrest 'Dazed and Confused' actor after Arizona bar fight 2013-01-30T03:57:08Z

“The court accepts Sandmann’s statement that, when he was standing motionless in the confrontation with Phillips, his intent was to calm the situation and not impede or block anyone,” the judge wrote. Judge dismisses libel suit against Washington Post brought by Covington Catholic High School student 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

The franchise’s unflagging intent on taking itself seriously is the only reason Reeves could ever dream of getting away with the latest installment, which taps into Biblical and Holocaust imagery for one final reckoning. How Planet of the Apes became a truly modern movie franchise 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Some of the ideas are new, many are not, but the intent is to develop a brief reference for the opportunities which are available. US embassy cables: How India can help stabilise Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:33Z

When I visited the region in May, intent on visiting the five distilleries included on The B-Line’s list, I chose Covington, Ky., as my home base. Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

In Tubman’s days, I know, she, too, kept her ears tuned for the sounds of people approaching: slave catchers intent on thwarting her freedom missions. Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

“My hope with China is the truer we stay to the original intent, the more it will translate viscerally beyond language.” ArtsBeat: A ‘Midsummer’ Is Headed for China 2014-04-28T12:00:05Z

He most famously weighed in against it during halftime of a Redskins-Cowboys game in 2013, telling viewers that the name is “an insult, a slur, no matter how benign the present-day intent.” Some in the news media are still offended by Redskins name, even if Indians aren’t 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

If she pushes back, then articulate your intent: “I’m not saying who or what or why — just that I notice a difference. If you’re in a good emotional place, then that’s what matters.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her daughter acts differently around boyfriend. Cause for alarm? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Prosecutors called the remaining three women to bolster their evidence of Weinstein’s intent, but did not charge him with any crimes related to them. Jurors in Weinstein's rape trial to begin deciding former producer's fate 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

But others aren't fair or misinterpret the intent behind certain scenes. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

He doesn't so much swerve a straight question – that would imply intent – as talk frustratingly around it. Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood 2010-07-12T20:30:00Z

He does so not with the intent of making the message more palatable for younger audiences, but with the sole purpose of showcasing the savagery with renewed perspective. REVIEW: Common Speaks to Chicago on New Album Nobody's Smiling 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

When Sounders season tickets first went on sale, Predmore bought six with the intent of bringing the whole crew to every game. Bill Predmore: ‘My goal is to build the best women’s club in the world’ 2013-01-31T22:13:24Z

So intent on her own arrows of great vengeance, she forgot that others might have vengeful arrows of their own … Game of Thrones recap: season four, episode nine – The Watchers on the Wall 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

For an addiction that affects around one in 12 Americans, there’s a remarkable lack of genuinely well-constructed films about the effects of alcoholism and Wilder’s intent initially wasn’t one of nobility. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Tannins that are part of a harmonious whole don’t bother me, so long as they suit the intent of the wine. For a Sweet 2020, Look to the Bitter in Wine 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

“An American Family” couldn’t really live up to its creator’s intent to strip a modern household bare, though the stilted on-camera breakup is still quite shocking. | 'Cinema Verite': The First Airing of Dirty Laundry 2011-04-21T22:02:46Z

Like Jesus — say, if Jesus were a high schooler in California — the sight of Paxton alone miraculously cures Devi’s paralysis, and she becomes intent on attracting his interest. Now on Netflix: Portraits of Grief With Unplanned Relevance 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Hederman said he began the search for Buruma’s replacement intent on naming two editors, rather than one, but with no set idea about gender. New York Review Names 2 Top Editors 5 Months After Ian Buruma’s Departure 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd lit into Trump and the Republicans at the end of the address, saying “the party, for all intents and purposes, has no principles anymore.” Trump complains of roll call coverage; nets cut speech off 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Visconti was sent 27 demos and chose 14, with the intent of pushing the band beyond its previous limits. Capsula's Bowie obsession pays off 2013-10-31T14:12:32Z

Some of the best contemporary works in the fair, the compositions here address African-American histories, and include American flags that appear ironic rather than celebratory in intent. The Art Show at the Armory: Blue-Chip Brands Show Their Best 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

What if we assume benevolent intent on the part of the visiting aliens but also postulate that they do not grasp the concepts of fiction and performance and humor? Critic?s Notebook: Science Channel Ponders ?Alien Encounters? 2012-03-19T22:13:00Z

The article, which was based on a lecture, proposed eliminating Jewish names that were indistinguishable from German ones — a sign, to Karl Puchner, of Jewish shiftiness and criminal intent. The Secret Code That Threatened Nazi Fantasies of Racial Purity 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

In opposition, Forna offers the examples of certain resilient survivors of war zones and of Jean’s foxes, who outwit the humans intent on annihilating them. When a Young Immigrant Vanishes in London, Can a Wildlife Biologist Help? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Life imitates art as two performers dupe a patron intent on abducting his favorite diva. Review: Les Arts Florissants in a Heady Mix of Cabaret and Miley Cyrus 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous, and that is exactly what it does. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Miller’s generous intent was to assist her fellow critics in figuring out which shows are eligible to be included in various year-end Top 10 lists, a task that becomes increasingly onerous with each passing year. “Sorry for Your Loss,” an honest and real show about grief, actually uses Facebook for good 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

“My days of doing comedy and stand-up comedy are, to all intents and purposes, finished.” Worcester playwright hopes for success in debut 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Thinking it would be their last, he was intent on loving it. An Intensely Personal Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

The film tells an engrossing cat-and-mouse story — of Landis, who flouts convention with his forgeries, and Matthew Leininger, a former museum registrar, who is intent on catching him breaking some law. 'Art and Craft': The life and times of Mark Landis, devoted forger 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Basualdo is especially intent on claiming Mr. Pistoletto as a forerunner of interactive art and relational aesthetics, starting with the way the mirrored surfaces reflect their surroundings, viewers and all. Art Review: Reflections on the Self and the Wider World 2010-12-16T23:33:38Z

The club was a mix of professional and amateur camera enthusiasts intent on exploring photography's fine-art possibilities. 'Shadows of a Fleeting World' reveals a hidden chapter in Seattle's cultural history 2011-03-12T02:27:00Z

Yet of course there was never really a period of time when giants and dragons lived with zombie “white walkers” who were intent on destroying humanity. Reveling in the darkness: “True Detective,” “Game of Thrones” and the missing critique in TV’s cult of gritty realism 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

What the Annies lose there they gain in fuller, more ambitious arrangements: prowling, lusty opener I Feel a Sin Comin' On is a particularly bold statement of intent. Pistol Annies: Annie Up – review 2013-05-16T21:01:07Z

Three men, ages 39, 20 and 19, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs and are still in custody, according to the Great Manchester PD. UK police seize more than $600G worth of drugs hidden in pizza boxes  2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

Police say there is no current evidence to suggest Parfeni was acting with “terrorist intent.” Man breaches security at Boston's Logan airport, climbs into plane's cargo hold 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

In another, a wisteria in flower and other vines seem to be intent on pulling the house down, like rapacious tropical lianas. An artist captures the ‘ghost voices’ of abandoned houses 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

The niece, Sabrina Owens, wrote a letter to her lawyer on Thursday announcing her “intent to resign,” which was submitted in probate court the same day. Aretha Franklin’s Estate Still Unsettled as Executor Resigns 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

"These videos fully understand the intent of the song, and I am relieved that these films exist. " Morrissey 'parts company' with label 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

He was known in particular for his technical virtuosity, the beauty and flexibility of his tone and a deep musical understanding that was rooted in his fealty to the composer’s original intent. Jacob Lateiner, Pianist and Scholar, Dies at 82 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z

Filing the intent to sue back in November, Bennett reportedly requested $3.5 million in damages from "the intentional infliction of emotional distress, lost wages, assault and battery." Asia Argento, sexual assault accuser and accused: One #MeToo story doesn’t cancel out the other 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Really, she is suspicious, and intent on solving the lingering “mystery” of Perry’s death. “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Reviewed: Meryl, Meryl, Meryl 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

Executives at People's parent company, Time Inc., had made known their intent to launch the brand's iPad extension in early August. People magazine iPad app delayed by paparazzi 2010-08-18T07:53:00Z

It was a thought exercise more than a declaration of intent, but striking to hear from a presumed lifer at the top of his game. The War on Drugs Can’t Stop Searching for Answers in the Music 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

As a result, the bureau concluded it didn’t “have much on the intent side.” Two Candidates, Two Investigations, One Deeply Flawed Agency 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Yet even when this show is like a snake intent on swallowing its own tail, it still fizzes with ideas, explodes with verbal dexterity, and invites the audience to bring their imaginations to the table. As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-14T14:49:07Z

Just as you can’t libel the dead, you can’t ascribe intent to them; especially if, like Maier, they didn’t leave a will or outline their wishes to any intimates or have intimates. ‘Vivian Maier Developed,’ an Intimate Biography of a Very Private Photographer 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Difficult..... when the intent is obviously to bring it all with you. Upscale Food and Gear Bring Campsite Cooking Out of the Wild 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

Lately, however, Tolstoy and Flaubert have had stiff competition on the self-harm front, thanks to women novelists intent on exploring their female characters’ propensity to act out their unhappiness on their bodies. Heroines of Self-Hate 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z

The Big C's apparent intent – and, having wallowed in the first two episodes over the weekend, its success – is finally to bring cancer out of the closet and into popular culture. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

Many American artists seem more intent on furthering their celebrity than using their positioning and opportunity to express any discontent.” Pussy Riot on Trial: The Case Against the Anti-Putin Feminist Rockers 2012-07-31T12:00:36Z

Monse, with Martin, the gardener, saw us to the door, helped with bags and, contrary to their intent, made it that much harder to leave. On Mexico’s coast, skip the resort and rent a house for an immersive vacation experience 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

"A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z

Fun Home was about a man so intent on squelching his internal life that it backed up and overflowed in the form of decor, a tortured soul made manifest in flocked wallpaper and carved mahogany. Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel – review 2012-05-24T08:00:02Z

From an early age, Lomasko was intent on becoming an artist. Listening to Ordinary Russians by Drawing Them One by One 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

The drama revolves around their mission to save the camp — based on Showalter's own Camp Mohawk in the Berkshires — from a totally ominous, totally impossible government conspiracy intent on destroying it. Michael Showalter on the Mature Side of Wet Hot American Summer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

The protagonists were patrician stalwarts of the British aristocracy who, moved by a sense of duty to empire and the old order, were intent on delivering civilisation from the Devil's icy fingers. Truly, fangs ain't what they used to be 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z

“Mr. Sanders lit off the fireworks while a friend was proposing marriage. There was no intent to cause panic to theatre patrons,” police wrote on Facebook. Fireworks at New Jersey marriage proposal prompts evacuation of theater: 'This was a very poor decision' 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

His series, Horizonville, records his interaction with the local community, many of whom seem intent on creating their own American heartland in rural Switzerland. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2011 ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:19Z

The puppies, of course, were incontinent, for all intents and purposes. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z

It’s a fundamental attribution error: If you’re part of “us,” your aims are noble and your misdeeds are innocent mistakes; if you’re part of “them,” your misdeeds are proof of evil intent. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Raise a child, not a gender 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

No matter how you say their name, disco-punk agitators !!! are intent on making Block Party dance. Capitol Hill Block Party 2010: the preview 2010-07-20T18:37:00Z

In an opening scene set in Paris in 1932, McPhee voices frustration with Western classical music and declares his intent to return to Bali. Music Review: Moved by Music of the Tropics, A Composer Moves to Them 2010-10-16T01:00:00Z

It’s both over-the-top and, one suspects, futile in intent: a proclamation, a faith that, boldly staged though it is, may be hollow. At Kucera Gallery: Mark Calderon, Sherry Markovitz 2013-05-30T19:45:07Z

“It was my original intent to record this uncomfortable situation because I felt it was wrong,” he says. Airlines aren’t clear about their photography policies 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

“Yeah, baby! Thank you. That’s what I’m talking about,” she said, as she began to gyrate and sing along: “Sitting on a park bench/Eyeing little girls with bad intent.” Rita Wilson Takes Over a Record Store 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

But this distinction doesn’t quite work because everyone here was pretty intent upon making a modern art of some kind. Art Review: ‘American Legends: Calder to O’Keeffe’ at Whitney Museum 2012-12-27T22:56:49Z

Matthew McConaughey makes Rust’s power of insight eerie and powerful; he’s coiled and intent like a snake in a charmer’s basket. True Detective Watch: Seeing Things 2014-01-20T10:30:16Z

Despite the inn’s romantic, luxurious ambience, Ms. Roberts said her intent was not to detract from the town’s place in America’s history but to complement it. Nora Roberts Sparks Up Maryland?s Civil War Country 2010-04-29T22:12:00Z

Fish who are thoughtlessly kept alone in tiny bowls — that’s no good either, but the intent is often ignorant or benign. One photographer’s mission to change the way we look at animals 2013-12-28T21:00:00Z

And, intent on a broader political mission, that history devotes unusual attention to women’s suffrage and the treatment of American Indians. Exhibition Review: An Unseen Evil Still Ensnaring Countless Souls 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z

Bruguera's intent was to stage a similar happening in Havana's Revolution Square on Tuesday, in the wake of the U.S.-Cuba diplomatic thaw. Cuban artist Tania Bruguera released but detained again 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Surprisingly, its flames are being fanned by Gypsies themselves, a youthful cohort intent on exploring the heritage and, often as not, complicit in spinning that heritage into a commodity. Joining the Caravan: The Gypsy Aesthetic Gains in Popularity on Runways and Streets 2012-07-11T21:27:14Z

Her intent becomes clear: to imagine an archive, or dream a structure, in which her story can live, surrounded by literary trappings—epigraphs, prologue—that lend it legitimacy. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

For Mr. Davis, it is even more important to know a dance’s intent than its music. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z

Pitiless in its intent, and hopeless in its sense of sorrowful dereliction, “The Dark and the Wicked” fully earns its horrifically distressing final scenes. ‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Review: Home, but Not Alone 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

But Wolf Trap is intent on avoiding altercations between connected and off-the-grid audience members. Distracted Diva: The Second Screen Goes to the Opera 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

It was a complicated sell at the GOP's annual retreat here as Boehner faced rambunctious lawmakers still intent on changing how Washington does business. John Boehner pleads for unity at GOP retreat 2012-01-21T04:56:00Z

It turned out that many banks, on a very large scale, and without any disclosure, had created and sold securities with the intent of betting on their failure. ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z

So much that does not fit the intent of the article is ignored. In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes, they’re the sole inhabitants of their very limited universe. Review: A Fantasy Town Builds a Wall Against Time in ‘Ballyturk’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

Of the 80 who began with the intent of completing the trip, 37 hiked the entire nation, while many more, like myself, had done a significant part of the journey. Perspective | I crossed the U.S. on foot with a group of strangers 40 years ago. It was one of the best decisions of my life. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

Ruckus’s constant lunging eventually dislodged the tethering post and he flew at Rick, teeth bared and intent on committing grievous bodily harm. When "man’s best friend" feels more hate than love for an owner 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

He is so intent on shielding kids from the tennis burnout that has eaten up many promising careers that the program will also have the kids playing soccer and other nonracket sports. Can John McEnroe's Tennis Academy Lift U.S. Talent? 2010-08-30T09:00:00Z

This movie seems intent on persuading you that the answer is “no.” Review: It’s Called ‘Life Itself,’ and Yet Everyone’s Dead 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Olive oil is, for all intents and purposes, probably one of the biggest staples in most kitchens worldwide. Extreme heat is now affecting one of your cooking must-haves: Olive oil 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z

His alcoholic father becomes a resident at the nursing home, while a new employee seems intent on disrupting the facility’s pleasant routines. Netflix’s ‘Derek’ returns, handled with tender, loving care

Last year, California enacted a law to make it disorderly conduct to distribute an image taken with “a reasonable expectation of privacy” “with the intent to cause serious emotional distress.” The end of “revenge porn”: Legal challenges mean consequences for creeps 2014-01-30T19:53:00Z

Shipps pleaded guilty in November to one count of transporting a girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct. Ex-Michigan music professor gets prison on child sex charges 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

I promised myself that I would write down every word, true to her intent. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z

Overall, the spackle holding “Rebel Heart” together is the fact that Madonna is still intent on making dance music — perhaps for a dance floor that now exists only in her imagination. Be still, the unseemly beating of Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

Astrophysicist Felix Humble returns there from Cambridge following his father's death to find that his mother Flora has already dispensed with his father's bees and is intent on marrying neighbour George Pye. Theatre picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:12:00Z

At New College, Oxford, he did no work whatsoever and left after his first year, intent on becoming a journalist. Michael Burn obituary 2010-09-23T16:57:00Z

Pop culture seems intent on taking us back to a time of urban grit and crime. In 'A Most Violent Year,' Oscar Isaac's brutal struggles 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

True, the letters no longer arrive, but to all intents and purposes, life remains a sort of odd status quo. Why I’m tempted to contact my late nan on Facebook 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Wood seems too intent on speaking with a credible Romanian accent to be able to express erotic passion. The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman – first look review 2013-01-23T17:14:22Z

It is as if an undeclared war is going on among Turkey's richest families, each intent on assembling the best and most expensive collections of art. Istanbul diary: Golden Horn's oligarchs return Turkey to crossroads of culture 2010-08-31T13:00:00Z

In 2003’s “Wrong Turn” and its four sequels, the last of which appeared in 2012, the Appalachians are inbred cannibals intent on nothing more than devouring the flesh of city people. Deliver me from “Deliverance”: Finally, a Hollywood movie gets Appalachian people right 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Not to mention, it’s a laughable barrier to infidelity; every day brings opportunities to stray, whether by chance, familiarity or intent, among friends, in the community or at work. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The ‘Billy Graham rule’ serves only to impede careers, not cheating 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

O’Connell — Didi, to her intimates — is petite and nimble, with a queenly nimbus of red hair and a default expression, offstage anyway, of intent curiosity. She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Well, she’s a restless sort, more intent on finding herself than hanging on to her lovers. | 'Fish Eye': Friends With Entanglements, Hoping for Benefits 2011-06-10T23:40:01Z

Today, his legacy is overseen by the patient and intent horticulturist Franco Caretti. Paradise found: Lago Maggiore, the ‘Eden of Italy‘ 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

“People who are so intent on being liked may not have the fortitude to do the right thing — or the tough thing.” Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.” Chick-fil-A starts a culture war 2012-07-23T21:20:00Z

As the Seattle Symphony hit that point during Tuesday’s concert at Carnegie Hall, Adams closed his eyes, his expression intent. Seattle Symphony and ‘Ocean’ play to adoring crowd at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-08T00:33:04Z

That’s not much of a surprise, as the company’s latest revival seems intent on sticking to the jersey dress formula. On the Runway: Halston's Disco Revival 2011-02-16T00:43:04Z

Their intent was no different from that of any contemporary writer: to reflect on who we are and how we live. Missing the point of the reality of fiction 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

The result was a kind of sophisticated modern sparkle from the soloist cutting through a forceful orchestra with the skill of a master sushi chef intent on cultivating the subtle flavor of freshness. Beethoven speaks, boldly, with help from a French pianist in his Hollywood Bowl debut 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

That book, set in the 1930s, tells the story of the feisty Jane Hubble Kinneson, a woman intent on protecting the family's beloved mountain from encroaching development. 'Walking to Gatlinburg': Close calls and quirky characters along the Underground Railroad 2010-04-06T22:36:00Z

The Great Intelligence is an alien being intent on – you guessed it - world domination, but being amorphous, it controls shaggy Yeti robots. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z

The group have since written more works of historical , all with political intent, including 54, set in Europe and the US in the 1950s, and Manituana, set in the 18th century. Altai by Wu Ming – review 2013-06-01T08:02:25Z

But growing the festival remains a challenge of both intent and design. Festivals thrive and grow by remaining unique 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

There isn’t much originality in the repetitive movement vocabulary, but Mr. Dundervill seems to be more intent on exploring choreographic structures and transferring the texture of his designs, abstractly yet not opaquely, into space. Dance Review: Geometry in Motion, With Costumes 2011-02-17T23:16:24Z

Making a documentary, the intent behind those is to humanize the experience or the process of making music. Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters horror movie ‘Studio 666,’ emotional weight of Seattle returns 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

Jenner paused and then answered: “For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.” Civilities: Bruce Jenner: “Have an open mind and an open heart” 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

A solo female pop artist from Brazil has never become a star in North America, but Anitta’s team and label are intent on making it happen — and it shows. Can a Brazilian Pop Star Crack the U.S. Market? Anitta Says Yes. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

An uproar ensued, at which point I whipped out my BlackBerry and proposed I look up the origin of the dessert and ascertain the founders' original intent. Googling at dinner? Sometimes it's OK 2010-12-12T16:40:00Z

Most pieces in the show are oil/acrylic-on-canvas, peppered with vinyl lettering — and that lettering is at the heart of Laffoley’s intent. Paul Laffoley ’s ‘Bauharoque ’: deep thoughts, pretty to look at 2013-04-18T21:49:50Z

You were very intent on making it an experimental band, of using what you learned in the avant-garde world in a rock context. Q. and A.: With John Cale in Paris and Along the Borderline 2013-01-15T15:30:12Z

Megan has recently given birth to her first child when she discovers a new resident in her home: the ghost of a famous children’s author, intent on settling scores with a manipulative former lover. New in Paperback: ‘How Beautiful We Were’ and ‘The Cult of We’ 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

He seemed as intent on bringing forward the singing lines here as in his "Otello" the night before. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z

That wasn’t Newman’s intent, nor was this a conventional religious commission, as he assured the world in a statement published in Art Forum. Perspective | Barnett Newman’s ‘Stations of the Cross’ draws pilgrims to the National Gallery 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Pelley is so intent on playing down the personality aspect of the anchor role, he had to be talked out of taking his name off the title of the evening news broadcast. Brian Williams' departure from 'NBC Nightly News' marks the end of the almighty anchor 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The young songwriter eventually outgrew Juárez, and, intent on making a name for himself, moved to Mexico City. Postscript: The Festive Genius of Juan Gabriel, 1950-2016 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Advertising agencies who bought time on "Nightly News" expressed unhappiness that they were being charged for the overnight viewers when their intent was to reach those watching in the evening. 'NBC Nightly News' No. 2 in ratings, a first since Brian Williams suspended 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

He asks, “Can a company as intent upon domination as Amazon really understand this perspective — and adapt that morality to the screen?” ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’: The Reviews Are in 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Though the book is a sequel, readers need not be familiar with the backstory between a major Mexican drug king and the DEA agent intent on taking him down to appreciate the new volume. How to Write a Novel About the Bloody War on Drugs 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

In her screen debut, Lansbury needed only a few scenes to earn an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress, which speaks to the suggestive potency of her performance as a young maid of dubious intent. Angela Lansbury’s Greatest Roles: A Streaming Guide 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

Sautner agreed with Meyers that Lohan showed intent to keep the necklace, and said that she thought Lohan's conduct probably warranted a felony. Lohan quickly released from jail in theft case 2011-04-23T10:57:09Z

It also staggers with A&R trappings so substantial, so obvious, that even the cover feels like an undersell of its longing intent. Review | Like most sequels, ‘Savage Mode II’ is an underwhelming blockbuster 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

“I think the people that are inflamed and upset about its production are people who are intent about trying to control their message. By canceling it, the Met has yielded to that intimidation.” ‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Even though it is the opposite of your stated intent, you and your husband seem to be letting his father’s money control you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Where there is a will, there is no way 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

The darkened wood, the hooded stranger, the soup served at dinner hide only briefly a more sinister intent. Marisa Silver's 'Little Nothing' is fierce, mysterious fairy tale 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Her job, as she saw it, was to embody the intent of composer and lyricist through careful, simultaneous attention to all these things. Barbara Lea, Interpreter of American Popular Songs, Dies 2012-01-02T00:44:30Z

Over the years, I’ve moved more towards following the emotional intent of the comic in places, to generate the feeling I had reading the stories, knowing we’d remix aspects to get there. Scott M. Gimple on ‘The Walking Dead’ and What Those Zombies Are Really Eating 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

You get the sense that Breen’s intent here was to simultaneously direct, act and do the catering. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

The music is youthful and intent on making an impression. Music Review | Yannick N?zet-S?guin: Youthful Intensity, Onstage and in the Program 2010-02-19T04:51:00Z

In the final movement, the players relaxed into the piece’s complexity, its romance caught in a swirl of vexed intent. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

The stated intent of "Waxtaan" is to "parody presidents, ministers, politicians, and other people of power" and to "petition for excellence, generosity, solidarity." Suits and ties take over from African robes in Compagnie Jant-Bi's 'Waxtaan' 2010-10-08T19:44:00Z

Mr. Mann and Mr. Milch make it clear that they were intent on jamming some big ideas onto a small screen. Television: HBO?s ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman 2012-01-25T15:29:12Z

All were intent on distancing themselves from an art world establishment defined by gestural expressionism. The Joy of Reading Between Agnes Martin’s Lines 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Singing in a deep, smoky murmur punctuated by the errant Gypsy shout, she made every phrase feel ripe with sensuous intent. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z

If Live Arts is the mall, her work is the merchandise, a framework she seems intent on thwarting. Review: ‘xgzdiiiiiicdiirrwjfffffffff (pronounced grief).’ Not a Typo. 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

“We have no intent to sell,” said Robert E. Goldman, a lawyer for Monsignor Garvey’s family. Family and Church Feud Over an Eakins 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

It’s unfortunate that in advanced adulthood these siblings are still intent on playing at happy families, and insulting you by failing to include you in their wider family circle. My partner’s daughter didn’t invite me to her birthday 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Supporters claim that these infractions, although they may look terrible, are not criminal in nature or intent. Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy return to their superhero roles for a third time in "Apocalypse" — opening Friday — to face the threat of an ancient mutant, intent on destroying the world. 'X-Men' packs a punch for Lawrence and McAvoy 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Yet Davis, unwilling to conceive earnestness of purpose without sternness of mien, reduces the role of Jesus to intent glowering. “Mary Magdalene,” Reviewed: A Sludgy, Trivial Attempt at Revisionist Christian History 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

“Look at it like, ‘What is the soul or what is the intent of this space?’ ” says Lapan. A D.C. record cafe where music fans can find their groove 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Was this for her own self-edification or was there good intent? Perspective | Ask Amy: Are distracted in-laws a safe bet with small children? 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

But the last episode seemed most intent on shrugging at his own impact while taking the wind out of some of the myriad tributes that have been written in recent days. Final 'Colbert Report': Colbert confers self immortality, sings 'We'll Meet Again' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

They watch a soloist in the center or an encounter that looks like an aestheticized scuffle, combining the weight-sharing of contact improvisation with more aggressive intent. Review: BalletBoyz Get Ready to Rumble 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

If creators have the intent to do hand-drawn animation, there certainly will be opportunities for them to do that. Hayao Miyazaki isn't making features but is at work on manga 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

But in 2020, a braying satire of failure would be crass and too close to the reality we're intent on tuning out; besides we wanted the comfort of the familiar. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

After the war, intent on a career in acting, he joined a repertory company in York and met his future wife, the actor Elizabeth Benson, during a stage tour. Douglas Argent obituary 2010-12-06T17:59:00Z

Every minute is charged with tension, and one senses that scenes were shaped with the intent to scandalize rather than enlighten. ‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

As well as a fiesta of lies, counterclaims, corruption and criminal intent, The People vs OJ Simpson is, most importantly, a riot of outstandingly unrealistic hair. Hair-raising stuff! A wig-by-wig analysis of The People vs OJ Simpson 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Actaeon had no intent when he saw Diana unclothed; He nonetheless fell prey to his own hounds. Opera: At Brooklyn Academy of Music: Retelling Actaeon?s Tragic End 2010-03-16T22:42:00Z

Rodhouse said there was some intelligence from social networking sites and elsewhere that gangs were intent on causing trouble during the carnival. Notting Hill carnival to be policed by record number of officers 2011-08-23T17:50:59Z

While the intents of the three producers were somewhat similar, they achieved their goals through different methods. You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

"While our intent is to inspire and engage with a new generation of American mahjong players, we recognize our failure to pay proper homage to the game's Chinese heritage," the company said. Mahjong Line apologizes after cultural appropriation accusations 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Those who can’t forget receive a visit from the Memory Police, who enforce the disappearances by carting off families and eliminating contraband while betraying no signs of their intent. ‘Read Receipts’ On: Two Dystopian Novels Predict the Surveillance State 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

But the fact that they are willing to honestly evaluate and report on their history shows the larger intent of the organization to own up and move forward. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

“As the jokes and bon mots and aphorisms fly past, the book is anchored in soliloquies that wear their intent and erudition lightly.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Hutchinson wanted to demonstrate mainly that the accusation of "stealing", in the form of larceny in this instance, would need proof of criminal intent to sell or keep the work. How Goya's Duke of Wellington was stolen 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z

There is a case to be made that the minimalism of “Requiem Canticles” is false modesty for a composer well aware of his gigantic importance, and Dudamel was intent on giving grandeur its due. The draw of Yuja Wang and Bartók brings surprising consequences 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Albert, of recruitment age at last, joins the army, intent on finding his beloved horse. Review | This summer: Audiobooks that make you feel like you’re on a vacation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

“My intent when I started my line wasn’t to do custom work, but my clients are asking for it more and more,” Ms. Ross said. Bespoke Jewelry, Made With You in Mind 2013-08-14T23:15:36Z

But Mr. Rattle seemed more intent on conveying the music’s character with genuine spontaneity. Music Review: Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-26T21:18:46Z

Not so in the updated version, where Colin Farrell seems intent on destroying Charlie, his mother and his girlfriend by blowing up their friggin' house and riding away on a motorcycle. The four things horror movie remakes get wrong 2011-08-17T15:59:00Z

He is intent above all at exposing the ugly face of authority and the harrowing facts of poverty and humiliation. Movie Review: ‘For No Good Reason’ Looks at Ralph Steadman and His Work 2014-04-24T23:19:54Z

What she is is a handmaiden of a process that, since the 1960s, has been intent on customising feminism and turning it into a servant of the marketplace. Is Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg really the new face of feminism? 2013-03-17T00:05:51Z

The man sent Spacey a letter, asking him to meet in person with the intent of mentorship. Kevin Spacey accuser testifies actor forced oral sex on him: "I believe I was drugged" 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z

This is, bizarrely, a rare experience at tasting counters, where chefs are often intent on intricacies of plating. A Rare Treat on Delancey Street: A Chef Who Cooks for You 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Naomi, intent on both her missing sister and the increasingly vulnerable Celia, too often seems merely diligent than indefatigable. Review | In her new novel, Rene Denfeld draws on her experience as a homeless teen 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The intent is not to be political or partisan, said Lauren Sliter, who runs the marketing department at Dictionary.com and writes the Twitter feed. Move Over, Wikipedia. Dictionaries Are Hot Again. 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

One reviewer praises a novel intent on fighting against poaching in Africa... Reader reviews roundup 2013-01-11T14:39:33Z

Though the director's intent is not to offer social commentary, it's jarring to think of Godard's "children of Marx and Coca-Cola" in this context of privilege. 'Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' plays better as 'Her,' 'Him' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

“It is a ‘weather safari’ with the intent to see and photograph natural phenomena.” Twister tales: stormchasing in Tornado Alley, Oklahoma 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

She’s a bold girl wearing nothing but a pair of silver hoops, looking mildly humorous and intent, waiting for some college kid to finally get his kit off, brave the waves, and kiss her. The sudden, gruesome opening of "Jaws" 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

It’s a system that, whatever Pared’s intent, seems to prioritize desperation and urgency for both management and labor. Apps have turned restaurant work into a gig-economy hustle. Here’s how one cook chases a paycheck. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

But in coaxing out dreamier, almost Impressionist undercurrents, he seemed intent on connecting this early work with Carter’s second landmark piano composition, “Night Fantasies,” completed in 1980. Music Review: Taka Kigawa, Playing Carter and Zorn at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-08-28T21:38:52Z

The premise of a new play about Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev may sound like biting political satire, but the intent is just the opposite. Kazakh leader is made hero of allegorical play 2011-11-24T14:02:17Z

He moved in whorls on alto saxophone, his face wide open — both blank and intent — as if he were in the midst of a harrowing revelation. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The songs linger and then lurch, skip beats or add them; they move at their own wayward pace, sure of their intent. How Much Instability Is Too Much? 2010-12-10T01:26:00Z

With his casuistry, Whitman seems intent on convincing himself, more than anyone, that this health regimen will work. Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

But a different segment of these politicized children’s books had a serious intent for woke children. Analysis | 11 trends that changed the way we read this decade 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

They seem very intent on people being aware of our film. Seth Rogen and Seth Rogen on Playing Ancestral Homies 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

A half-dozen years ago, Ms. Muaddi, who is of Jordanian and Romanian descent, traveled to the Riviera del Brenta near Venice to work alongside local artisans, intent on mastering every facet of her craft. Her Fans Want to Walk in Her Shoes 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

The canals, as built, never followed Olmsted’s exact blueprint, but they are certainly faithful to his intent, full of sinuous curves. Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z

She wrote, “Taking down and completely removing the mural is not with the purpose of destroying art or covering up necessary conversations, but with the intent of giving Black students room to heal.” Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit. 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

The economically disenfranchised of all races and ethnicities, it turns out, have a good deal in common, which is the reason politicians and corporate bosses are so intent on stoking conflicts and inflaming resentments. Who are these Trump voters? For a thoughtful portrait, turn to playwright Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

But faced with a leader who now seems fully intent on destabilizing the global order, engaging an artist unapologetically aligned with him could fairly be seen as a step too far. Putin’s Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Days before, though, Mouawad remained intent on sifting through the chaos. With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

And into this dire situation came a new generation intent on glamourising their lives, which some likened to dancing on the deck of the Titanic. It's Blitz: Birth of the New Romantics 2010-05-14T23:37:00Z

Such telltales of a feminist reading are not merely opportune; they are accurate to Shaw’s intent. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

“Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity,” the statement said. Frank Ocean Pulls Out of Coachella, Citing Leg Injury 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Setting aside the fact that this “Lost in Space” is unforgivably predictable, badly written and slow as Christmas, it also suffers from a lack of clear intent: Is it meant for kids and teenagers, mainly? Review | ‘Lost in Space’ is adrift in that vast area between shows for kids and shows for grown-ups 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

Instead, he’s intent on expanding the universe of the Jurassic franchise. Jurassic World sequel won't just take place on an island 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a formulaic treatment that seems intent on not making waves. Review: In ‘Graves,’ a Politician Goes From Red to Blue to Gruff and Gray 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

And obviously there are humans, familiar faces to Charlie who is in a world with foreign creatures, raging monsters and a masquerading stoman intent on ruling the beautiful and fair world of Bellonia. Keeper of the Realms: Crow's Revenge by Marcus Alexander - review 2013-02-22T12:00:00Z

It posits that when you focus on your intent, you are influencing the numbers. What Is Randonautica Really About? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

If you can wade through the Lone Ranger references and lyrical acrobatics, there's a half-decent melody here intent on getting its hooks into your grey matter. This week's new tracks 2013-01-05T00:06:14Z

His site currently stocks seven models, from $37.49 to $62.49, which the site states are “sold with the express intent to be used with legal herbs and oils for aromatherapy purposes.” Noticed: Vaporizers Put to Use With Marijuana 2011-10-05T22:45:46Z

But they are so intent on gloating that they miss an opportunity for mutual understanding and promote new stereotypes instead. Why Trump Voters Supported Trump 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Davis was also intent on giving him a rich home life, but without children. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

But he has always appeared a prime candidate for the role of the Poet in “La Sonnambula” — brooding, intent, a man of both heart and soul. New Faces (and Bodies) in Classic Roles at New York City Ballet 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

We want to be different, but, as evidenced in the majority of tweets, we do not know how to respect differences and expose them without malicious intent. 'Black people activities' versus 'white people activities'? Give me a break 2013-03-10T15:40:37Z

In a joint statement, the two declared: “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.” Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Courtroom Face-Off: An Explainer 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

The institution celebrates that group, of course, but it is more intent on exploring its past and its people’s experience as a part of English history. Museum Review: Where the Jewish Star Meets the Union Jack 2010-03-16T22:18:00Z

Charming without being laugh-out-loud funny, Magic in the Moonlight seems more intent on casting its own spell than going for the jugular. Magic in the Moonlight: Woody Allen's film is as airy as they come – first look review 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

In their own way and to varying degrees of success, each struggles with how best to showcase her as a singular artist while expanding our understanding of a woman so intent on privacy. Aretha Franklin and the Futility of Trying to Portray Her Onscreen 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

So, we tried to keep the energy of that intent and transport it to another part of the world where these things happen. Inside Chris Hemworth's intense, 12-minute action sequence in Netflix's "Extraction" 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent," a Los Angeles police spokesman said. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z

What was your intent in depicting the dynamic between them? "Every Day in Kaimuki" filmmakers on questioning contentment: "Are you happy or is this just easy?" 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

“For all intents and purposes I am a woman,” he said. “Have an open mind and an open heart”: Bruce Jenner’s incredible Diane Sawyer interview 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

He quoted the 2005 law's sponsor, Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, as saying that the idea filtering was acceptable if it required copyright infringement "should be rejected as counter to legislative intent or technological necessity." Hollywood studios win ruling over VidAngel family-friendly filters 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

She’s intent on parsing that lettuce from various viewpoints and testing the properties of lithography. ‘Hedda Sterne: Printed Variations’ Review: Elevating the Everyday 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

"Doing so would be contrary to the law and the Legislature's intent." New York’s bars, restaurants and distillers say they’re suffering from the abrupt end of to-go cocktails 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Paes is so intent on joining their company, presumably to feature globally known attractions like Ipanema Beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain and Maracanã Stadium, that he offered to “pay 100 percent of the production.” ArtsBeat: Rio de Janeiro Makes Woody Allen an Offer 2013-08-19T19:15:07Z

They were so intent on listening to this play. Of Booze, Brutal Honesty and Family: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

She’s more intent on capturing the delirium of Eva’s present than examining the past, so she lets the story fragment and wander. About a (Bad) Boy 2011-12-08T13:15:55Z

But she and her actors are more intent on understanding the pathological family dynamics from the universal perspective of tragedy. Alfred Molina, Jane Kaczmarek and the slow burn of a 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

I maintain that it is the feeling of being bullied rather than intent. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

Removing the president may be the elephant in the room of American politics, but they’re intent to call out that it’s there. Few politicians are talking about removing the president — but two TV shows are 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

“If you have a gallery or museum that is full of white bodies, how can you fully speak to the practice and the intent of the work?” Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market That Holds Them Back 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

But until relatively recently, when classical players and composers began to embrace the instrument’s full patrimony — popular and classical — musicians intent on establishing the guitar’s classical bona fides often showed a prickly defensiveness. Critic?s Notebook: Marathon at 92nd St. Y to Wrap Up Guitar Festival 2012-01-26T23:38:46Z

A brief statement of intent can be helpful. Oscars 2013: I'd like to thank my agent, the Academy, and Harvey Weinstein 2013-02-19T16:00:45Z

For Jennifer it didn’t sound like a business so much as a vocation, and the intent tenderness of her compassion quite disarmed me. How to get through chemotherapy: Decca Aitkenhead on cancer treatment 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

“To me the weirdo experimental version of my play is more forgivable because it’s such a clear and deliberate departure from my intent as a writer,” he said. You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

She lingered for about 30 minutes, greeting well-wishers among the few dozen remaining guests, who seemed intent on staying until the very last of the hamburgers were served. Inside the 2020 Oscar Parties 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

In the print series known as “The Disasters of War,” he is a virtuoso of violence: shading it, savoring it, prodding it toward us with blunt intent. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The museum becomes, for all intents and purposes, a maximum-security art vault. It’s 2 a.m. at the Louvre, and You’re Hanging With Leonardo 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

There’s patent trolling, the practice of holding onto broad patents with the intent of suing companies that use similar technology rather than actually making the product yourself. Chuck D, the N-word and the Problem With Trolling 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

He said he is intent on “completely changing the DNA of the company.” After the Apologies, Restaurants Struggle to Change 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Part of that is that he writes with the intent of achieving some sort of natural speech rhythms. ‘I Savor Everything’: A Soprano’s Star Turn at the Met Opera 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

At the end of Season 1 Jamie’s abuse was unflinching and brutal in ways that perhaps contradicted its intent. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

Amy Feldman’s small New York debut at Blackston is an exception; its four largish paintings, for all their ostensible simplicity, are satisfying as well as knowing, intent on not simply repeating the past. Art In Review: AMY FELDMAN: ‘Dark Selects’ 2012-07-12T21:29:21Z

“What was their intent when they built this synagogue?” Spare Times for Children for Aug. 10-16 2012-08-10T04:40:09Z

In one study, the intent to vaccinate rose from 49 percent to 70 percent after doctors gave families educational literature about the vaccine. Should doctors withhold bad news? 2012-06-07T15:20:00Z

Others are intent on placating their political critics. Perspective | What’s a journalist supposed to be now — an activist? A stenographer? You’re asking the wrong question. 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

Andrew Maxwell The Lights Are On Assembly, George Square, Until 19 August His opening remarks, about the recent riots, are a declaration of intent: Maxwell won't be dodging the big issues. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z

“Our intent isn’t to spread misinformation, and we have clearly articulated journalistic standards and ethics.” Perspective | Pro-Trump voices have Mark Zuckerberg’s ear. Is that why Facebook undermines liberal news sites? 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

It's clear that while much of the focus is on the fighting, the intent was to ratchet up the story too. In 'Transformers: Age of Extinction,' things get Bayed — big time

More than a year into her two-year sentence, Alyokhina says prison authorities in Berezniki's Prison Colony No 28 are intent on setting fellow inmates against her by imposing draconian security rules on the whole colony. Pussy Riot member 'upbeat' despite hunger strike 2013-05-29T15:57:21Z

If only the Indian government had been able to tell the difference between those intent on innocent travel and those bent on trade, trafficking and trouble, and had issued visas to bona fide visitors. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z

The 21 stories in “I Know You Know Who I Am” contain countless liars, all intent on portraying themselves in the way they feel they should be seen. Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

But even that thread feels only a halfhearted stab at darker intent; the playwright’s own magic is marshaled for a more magnanimous end. Ethan McSweeny’s “Tempest” casts a bright, uplifting spell 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Raes is among a band of scientists intent on building a reference database of the microbes found in different people, in different parts of the body and in different places in the world. My life as a guinea pig for science 2013-07-27T23:05:16Z

While there is an intent to delight a listener — “I’m not entertaining by accident!” Revisiting a Composer’s Psychedelic Lewis Carroll Music 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Fox’s intent to devise appointment TV shows with about a dozen episodes at a time aligned well with Mr. Gordon’s interests. Fox to Bring Back ‘24’ and Jack Bauer 2013-05-13T22:00:53Z

Their movement is lithe and angular as they parry — tenderly and curiously at first, but growing rougher and rockier in intent as they enter a kind of stripping-down process. Whim W’Him’s ‘Crave More’: stellar dancers and dance 2013-01-19T18:37:31Z

But when the intent is noble, the point is not to place a specific individual in someone else’s shoes. Mozart in Trump Tower, and the art of getting political onstage 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

There are really two basic kinds of heartache: of misfortune and of intent. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Does the painful history matter when an ex seems new and improved? 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

But if a liar lies consistently after being presented with verifiable proof that what they’re saying isn’t true, the intent is clear. Dryuary for TV news: Sober up and start doing your job 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

And so, in June, I finally made it to Michigan, intent on tracing Hemingway’s boyhood orbit and seeing the country where Nick Adams came of age. When Hemingway Was a Young Fisherman in Michigan 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

The work juxtaposes nervous, fragmented passages with generously measured singing phrases, and both Ms. Benedetti and Mr. Jurowski proved adept at molding them with dramatic intent. New York Philharmonic With Guest Violinist and Conductor 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

“The intent is always to make something long-term and permanent.” Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z

At 90, Mr. Lewis is intent as ever on exercising that voice. At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

What I would say is that just exemplified exactly what I meant on the intent of wanting to be different. Kyrie Irving Doesn’t Know if the Earth Is Round or Flat. He Does Want to Discuss It. 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

I mean, yes, it has that; but on the whole, the intent of “Carnival Row” is to sink us into a world that looks like Victorian London but isn’t. "Carnival Row": Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne's fairy tale is fractured by competing narratives 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

But as the promised end approaches, Domingo seems intent on postponing it. Pl?cido Domingo: 'I am a very happy man, but I love to suffer on stage' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

They’ve put down a letter of intent for a first-floor space in the Holm apartment building in Logan Circle, on the corner of 11th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW, which is still under construction. How to buy a little slice of a bakery, and get more than crumbs if it’s a hit 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

He learned not only to play extremely well but also to study the music and the composer to find the meaning and intent beneath the notes. Movie Review: ‘Speak the Music,’ a Documentary on Robert Mann 2014-05-01T23:09:01Z

In 1950, he entered the University of Chicago with the intent of studying psychiatry while dabbling in student theater. Mike Nichols, ‘The Graduate’ director, dies

Dr. Windsor said that the intent of the auction is to “lift up women artists and get people’s attention.” Benefit Auction for Miss Porter’s School to Feature Works by Female Artists 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Yet for all intents and purposes, they are a different band — more groove-based and, like all of us, a bit older. Elvis Costello’s New York Soul 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Osama is no longer the threat he once was to the US; Maya is intent only on avenging 9/11. Oscars 2013: what the nominations say about America 2013-02-21T16:00:00Z

A 21-year-old Indianapolis man was arrested earlier this year for stealing jars of brain tissue from the Indiana Medical History Museum, with the intent of selling the samples on eBay. The Black-Market Value of 100 Brains: Less Than One Good Kidney 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Other schools, including the one my children attend, sent around various suggestions or links for parents to use in talking to their own children, with a stated intent of not starting the discussion. Motherlode Blog: How Did Your Children's School Handle the Newtown Shootings? 2012-12-17T19:55:36Z

For a film intent on saving her from the destiny she met, this is a fault. Tarantino's gruesome revenge fantasies are growing more puerile and misogynistic | Caspar Salmon 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

There’s never any malicious intent for any of us, though. Q&A: DWTS Judge Carrie-Ann Inaba Thinks the Winner Will Be… 2013-05-16T09:45:30Z

And yet, Mr. Piraino said, Ms. Griscom remains intent on meeting her fate with gallantry and, to whatever extent possible, humor. The Party Girl, Till the End 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

You touch on immigration in the song “Fronteras” in a very joyous way — but you end it with the line, “This where I belong,” which sounds very determined. What was the intent? Grammy nominee Gaby Moreno on genre bending, her Bowie tribute and how the blues taught her English 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

My intent was to conduct research on her writing of the "Lives of the Mayfair Witches," series, which I managed to do. Reading Rice's journals, she likely would have hated "Mayfair Witches" 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

“Sex Tape” is a safe and cautious movie, intent above all on respecting the modern taboo against being mean. ‘Sex Tape’ Stars Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

A vulgar talisman of the rapacious Hussein regime, it also becomes a trophy sought after — possibly even killed for — by an American soldier intent on getting what he can out of the war. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Ghostly Beast Burning Bright in Iraq 2011-04-01T02:01:01Z

Terence Stamp is the supergrass ex-criminal exiled in Spain who finds that old comrades have caught up with him, intent on settling scores. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

That's how intelligent people with good principles and upright intentions can put together a string of completely unrelated events to create an entirely plausible assumption of malign intent that just happens to be totally wrong. Running the Park Slope Food Coop newsletter taught me not to believe in conspiracy theories 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Spitz’s real intent is to tick off the main complaints that have been leveled against Mr. Jagger over the years, then to explain how wrongheaded they are. Books of The Times: ?Jagger,? by Marc Spitz - Review 2011-08-30T21:29:48Z

Rather, she said, sounding pleased, they were all intent on the same activity: listening. A Heady Cocktail of Books and Booze 2013-09-12T17:11:04Z

Ms. Burton served six prison terms for drug possession and intent to sell and was granted a pardon by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year for her work helping women attempting to pull their lives together. Leaving Gun Towers and Barbed Wire for a Healing House 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Critics have often uneasily ignored his history, but he himself seems perversely intent on invoking it. Review: ‘Wonder Wheel,’ Woody Allen’s Coney Island Memory Palace 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

“We were just intent upon bringing back what I think is the most iconic Christmas image in Manhattan,” said Mr. Maloney, who also designed the Library’s holiday decorations, including the Christmas tree in Astor Hall. New Wreaths for New York Public Library's Lions 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

The incursion of humor was taken as proof of an ironic stance, which in turn signaled subversive intent or a cynical detachment from the material. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

In most parts of the country, it is still against the law for medical personnel to give any assistance whatsoever to anyone, at any point of illness or incapacity, who is intent on suicide. Review: In ‘On My Own,’ Diane Rehm argues for the right to die 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

The satirical intent is obvious when the singing is choppy and frenetic. As Plain as the Nose on His Stage 2010-02-27T03:36:00Z

This wasn’t an issue in the more balanced Program B. Each piece was distinct from the others in look, style, idiom and intent. Review | Sleek modernism in the San Francisco Ballet’s new works 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

This is music to head-nod to, music of cosmic intent and complex interplay. New band of the day ? No 957: Hayvanlar Alemi 2011-01-31T17:20:22Z

Rather, Kinsley is intent on being wryly realistic about coping with illness and the terminal prospects ahead. Michael Kinsley’s ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’ 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

But while her mother’s “work” involved only charities and her syndicated gardening column, her daughter is intent on getting her hands much dirtier. Cornelia Guest Leaves the Debutante Life Behind 2012-08-17T20:45:23Z

More recently, phrases "of color" are often used with the intent to be more inclusive. I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

He pleaded guilty to selling an unapproved drug with intent to mislead. ‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

Style is as much perception as intent; a careful outfit can be undone by one small misstep. 2010-02-04T01:59:00Z

They read like the declarations of a man intent on standing, chuckling and delivering. Review: ‘The Sellout,’ Paul Beatty’s Biting Satire on Race in America 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Such an assured, complete statement of artistic intent would leave a lesser film-maker wondering what’s left to cover, but Johnson only felt liberated. 'I want to break cinema': is Dick Johnson Is Dead the most radical film of 2020? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

After graduation from college in 1962, she moved to New York, a city she always adored, intent on becoming a journalist. | 1941-2012: Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71 2012-06-27T02:01:02Z

When they found him, the Jazz Epistles were born: six blazing young talents, all fascinated by American bebop but intent on giving voice to the cosmopolitan imagination of young South Africans. Jonas Gwangwa, Trombonist and Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 83 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Trump wants to join hands with those other right-wing leaders who declare a similar intent to build walls and beef up the security state. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Janay Rice is alive and well and blaming the media for ruining her husband's career, sparking, of course, another wave of commentary about the psychology of abuse, the meaning of privacy, the slipperiness of intent. Ray Rice video shows where we draw line on violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

And Carroll seems intent on targeting individuals whose deaths will be especially traumatic for Hardy. Fox's 'The Following': bloody, ghastly, ill-timed 2012-12-20T14:55:26Z

I told him that his reappearance, seemingly intent on making me happy, would be a kind of miracle, and he said, “I’m the miracle man.” Modern Love: Exit Left, Wordlessly 2012-01-12T21:14:33Z

For many years we have had stress in our marriage that often centers on my tendency to focus on perceived “wrongs,” and what I believe is her tendency to say things with hurtful intent. Perspective | Ask Amy: This husband can make but not take a joke 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

In one section, striking for the coolness of Alice’s narration, an Indian sachem is beheaded and his head set on a spike above the colony’s meetinghouse, as an ensign of power and violent intent. Was There a Murder on the Mayflower? 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Rudolph plays the film’s baddie, an uninvited guest intent on ruining the fun. Maya Rudolph: ‘I'm not a woman in comedy. I'm a comedian' 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

As his tenure nears its end, he seems more intent on being the salesman in chief. Critic’s Notebook: Hosting Obama, ‘Two Ferns’ Star Pulls No Punches 2014-03-11T15:39:34Z

Haynes transcribes many of the book's scenes almost verbatim, but the tone and intent are different -- and there's a basic, very important change that's sure to be controversial. "Mildred Pierce" is a quiet, heartbreaking masterpiece 2011-03-24T14:43:00Z

“Destroyer” is, for all intents and purposes, a neo-noir, with Erin as its antihero trapped in a story of fatalism and nihilism. Nicole Kidman is gunning for an Oscar in "Destroyer" 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

But in addition to the usual day-of-debut stressors, this particular Thursday happens to be October 4 — judgment day, for all intents and purposes, in the vitriolic Supreme Court confirmation process surrounding Brett Kavanaugh. Sarah Silverman still loves you, America: “This is a show about trying to be open” 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Gainsbourg, yes, but this time on her feet, topless, and sandwiched between two similarly unclad blokes assessing her waistband with lechy intent. Von Trier's latest tease sees Nymphomaniac reveal another still 2013-02-11T17:23:53Z

The album’s soft illumination and pop inflection hardly disguise its earnest intent, and you might reasonably have expected it to inform Mr. Metheny’s stand at the Blue Note this week. Music Review: Pat Metheny at the Blue Note - Review 2011-10-14T23:15:27Z

I’ve talked to people here and there about collecting the thing because that was the intent all along. The life of Wilhelm Reich as drawn by Elijah Brubaker 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is intent on reducing emissions and encouraging new transport. For Paris pedestrians, life turns into 'dodgeball' 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

When the message arrived with the photograph of my bedroom, the intent was clear: We know where you live, where you sleep at night. This “bitch” won’t shut up: Sexist attacks on outspoken women are a problem for men to fix, too 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Barry has just announced his intent to take responsibility for the crimes Winkler's tragicomic thespian is being accused of, but it's too late. Bill Hader gives "Barry" his made-for-TV movie hero wish 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

“And if he didn’t, if it was a reproduction, then he might have violated copyright law. And if he copied the original with an intent to deceive, it could be fraud.” Setting a Kahlo Drawing Aflame in Search of an NFT Spark 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

But many other countries - including the U.S. - require plaintiffs to prove a published article was both false and written with malicious intent. Court sides with Mirror over legal fees payment 2011-01-18T19:45:25Z

Over the past few years, doxing — publishing private information about people online, generally with the intent of threatening them — has become part of the underbelly of politics. Why do these activists publish people’s addresses but fear the same treatment? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

As described on his firm’s website, he was intent on “building beyond the building.” Bing Thom, Canadian architect who redesigned Arena Stage, dies at 75 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

Taub poses a simple question and a provocative thesis: Why don’t more prosecutors just lay out the facts about intent and let juries decide? Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

But some design experts insist that while such changes may seem imperceptible, they significantly compromise the architectural intent. Proposed Design Changes to the Four Seasons Prompt an Outcry 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

He added that Le Vision was “not in the business of supporting art” but rather intent on “making money to appeal to their investors.” Zhang Yimou in Deal to Make Films for Theaters and Online 2013-05-28T20:42:47Z

For all its noble intent in bringing the Manganiyars’ eloquent music to a global audience, Mr. Abel’s show is potentially just as much a populist spectacle. Music Review: Muslim Troupe Arrives With Splash and Age-Old Ecumenical Traditions 2010-11-23T22:43:00Z

The intent of the new Blue Man show is to hit on the common foundation of the new technological moment. 'Blue Man Group' gets upgrade 2011-03-19T14:50:07Z

We should question our own selves before we call for heads to roll, before we leap to conclusions, before we share something on social media with the intent to shame or harm another human being. Internet Mob Justice Isn't Justice At All 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Ne-Yo said he was mainly attracted to the role in "Battle: LA," about a Marine platoon fighting aliens intent on colonizing Earth, because it didn't require him to use his musical talents. Ne-Yo has No. 1 movie but deals with poor CD sales 2011-03-16T11:58:08Z

Small children were more intent on throwing pebbles, stones and – despite the protestations of parents – bricks into the low tide as the dancers span on their bungee ropes in a performance called Waterfall. London 2012 Festival: Elizabeth Streb abseils down City Hall – in gold boots 2012-07-15T15:58:58Z

Is it entirely logical, in a culture intent on rejecting facts, that a career public servant devoted to science should be under vicious attack? Perspective | Only in our anti-truth hellscape could Anthony Fauci become a supervillain 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a nod to “Batucada” but also, more to the point, a vow of intent. New Music: ‘Bankrupt,’ by Phoenix, and ‘The Beat,’ by Boney James 2013-04-22T22:07:35Z

Gervais argued that the word was also drug slang, as in “monged out,” and his point, he said, “was that words don’t have hatred built in — it’s how you use them, it’s about intent.” Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z

But he estimates he’s made as many as 10,000 calls with the intent to prank. Prank-call legend Captain Janks is still a nemesis of news outlets

Mr. Miller said that the act may have violated the city’s health code, but that there was no criminal intent. Opera Fan’s Last Wish Led to Terror Scare at the Met 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Some messages explain their intent, others their process, and other times, just a feeling. Toni Morrison, Patti Smith hand-annotate books for PEN benefit 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

And while the Bagger isn’t putting “O. J.” on trial here, there is also the matter of intent. ‘O.J.: Made in America’: A Documentary Movie or a Mini-Series? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Its intent is to bring attention to Italy’s domestic violence problem. Watch What Happens When a Grown Man Asks a Boy to Hit a Girl 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, the footage laid bare the intent of many rioters, like when former President Donald Trump’s speech at the pre-riot rally were juxtaposed with what was said in his audience as he spoke. Capitol rioters’ footage powers NYT’s ‘Day of Rage’ project 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

Even at that tender age, he was intent on documenting the genre’s rich history and heritage. Marty Stuart Preserves Country in New Music and Photos 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

In these instances, the black man is often represented as an out of control animal intent on wreaking havoc. Gone With the Wind and the damaging effect of Hollywood racism 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

Unabashedly sentimental in its intent, Chadha’s film dares us to rise above our contemporary malaise. Bruce Springsteen's lyrics offer a British-Pakistani teen hope in "Blinded by the Light" 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

The second message, however, was “that all cops, not some cops or one cops, but all cops are bad, and all cops approach black people with one intent — to beat them up and arrest them.” “Fox & Friends” guest: “Sure, it’s history,” but depiction of Rodney King beating “unnecessary” in “Straight Outta Compton” 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Holbrook wrote that asking students to guess an author's intent in writing a piece of literature is doomed to be a pointless exercise. Poet stumped by standardized test questions about her own poem 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

But the production or collection of Nazi symbols with the intent for distribution or public use is illegal in Germany. Get In Free if You’ll Wear a Swastika: A German Theater’s Provocation 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

He said her writing process, which included copying other works with the professed intent to change the writing later, was flawed and made plagiarism inevitable. Her Novel Was Pulled for Plagiarism. Her Explanation Was, Too. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z

Blume reminds us that Hersey’s work still best describes what that would look like on an intimate level; like his original reporting, “Fallout” is a book of serious intent that is nonetheless pleasant to read. The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

“I’m certainly getting more phone calls” about donor intent, said Jeffrey J. Cain, in 2008 a founder of the consulting firm American Philanthropic. Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations 2013-02-04T23:50:49Z

“So much of this is about motives and intent,” says Ring, who now heads a sentencing reform nonprofit. Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

I read in another interview you did recently that this is the first record where you were really thinking about your intent as you were writing it, about what the record needed to say. An artist on his own terms: Glen Phillips did that whole Top 40 thing, now he just wants to help 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

But men often mistake women’s care and friendliness as sexual intent, said Asia Eaton, a feminist social psychologist and assistant professor at Florida International University. A.S.M.R. Videos Give People the Tingles (No, Not That Way) 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

This season, he’s intent on showing a more mystical side; “OM” — unsettling, yet hypnotic — falls under weird. Savion Glover Dances in ‘OM’ at the Joyce Theater 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

She says the intent is not to single out Odd Future but to point out that the group is one of many voices in pop culture that traffic in similarly debilitating imagery. Odd Future booking puts Pitchfork festival in an odd position 2011-07-12T07:00:00Z

One issue remains: it only targets defendants who acted with the intent to harm the victims. She fights every 'troll, psycho and perv' she can find – and uses the law to do it 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

A source familiar with arrangements told Reuters earlier the rewards were not being offered with the intent of facilitating an arrest of anyone responsible for the burglary. Bond fund manager offers £1m for stolen art 2012-09-25T18:23:59Z

Far more disturbing are the mysterious online bullies intent on ruining the lives of participants who dare to unshackle themselves from Jane’s vast tickling empire. In ‘Tickled,’ on HBO, a Wild Rabbit Hole of Hunks and Feathers 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Think of it as a check list, perhaps worked up over long brainstorming sessions by a committee intent on demonstrating an approach that is rigorous, thoroughgoing and all encompassing. Review | In Richmond, a dramatic new structure is unlike any other in town 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

“The intent with this new category is to recognize the professional songwriters who write songs for other artists to make a living,” said Harvey Mason Jr., the chief executive of the Recording Academy. The Grammys Have a New Award: Songwriter of the Year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Visitors were invited to do what they "desired" to her body and many responded with vicious intent, marking, probing and scratching her, blindfolding her, dousing her with cold water and pinning slogans to her skin. Marina Abramovic 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z

An apology is not an admission of intent, it’s an acknowledgment of reception. Circa Now: Avoiding Jokers’ Remorse 2013-05-31T18:44:10Z

Hearing it live, watching her sing with her eyes closed, intent and in her own world, it sounded thrilling—both fully realized and like a promise of something to come. Listening to Devon Sproule 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

Now that the future Verhoeven predicted has come to pass – in corporate and militarized law enforcement, in the propaganda used to sell the public on pointless and endless war – his intent seems more obvious. Total Recall at 30: a thrilling reminder of Paul Verhoeven at his best 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Her character Havana is an ageing and failing movie star who is, to all intents and purposes, a junkie. Cannes 2014 awards: Timothy Spall an anchor in a stormy night of surprises 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

He’s got at least one celebrity friend intent on making that happen. Noted: Johnny Manziel Arrives at his N.F.L. Workout Dressed to Sell 2014-04-02T21:26:16Z

The Catonsville Nine admitted that they’d done what the government accused them of; their innocence, they insisted, rested on their intent. Theater as Moral Meditation in ‘Catonsville Nine’ and ‘The Courtroom’ 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Not that the band lack serious intent; far from it. Crystal Fighters: Bringing Basque the beats 2011-03-28T20:44:00Z

There is nothing of political intent in concert programs decided on months ago. Venezuela youth orchestra tour is canceled, pushing Dudamel into the center of a political storm 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Her love was false, her intent covertly evil.  Courtney didn’t kill Kurt: The twisted misogyny behind suicide conspiracy theories 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

We can presume a lot about the author's intent, but that's not necessarily the message the films' fans are taking away from it. Leave Twilight fans alone! 2010-07-17T12:59:00Z

Two years ago, his "Antichrist" brought instantaneous, yelping indictments of von Trier's misogyny and malicious cinematic intent from some of the assembled reporters. More von Trier fallout; plus, Antonio Banderas is a doctor. Trust him. 2011-05-19T13:31:00Z

The intent seemed to be to channel not the startling public face of Nomi but the lonely, insecure man behind the image. Green Umbrella titles the concert 'Outrageous,' but is it? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

They seemed intent on adding rawness and edge to these ingratiating pieces, but here it was too much. Music Review: Instrumentalists at an Exhibition 2011-06-02T22:03:15Z

So, if we are talking about “original intent,” let us not guess at, but factually encounter, the founders’ world. Ted Cruz has a very real birther problem: The law is not settled — but the history is 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

This being the intent, Miss Manners suspects that your niece will want to respond on point, rather than getting distracted by the implied gender issue. Perspective | Miss Manners: Responding to misguided ‘you’re so brave’ comments 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

Experts said the district court ruling in the Prince cases did appear to focus more on questions about the creative intent behind the art than on how Prince ultimately used it. After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

Lindelof told Salon that his intent was to troll the notion of the white savior — how that concept manifests in film and in our culture. "Watchmen" finale: One last reveal explains all those eggs and the crushing weight of legacy 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

The legal definition of battery is “the unjustified touching of another person, without that person’s consent, with the intent to cause a bodily contact that a reasonably prudent person would find offensive.” What to Know About Kevin Spacey’s Civil Trial 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

They grew in length and content, and with some exceptions, I tried to remain true to the author’s intent. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z

It’s lazy, frivolous filmmaking—To Rome With Love has about as much intent as a vacation—but in spurts, gives real pleasure. To Rome with Love: Woody's Roman Holiday 2012-06-21T10:45:09Z

Although the tests have changed over the years, the intent — to ensure that female athletes are sufficiently female — has not. Forget blade runners: What if some female Olympians have high testosterone? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

He was a debauched and troubled bachelor, but is now happily married with a small child he dotes on and to all intents and purposes is an entirely different human being. How can I tell my new boss that I’m pregnant? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Some philanthropy veterans said the interest in creating foundations with a limited life span could stem from growing concerns about donor intent. Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations 2013-02-04T23:50:49Z

I have no intent to stop, but I think that that balance works. ArtsBeat Blog: Don't Stop Screaming: The 'Glee' Guys Introduce Their 'American Horror Story' 2011-10-03T03:10:29Z

They are expected to present evidence with the intent of showing that Mr. Rapp had told others about an encounter with Mr. Spacey. What to Know About Kevin Spacey’s Civil Trial 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Science is claiming a monopoly of knowledge, and thus some scientific atheists are intent on depriving religion of any cognitive status. Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor” 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's associate residency at the Barbican opened with a firm statement of intent in the shape of a contemporary programme given by the orchestra's offshoot, the LA Phil New Music Group. LA Philharmonic New Music Group/Dudamel/Adams – review 2013-03-15T17:33:23Z

And the more prominent Sarkeesian has become — thanks in part to reporting on the harassment she received — the more intent her detractors are on driving her away like the witch they believe her to be. The post-VMAs pop cultural comedown: How did we go from “FEMINIST” to the “Fappening”? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

But “Soul of a Nation” shows many of its artists struggling with questions about the politics of art: Should there be an overt political intent? A Tate Modern Show Examines Race in the U.S. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Three daughters later, she is training to be a doctor and intent on a career of her own, after she completes her residency. | 'Lights Out': With a Life on the Ropes, Seeking Redemption in the Ring 2011-01-10T23:08:16Z

That “The Little Foxes” has not been judged to be quite in their league is an oversight that Arena seems intent on redressing as part of a significant reconsideration of the playwright’s work this season. Marg Helgenberger and company give Lillian Hellman her due in ‘The Little Foxes’ 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

Michael is so intent on saving his family that he loses sight of his son. America is stuck in a state of Arrested Development 2013-05-24T14:00:00Z

Alan Ball must send a clear message of humanist intent to set us rolling in a positive direction for season four. "True Blood" finale: The big showdown 2010-09-13T12:30:00Z

When the host points out the contradiction, Giuliani attempts to walk back his statement on the meeting’s intent. John Oliver: Rudy Giuliani is a 'one-man legal improv troupe' 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

All four movements exhibit a striking unanimity of intent shared by soloist, conductor and ensemble, with everything geared toward vivid contrast. Classical CDs: Gerstein, Gaffigan do justice to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

If Nashville remains intent on righting its wrongs, here’s one more hiding in plain sight. Chris Stapleton Rides His Own Country Music Wave 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes, Crawford’s career was over afterward. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

The Pasadena Playhouse team is immersing itself in this world, intent on depicting it accurately. Actors explore their feminine sides to portray the cross-dressers of 'Casa Valentina' 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

We were following the previous vocabulary and intent of the building. The Grass Is Greener 2010-05-01T04:00:00Z

He headed to New York City intent on an acting career and arrived at the dawn of the television era, something he got to watch firsthand after being hired as an NBC page. William G. Clotworthy, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Censor, Dies at 95 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The biggest factor is the intent of the winemaker. California Cabernet Beyond the Stereotypes 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

But Molly loves her work, is intent on doing things right, and she trudges through an indifferent world with a summoned good cheer that is heartbreaking. Television Review: ‘Fargo,’ a TV Series Riffing on the Film, Begins on FX 2014-04-14T21:28:35Z

Her career beached itself because she was too intent on telling us her big ideas about fame. Lady Gaga's Oscars Will Prove She's Pop's Reigning Champion 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

The prison minister was intent on his salvation. Netflix’s “Confession Killer” un-solves murders in a ruthless true crime story in reverse 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Though the rhythmic writing sometimes seemed square and formulaic, Ms. Yamane’s intent, it seemed, was to convey a mood of mesmerizing ritual. Music Review: ?Resonances of the Kugo,? Part of Music From Japan at Merkin 2012-02-19T19:53:15Z

For all of his allegorical intent, Sultan was nevertheless unable to escape what he called the “deeper impulses” drawing him to make this work. How Larry Sultan Made His Father a Metaphor for Dashed American Dreams 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

An armed band that might be terrorists or might be freedom fighters declares its intent to liberate Africa from “the clutches of colonization.” Review: With ‘Queen Sono,’ Netflix Enters New Territory 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

But in long scenes Mr. Cilluffo may have been overly intent on honoring tradition. Music Review | Dicapo Opera Theater: Boy Is Ensnared in 19th-Century Papal Politics 2010-02-26T22:20:00Z

But it is also because when you make a wine with the intent of selling it around the world, some of the local flavor is inevitably going to be lost. Finding Wine and Meaning in Ancient Vineyards 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Both Epictetus, a former slave whose name means “owned,” and Seneca used the metaphor with an intent to startle. Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

A few contributors to her anthology do, nevertheless, chalk up some of their misgivings to Park Slope-ish fads that seem intent on creating a generation of Stepford moms. No Kids for Me, Thanks 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

“They were white for all intents and purposes.” Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

Early vampires were stiff and aloof, with a cold sexual intent which was, at the very least, slightly creepy. Charlie Brooker 2010-07-11T23:04:00Z

A hushed, intent Sufjan Stevens contemplates death, grief, family and memory on his quietly moving new album, “Carrie & Lowell,” in songs that entwine autobiography and archetype. Review: Sufjan Stevens’s Quietly Moving ‘Carrie & Lowell’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

A black pickup truck stalks the margins of the estate — is it a crazed fan or a xenophobic local intent on menacing the group of imported urbanites? Gary Shteyngart’s Pandemic Novel Is His Finest Yet 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Our mission on this day would be very different — just a small armada of eight kayaks ferrying paddlers intent on exploring the bay’s palm-fringed shore. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

But in "Madam Secretary," accuracy will always bow to thematic intent. 'Madam Secretary' Tea Leoni's nomination is heartily confirmed 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

But the intent here is more serious than it is in “Frankenstein’s Army.” Critic’s Notebook: Horror Films at the Tribeca Film Festival 2013-04-17T22:10:07Z

With his sulky matinee-idol looks and intense platform manner, Fray certainly looks the part: bent low over the keyboard as if intent on drawing something personal and highly wrought from the instrument. David Fray ? review 2011-07-21T14:31:23Z

Many instances involve serious cases of mental illness, making it difficult for private security, police and prosecutors to anticipate those intent on harassing and possibly harming some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names. Stars are safer because of actress’ murder 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

And the exhibition itself, with its mirrored walls and jumble of unalike works, has a looseness that most museums, intent on writing clear narratives, would clean up. Review: Photography’s Shifting Identity in an Insta-World 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

“There is intent, movement and often intelligence that must fuel a creature sound performance.” Familiar Faces Lend Star Power to Video Game Voices 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

It’s not Parker’s intent to announce this provocation. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

But she was also intent on getting a new show on the air. ‘Murphy Brown’ Returns to Fight New Culture Wars 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Joseph counters that he’s intent on ensuring that environmental policy be based on sound science rather than “distortions, exaggerations, and misinformation.” Can plastic bags save the planet? 2012-09-13T20:03:00Z

She sent a letter of intent to Ballet Theater and eventually got the job. Standouts of American Ballet Theater’s Corps de Ballet 2014-05-09T22:02:50Z

Patriarch Mahmoud’s first wife is confined to her open-air kitchen, while his second, a modern Egyptian woman, is intent on dividing the household. Orange prize longlist 2011-03-16T12:02:11Z

For Screening Room, a platform with the intent to revolutionize the way we watch movies, the CinemaCon unveiling could serve as its make-or-break moment. Will Sean Parker's Screening Room hurt or help the film industry? 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

He wants to pursue a degree in music therapy but is still intent on a performing career as well, in the footsteps of seven of his siblings. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The three-part special makes its intent clear from the title, “Africa’s Deadliest,” and in case you missed the point each hour has a subtitle: “Invaders,” “Assassins,” “Ambush Hunters.” Review: Watch Nat Geo Dine on Wildebeests for Three Hours 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

The real business was being done by politically connected tycoons intent on exploiting Cambodia’s natural resources. Miracle or mirage? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Evidence suggests that it was perpetuated by troll provocateurs at 4chan, with the intent of manufacturing an issue to bait the media. Nerds of the world, unite: The villains have weaponized “canon” — and it’s up to us to stop it 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. How the 9/11 Memorial Changed Its Architect, Michael Arad 2011-09-04T04:19:38Z

The album serves as both an introduction to Mr. Cobb’s new Elektra Records imprint, Low Country Sound, and a declaration of intent. Dave Cobb: Wrangling Rough Country Beasts Toward Nashville 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Upset: This was certainly the opposite of my intent. Perspective | Ask Amy: Couples’ separation leads to rift in the family 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

Or they may be asked because their higher-order skills are not honed, and there’s benefit—for everyone—in forcing them to attain their lives’ endeavors by intent, not by default. The Bullshit-Job Boom 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Over decades, readers decided it was “June” based on contextual clues — June is the only character name, introduced in a roll call, who is not otherwise accounted for — but it was never Atwood’s original intent. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been feared, banned and loved. Now it’s scaring the bejeezus out of us again. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

The Han were intent on doing so, though this didn’t prevent them from borrowing heavily from other cultures, including their immediate predecessors. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

This gap between intent and reality also emerged in a May report from University of Sheffield researchers in Britain on apparel companies not delivering on promises to pay workers a living wage. H&M’s Different Kind of Clickbait 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Where that album offered a note-for-note recreation of Bach’s music on a Moog synthesizer, Mr. Tomita was determined to use the instrument to augment classical pieces far beyond the composer’s original intent. Isao Tomita, Widely Considered the Father of Japanese Electronic Music, Dies at 84 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

The overall picture, it turns out, is quite clear indeed, and “Uncertain Justice,” despite its title and stated intent, brings that picture into stark relief. ‘Uncertain Justice’ and ‘Scalia’ 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Somewhere near the end of “Resurrection,” a sleek, hurtling, ridiculously entertaining horror movie from Andrew Semans, there’s a scene of such gruesomely bonkers intent that I actually gasped. ‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

It’s certainly not effective for today, in a society intent on producing consumers before citizens. In Art and Words, a Book Lover Honors the Characters He Can’t Forget 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The other involves pushing your way to the front, pocketing your phone and listening with intent until the music takes control. Rock in Rio: Do we really need another music festival? 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

“A respect for donor intent is essential for philanthropic integrity,” said Adam Meyerson, president of the Philanthropy Roundtable, an association dedicated to protecting benefactors’ interests. Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations 2013-02-04T23:50:49Z

Xi Jinping, China’s president, seems intent on a model of “Leninist capitalism”, reinforcing the Communist Party’s political grip, while also strengthening the economy with market reforms. Neither a bull nor a bear be 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The intent of the director, Michael Apted, was to explore whether the economic class that the 14 were born into would influence their success in life. Our Generation: ’56 Up’ Shows Generation’s Commitment to Family 2013-01-07T18:02:59Z

Here she is intent on depicting a whole system of American inequality — educational, economic, legal — that deems some lives valuable and others expendable, though there is an antic dimension to this darkness. Review: Small Mistakes With Big Consequences in ‘The World My Mama Raised’ 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

The drivers and control staff are down-to-earth types who have seen it all before; the passengers generally drunk but genial, save for a few bad eggs intent on spoiling the party. TV highlights 25/06/2013 2013-06-25T06:00:03Z

The state attorney general’s office argued that it should be distributed later to nonprofit groups that “the court determines will most effectively accomplish the gift’s purpose and the donor’s intent.” New York City Opera’s Name and Other Assets Attract Suitors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Dean and Mr. Jocelyn are intent on making the play a bit stranger than we might have remembered. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Indeed, that’s where “The Recovering” leaves us, with the sense of a writer intent on holding nothing back. Leslie Jamison's 'The Recovering' finds her truth in a failed love affair with drinking 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“The intent,” Yamagata said, “was to have Ray almost overwhelmed by the beginning of the season.” ‘Ray Donovan’: New Coast, Same Wounds 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

This may have been President Trump’s intent when he turned down an invitation to the dinner, making him 0 for 2 since his inauguration last year. At the White House correspondents’ dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

Needless to say, she's fixing me with a very intent gaze as she says this. Mercurial Marling 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z

Wigglesworth's performance of the First Symphony particularly, though, seems intent on demonstrating how much that work does actually foreshadow what followed from the Fifth Symphony onwards. Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and 3 – review 2012-06-21T17:08:32Z

Salvo's linguistic abilities lead him into a vipers' nest of business men, civil servants and mercenaries apparently intent on freeing his home province of Kivu. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z

Next, a series of “clinical” interviews help map out what Enright calls the client’s “game intent.” If Your Life Were a Movie 2011-01-23T04:45:10Z

But the intent was clear -- I knew who Bill Oddie was in the world by the way he referenced him. Newbridge Calling: Scharpling & Wurster's 'The Best Show' memorialized 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

It was that fidelity to Mahler’s original intent that perhaps conferred on Mr. Kaplan all the authority that he possessed. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

This wouldn’t be the strictest of Emily Carr tours — I was intent on driving the Pacific Marine Circle Route, which didn’t always follow her path. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

“It is important for everyone to acknowledge their intent for their trip,” she says. Perspective | Don’t make this common vacation-planning mistake 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Jokingly credited to Thomas Jefferson, the notes match the writing style of Foxes leader Robin Pecknold, accompany his group's debut double-packaged vinyl album/EP, and are written like a formal statement of artistic intent. Labor watch: Fleet Foxes versus The Head and the Heart 2011-02-01T20:32:06Z

Yet another critical complaint is that the series is “ … more intent on probing the political and sociological impact of Fox News than the furiously complicated psychology of the man who created it.” "The Loudest Voice in the Room" ends up belonging to Naomi Watts' Gretchen Carlson 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z

A University of Western Sydney graduate, she emerged intent on a career onstage and even co-founded her own theater company. 'Dexter,' 'Chuck' star Yvonne Strahovski onstage 2012-11-28T18:16:04Z

Critics will act superior, and disillusioned old-school fans will ramp up their mockery and piracy, like online rebels intent on destroying the Death Star. George Lucas' pathetic 3-D "Star Wars" re-release 2010-09-29T22:01:00Z

Nevertheless, the majority of festivalgoers just seemed intent on enjoying the impressive diversity of music on offer. A Cutting-Edge Music Festival in Uganda Keeps the Beat 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Choose your entropy source” — before prompting them to “focus on your intent” while it fetches coordinates. What Is Randonautica Really About? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

He was first arrested when he was 14 and spent the next decade in and out of juvenile centers and prison for charges including aggravated robbery and possession with intent to sell. Meet Jelly Roll, the Rapper Turned Country Singer Rousing Nashville 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

But rather, the red-face makeup made it seem more like a collection that was intent on demonstrating the dangers of too much exposure to the sun. On the Runway: Painting Viktor & Rolf Red 2011-03-05T15:28:53Z

Whether a prisoner, a writer, a lawyer, a custodian, a grad student, a camp director or a salesman, all are intent on finding meaning in their lives, or on questioning its absence. The Roving, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Peter Orner 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

The intent was also that the fee would be temporary, Millsaps said. College tuition’s hidden charges 2013-03-30T12:00:00Z

Yuch! ... but more seriously he becomes clichéd in expectations and intent. Guardian First Book Award reader nominations: Dead Men by Richard Pierce 2012-07-18T14:04:46Z

At times, when the guitar playing of Josh Diamond was an intent buzz, and Mr. Lee’s snares landed like slaps, it was dynamic and thrilling. Music Review: Energy Abounds, Released by a Flurry of Beats 2011-05-06T22:31:29Z

From the very beginning of the law, many conscripts deserted from the army with the intent of never returning.  Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

In fact the films are very different in tone and intent. French Cancan ? review 2011-08-06T23:06:02Z

The National Gallery said on Twitter it was interested in collecting “anything with artistic intent and merit” tied to the referendum. Posters, Banners, Boarding Passes: Museums Try to Get a Head Start on History 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, The Show Must Be Paused released an additional statement clarifying its intent. #BlackoutTuesday: A Music Industry Protest Becomes a Social Media Moment 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

And I have to admit I had a great time whenever Ms. Louderman’s Regina strutted her calculating, vampy stuff in songs of malicious intent. Review: ‘Mean Girls’ Sets the Perils of Being Popular to Song 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

In their ovenlike sheds, intent on their hazardous work, paying no mind to tourists angling for shots, they embody the much-told story of Africa as a culture of recycling. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z

American Crime” came on strong with an intent to undermine its audience’s deeply held prejudices. ‘American Crime’ is back and is still the only network show that really goes there 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

But to treat “Empire” as merely this decade’s best answer to “Dynasty” is to miss some of its fuller intent as subversive social commentary. New season of Fox’s ‘Empire’ offers subversive social commentary 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Porter captures the imagination because his style choices are as outré as they come, but they’re done with precision and intent and pleasure. Perspective | The Golden Globes red carpet showed it’s okay to delight in fashion rather than just tolerating it 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

Now she is intent on tracking him down and making him pay. The Catch: Shonda Rhimes-produced private eye curio is far-fetched but fun 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The intent and effect of this article is not very clear. How to Stay Safe at the Airport 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ramasar said he came back intent on making amends with those he had hurt. Amar Ramasar Leaves City Ballet, but Plans to Keep Balanchine Close 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Although the slicing and dicing of the female form is an act of violence itself, the endless reconfiguration of the pieces effectively disrupts the images' original intent: to arouse desire. Hard truths and savage intensity 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

If there was any intent to assess America at the end of the Carter era, it’s hard to see: Rubik’s Cubes and Reagan masks never become more than crude cultural markers. | 'Watching TV With the Red Chinese': Gillian Jacobs in ?Watching TV With the Red Chinese? ? Review 2012-01-20T01:46:56Z

If there is any question, Mr Zygar writes, that a given event is the result of “malicious intent or human error, rest assured that it is always the latter”. Cluster bomb 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Does this lead to outrage that authorial intent has been trashed? Should a playwright have the final say over a production? 2013-07-25T11:43:37Z

She will be, for all intents and purposes, an adult in the Catholic Church. My uneasy Catholic motherhood 2013-05-26T20:30:00Z

The second part of the 45-minute work doesn’t clarify the intent so much as escape the problem‌, transposing the content into a much more engaging key. Review: Dispassionate Traumas and Choral Dream Songs 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

She’s thrilled, and, conveniently for the plot, she’s so intent on protecting her future baby that she won’t allow the intrusion of the amniocentesis needle, which means that the identity of the father remains unclear. Bridget Jones Abandons Irony 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

Land speaks in icons and archetypes, a language separated only by a membrane of intent from that of logos and brand identity. Commanding work on an unconventional canvas by a tribe of two 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

The most serious charge, of intent to harm his country, was dropped. Leaking the Guatánamo prisoner names: How and why a former Navy lawyer took such a huge risk 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

But whatever the original intent for the video was, V-actually purported it to be footage of men in China who found "another way to greet." Coronavirus-inspired 'Wuhan Shake' replaces handshakes in social media footage 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

So in this case the question of intent is pretty easy to sort out; the question of what viewers will get out of the video is less so. Why People Are Angry About Lily Allen’s New Video 2013-11-14T20:09:35Z

Historic Preservation Review Board announced its intent to designate part of the complex as historic and asked the housing authority and its nonprofit developer to work with tenants to choose which parts those would be. Why do so few public housing projects receive historic landmark status? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Royal experts said that the palace’s swift reaction, and blunt condemnation, of Fulani’s treatment showed that Charles was intent on demonstrating that he would not tolerate any perception of racist behavior in the royal household. ‘The Crown’ Could Have Damaged Charles. Becoming King Has Helped. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

She wondered why a museum intent on reaching more-diverse audiences would raise $35 million to preserve a painting created by and for white people. Atlanta’s Cyclorama had the black role in a Civil War battle all wrong. She set about to fix that. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

The aftermath: These days she’s hounded by paparazzi intent on photographing her “heavily pregnant” body in various states of undress. Reality TV sex tapes, explained 2014-04-22T23:30:00Z

But his intent wasn’t to deface an icon of the Civil War in some echo of Marcel Duchamp painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa. Review | Mark Bradford turned a bloody Civil War battle into art that will haunt and entrance you 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Just a few years ago, CNN seemed intent on giving Donald Trump as much help as possible for his presidential run. Perspective | They may be at odds now. But Trump and CNN’s Jeff Zucker have always had one thing in common. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

Even given the nature of the work under discussion, and whatever the filmmakers' intent, these sections feel discordant -- pasted on, slotted in. 'Toy Story,' 'One Child,' Bing Crosby, Neil Armstrong and Handel 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

From this one-act bagatelle you may not guess Molière's original intent: to skewer the corruption and ignorance of the medical fraternity he knew — his frequent satirical target. Review: Intiman's 'Doctor' is in, with raucous results 2010-09-14T04:01:00Z

I shudder to think what Eisenstein would say of this new Snow White, so hopelessly bound to marketing requirements and genre formulas, so intent on replicating the “fantasy epic” routine. Spoiler Alert: Snow White, Warrior Princess, and Her Forgettable Dwarfs 2012-06-04T10:45:38Z

The crowds looked calm; no haggling witnessed, just murmured conversations about the artists' intent, the fineness of execution, the remarkable play of colour, the conceptual daring, etc. ArtsBeat: A Civilized Preview From the Frieze Art Fair 2012-10-10T13:58:46Z

He said the intent is to create “a mirror for people to reflect in a new way.” Birthday Messages to Celebrate Lives, Not Mourn Police Killings 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

The story is choppy and complex, the time sequences confusing, but there is much heady beauty and serious intent. First novels roundup | Book reviews 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z

“In all of the areas we measure — intent to view, would recommend to a friend, how much you like the show — the people who binge-watched liked it more,” Mr. Ascheim said. ‘The Bold Type,’ a Modern Gloss on Sex and the Single Girl 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Its verbal resources are spare, direct, rarely polysyllabic, restrained, intense, never melodramatic, and real-sounding while being obviously literary in intent. Authors choose their favourite short stories 2012-12-21T22:55:14Z

The choreographer Alexei Ratmansky sat, looking intent but a bit glassy eyed, at the front of a studio at American Ballet Theater’s headquarters near Union Square. Alexei Ratmansky’s Epic Ballet Arrives in a Changed World 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

Anna Kiraly’s video design, which includes a horror-movie-mirror effect, is ambitious and sometimes good looking but not always clear in intent or sure in execution. Theater Review: ‘Marcellus Shale,’ a Look at Fracking, at La MaMa 2013-05-30T19:24:18Z

This intent was further evidenced by the Internet forum ready codes and puzzles hidden within the book dust jacket itself, and was further validated by the Google-led cross-promotional "WebQuest" advertising campaign designed for the movie. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

Then, at the chorus, unsmiling and intent, he lets himself go, flying into the air, fingers splayed like a gecko’s. Dancing with Claire Denis 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

If you are like me, you look to the least expensive wines, intent on good deals or at least good values. 10 Manhattan Restaurants With Affordable Wines 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

But these are easy dispensations to grant to a novel so pungent, so frisky and so intent on probing the dissonances and delusions — both individual and collective — that grip this strange land getting stranger. A Road Trip Novel Distills America Through Gary Shteyngart’s Hipstamatic Mind 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

But while Mackabee headed to the University of North Carolina School for the Arts to pursue design, Himmelstein went to Boston’s Emerson College, intent on studying acting until a pivotal critique in a musical-theater class. Strathmore is singing a new tune 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

To call “Norm Macdonald Has a Show” a deconstruction of a talk show would misrepresent its seriousness of intent. Norm Macdonald’s Press Tour Was a Debacle. His New Show Is a Loose Hang. 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

“Cassavetes isn’t much of a director and he never settles on a mood, which he seems intent on ruining with hiccups of goofiness.” 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

"We believe that over the past two years Galliano has demonstrated a serious intent to make amends for his past actions," the school added. John Galliano to teach master class at NY fashion school 2013-04-22T18:30:14Z

Sinister and brooding, each stares at his mother with dark intent, the mind behind those eyes clicking away with devious plots. Tilda Swinton shines in perplexing drama 2011-05-12T22:38:55Z

Beyond that threshold "City of Angels" is mostly an excellent, well-meaning concept that doesn't quite live up to the grandeur of its intent. "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels": Glam Nazis menace LA in this high style, no heart spin-off 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z

“The taproot of violence in our society today,” he wrote, “is our intent to use nuclear weapons. Once we have agreed to that, all other evil is minor in comparison.” Nervous about nukes again? Here’s what you need to know about The Button. (There is no button.) 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

After MPs' expenses, the hacking scandal and Libor rigging, it's hard not to feel like you're constantly being lied to by all-powerful apparitions intent on doing evil. Celebrity divas: the foolish, fabulous, not-so-fearsome rich 2012-11-15T16:25:36Z

They came intent on grabbing as much precious airtime as possible. Perspective | Kamala Harris embraced black. That was both unremarkable and theatrically powerful. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Much of Dada’s original performance art seemed intent on bringing language closer to that same abstract state. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Needless to say, such delicate issues of intent rarely arise in petty street crimes. Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

"We do not create a distinction between our hearing and deaf audience members. It is our intent to offer the same, equally entertaining, shared experience to everyone in the audience," he said by email. Deaf West's 'Spring Awakening' to open at the Wallis in May 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

But look, I’ve been with movie stars who are absolutely intent on letting you know that they’re movie stars, and when the scene cuts, everybody goes back to their trailers and it’s completely ridiculous. Jon Bernthal’s Guide to Making It as a Supporting Actor 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

People seem intent on setting us against each other, and though I’m proud to be Woody Strode to Nolan’s Kirk Douglas, I think they’re missing the point. ArtsBeat: After a Record-Breaking Weekend, 'Avengers' Director Joss Whedon Reflects 2012-05-09T13:23:57Z

“Tyler has every gift a great novelist needs: intent observation, empathy and language both direct and surprising,” Amy Bloom writes in her review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

The move is “illegal under the terms, donor intent and purposes of the Wallace Fund.” Unions Say City Opera Invalidates Endowment 2011-07-18T22:00:31Z

The enemy is intent on causing maximum damage. Spooks and Horizon 2010-10-26T07:00:00Z

Mr. Hodsoll successfully lobbied against such draconian measures; the president, though intent on cutting the federal budget considerably, was not wholeheartedly behind the Stockman plan for the endowment. Frank Hodsoll, Who Navigated Arts Funding Under Reagan, Dies at 78 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

Instead of mining for gold, he dug through the foundations of four of Seattle's gold-rich banks, intent on robbery, and unwittingly released a deadly gas that devastated the city. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest - review 2012-11-13T16:53:01Z

“He’s true to the intent of the score and then he finds an ability to say things that are his own within that,” she said. Igor Levit not content to be heard only through piano 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

“And that same intent will be reflected in the eclectic fiction and nonfiction books Blue Rider Press will publish.” ArtsBeat: Penguin's New Imprint: Blue Rider Press 2011-05-17T04:01:35Z

There was also a wonderful thread running through the whole episode that dealt with the intent behind creating art, and the effect it has on the art itself and on audience response. Musicians and cooks talk shop on "Treme" 2011-05-31T13:32:00Z

Warmbier was arrested at the Pyongyang airport on January 2 for allegedly stealing a propaganda piece from his hotel with the intent to sell it as a “trophy” back in the states. This might be America’s biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Breezing her way into their schemes, Melanie is the switch that will illuminate the Dynes’s dysfunction and their director’s surprisingly moving intent. ‘Kajillionaire’ Review: California Scheming 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

To Sundquist’s delight, the production company behind the show, Muse Entertainment, was intent on finding an actor who shared the character’s disability. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

“My intent was to offer objectively true information that might help shape conversations and reactions to preventable ways we die,” Tyson wrote in response to the backlash over his initial comment. Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes after dismissive reaction to mass shootings, earns more backlash 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

Is this a pledge, an article of faith, a declaration of intent? ‘The Godfather’ Explained in Seven Quotes 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

But for the most part, you forget that these avian marauders are always hovering with intent to kill. Review: ‘The Birds’: Less-Than-Fierce-Feathered Nature in Revolt 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Then he landed a part in the Brad Pitt movie “Bullet Train,” playing an alcoholic father intent on avenging his son’s death. When Andrew Koji Isn’t Fighting Onscreen, He’s Memorizing a Poem 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Once again, there is a White House chief of staff who seems intent on concealing things from the commander in chief. Television Review: Kiefer Sutherland Returns in ‘24: Live Another Day’ 2014-05-02T22:21:07Z

You sold your labor away in large blocks of time during which you were not, for all intents and purposes, free. Why You Should Embrace Late-Night Work Email 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

At the end of the novel, his author seeks to make explicit her intent in a startling afterword: What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

“This case does not meet the criteria of aggravated battery because there was no intent by the suspect, Arredondo, to intentionally harm the victim, Camargo,” reads a police report obtained by the Herald. Groomsman who accidentally stabbed groom now in trouble for damaging venue while fleeing 'in a panic' 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Her mother, she said, was intent on giving the children a diverse cultural life. Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’ 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

Out front were the remains of what seemed to be a crashed military helicopter, the promotional intent of which was not yet apparent. Action is Off-Site at Comic-Con 2010-07-22T22:36:00Z

They showed the intent seriousness of, say, a tyro equestrian subsumed in the all-encompassing effort of mastery. 109 cellos and one obsession in Walt Disney Concert Hall 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

The whole intent of the project is to subvert art market hysteria — not drive it. Found: The $4.99 thrift store painting that turned out to be a Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia original 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

The Atlanta History Center offers an entire page on its website with suggestions to help local historians, including adding placards with detailed information about the monuments’ original intent. The South’s Confederate-monument problem is not going away 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

As for the Cohen news itself, Bernstein says the nub of it “goes to the question of intent to collude.” Perspective | Reporter Carl Bernstein has seen it all, from Nixon to now. But nothing quite like Trump. 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Throughout, Schweblin appears intent on picking apart her readers’ sense of permanence. For Latin American Women, Horror and Fantasy Capture Everyday Struggle 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

Beethoven was undoubtedly intent on proving his claim that he had moved beyond Haydn, his onetime teacher and the composer of the Esterhazy’s annual Mass until Haydn’s retirement in 1802. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Festival With Martin Fröst and Louis Langrée 2012-08-26T21:35:23Z

She plays Vera, a Liquidatzia refugee whose estranged husband shows up in Sweden with confidential documents and an intent to bring them to the U.S. Review: ‘This Can’t Happen Here,’ the Film Ingmar Bergman Tried to Bury 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Anthony Braxton sat perched on a piano bench one recent afternoon, hands folded in his lap, wearing an intent but unreadable expression. The Tri-Centric Festival Honors Anthony Braxton 2011-10-04T21:19:10Z

“The End of the Tour” does not traffic in such complexities; that is not its intent. Will 'The End of the Tour' warp the way we think about David Foster Wallace? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

It isn’t, in fact, that hard to tell the difference between an offensive depiction that is a historical artifact, and one that is genuinely felt and newly delivered with malign intent. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created

While the trades Variety and The Hollywood Reporter hedge a bit, acknowledging Howard's lack of nuance, overall they appear forgiving of the film's intent even if it is "safe." "Hillbilly Elegy" is "poverty-class cosplay" and "laughably bad" – reviews of Netflix's adaptations 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

"Mr. Avery does not have to prove who committed this terrible crime to receive relief. This is not his intent or purpose," Zellner says. New trial being sought in Steven Avery "Making a Murderer" case 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

It's strange and obtuse, but absolutely succeeds in its primary intent: to establish Roland and his larger quest, to find the Dark Tower and the Crimson King. Rereading Stephen King week 13: The Gunslinger 2012-12-13T10:17:38Z

He calls McConnell “the most destructive force in American democracy,” a conniver at personal destruction and a night porter furiously intent on making the rich richer. ‘Mitch, Please!’ Tours Kentucky and Roasts a Senator 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

One of its first initiatives, Open Movement, recalls a PS122 tradition in both name and intent. The Artists Are in Charge. Step 1: Upend the Status Quo. 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

The approach accords with Ward’s intent, but the shtick never varies in degree or timbre, becoming extremely monotonous. Review | Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

A story about how a woman's kind heart got her killed flipped in an instant, although the underlying theme — manipulating goodwill with evil intent — seem as if it still applies. The danger of R. Kelly's tears 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

“I was very intent on getting acceptance and approval from whatever woman,” he later admitted to Rolling Stone. A Film Career Built on Videotape (Sex and Lies, Too) 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

“This festival violates the intent of public access, regardless of whatever cause they are supporting.” A music festival holds part of the Mall for big-dollar attendees. Is that okay? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

But based on your story, I’m skeptical about your friend’s intent. Is Extra Help Hurting My Friend With Autism? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Interludes of a cappella vocal harmonies and church bells suggest some spiritual intent to “Aesthethica,” Liturgy’s second album, but mostly, it’s just a blast. Music of Heartache, Mortality and Success 2011-12-17T02:43:15Z

What is often called, with offensive political intent, black-on-black violence is usually a call for mere repression—send the police into black communities, arrest and incarcerate, and then expect the residents to thank them. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Nearly every note from Carlos Henriquez, the bassist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, is cool, clear, judicious, full of body and intent. Review: Carlos Henriquez Radiates Gratitude in a South Bronx Homecoming 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

The film, "Freedom Riders," recounts the 1961 crusade by daring young activists intent on ending segregated travel on interstate buses in the Deep South. 'Freedom Riders': The fight to end segregation 2010-12-21T17:39:15Z

“When we did ‘Cheers,’ ... if someone was in the bathroom, someone would kick open the door and we would take pictures, but the intent was in fun. Two years on, Hollywood reflects on #MeToo changes 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

The reverse is what men seem to be intent on if the huge increase in sales of men’s grooming products is anything to go by. My wife is a female chauvinist pig | Mariella Frostrup 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

“The Big Island has a lot of mana, and if you have a ceremony of any kind, it’s good to set the intent with some positive Hawaiian prayer,” Mr. Sarme said. A Hawaiian Wedding, Complete With Tractors and Cattle 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

What do you want to bet that Harris hadn’t been listening to her acceptance speech at all and instead was intent — perhaps goaded by writers backstage — on saying something about the dress? Oscars 2015: Song-and-dance, yes, and the usual yawns 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Following his split, Hamilton is intent on focusing on winning back the drivers' crown from his British rival. 2010-01-11T11:27:00Z

Instead, “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is so intent on oozing cool-kid apathy that it serves up a whole lot of nothing. ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Review: ‘Euphoria’ With Knives 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

I started writing, really writing, with intent and purpose, when my first child was born. Memorable moments from creators of kids' books 2011-07-09T01:01:08Z

Although the intent behind this attack was different — and, thankfully, no one was hurt — it underscored the industry’s vulnerability. After ‘pizzagate’ shooting, an industry trained in hospitality thinks about security 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Difficult..... when the intent is obviously to bring it all with you. Upscale Food and Gear Bring Campsite Cooking Out of the Wild 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

In his new pieces, birds — filling the sky, perched with ambiguous intent — symbolize people caught up in the events. Four Artists to Watch Now 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

"It was not my intent to cause distress," another user explained. How gay men justify their racism on Grindr 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes, Scott is victorious before his mission has even started. "Scott Pilgrim": The end of the nerd as we know him 2010-08-12T15:01:00Z

Donohue said the story began with the New York Daily News strike of 1990 when the owners were intent on putting out a “scab paper” despite a labor walkout. For the Love of Beer and His Buddies 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z

But this time around Mr. Spielberg seems more than casually intent on tapping the power of youth. Holiday Movies: The Season of Spielberg 2011-10-28T16:42:47Z

Perhaps the intent is for these definitions to be firmed up in the second season that "Woke" is angling for in the last scene of the finale. Lamorne Morris shines in "Woke," which pokes at one man's dawning realization of systemic racism 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

The men are heroic figures intent on their task — bolting a horizontal beam to a column. My Grandfather Was a Famous Artist. He Also Made Greeting Cards. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

There is so much love in that film, and so much pure intent. Dangerous Minds at 20: has the ultimate white saviour story aged well? 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

After hearing about that artists tour, they moved with the intent of building a space to develop local talent. Everett arts center revitalizes downtown, artists 2012-02-15T23:05:05Z

The concept of removing sap from a tree and turning into some sort of specialized nectar to adorn breakfast items was, of course, not the original intent. Don't sugar coat it: How "pancake syrup" stacks up to real maple syrup 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z

He added, “Sometimes there was a document or drawing Lou had done that showed his intent. In other cases one could only rely on recent precedent.” Whispers of Louis Kahn’s Vision at the Yale Center for British Art 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

She pleaded guilty in July to possessing with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Ex-‘American Idol’ contestant gets nearly 4 years in prison 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

A Bravo representative declined to discuss the intent behind Real Men Watch Bravo, specific potential panel guests, or who its intended audience was. US network Bravo launches late-night show that promises no female guests 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Still, Mr. Neptune emphasized that whatever the players’ conscious intents, Windies victories did have meaning well beyond the cricket field. When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z

But this is merely a lure, because the deeper intent of the piece is to impugn the rise of nerd culture — ergo, my people — for the decline of American and, indeed, civilization itself. Hot take: “Game of Thrones'” lefty “wizard porn” is endangering your soul 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

"I was very keen, as well, on examining the thing of being a single mom, and while Mrs. Green is not single in the sense she's married, she is alone, for all intents and purposes." A Minute With: Emma Thompson as "Nanny McPhee" 2010-08-19T15:39:00Z

And generally he seems intent on merging painting with a larger pictorial universe that includes textiles and other crafts. Art Review: A Textured Palette Without Much Paint 2011-01-27T22:58:12Z

But in the best fiction, authorial intent gets lost or repurposed by the actual energy of the book. “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z

In an era when most contemporary artists produce elaborate statements to justify their works’ being and explain the intent, Mr. Price operates in a state of chosen uncertainty. The Blobs Aren?t Talking 2010-03-03T23:54:00Z

In “Paradise: Love,” Seidl looks at bodies with a gaze intent on stripping away their dignity. ‘Paradise: Love’: a raw look at sex tourism and ‘sugar mamas’ 2013-06-20T21:45:32Z

The whole intent of that planning process was to give the community the chance to codesign and co-define what a sustainable model of tourism might look like. In Hawaii, the Search for Sustainable Tourism 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Sadly, no links, because Prince was so intent on keeping his music offline. Sexy MFers, unite: The feminist power of Prince’s sex-positive songs 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Rachel Dozier-Ezell’s costumes favor a militarism that is meant to evoke Haile Selassie’s reign in Ethiopia, though the intent of this isn’t entirely clear. Review: A ‘Macbeth’ at Ease in the Dark and Noisy City 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The defendants were charged with conspiracy to cross state lines with intent to incite a riot; Seale was eventually tried separately. After Reflected Fame, the Artist Karon Davis Steps Into Her Own Light 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

From day one, the NFL painted me as a vicious, greedy, Machiavellian billionaire, intent only on serving my selfish ends at everyone else’s expense.” And then there was the time Donald Trump bought a football team . . . 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

And is going to make these conversations surrounding imagery and intent uncomfortable, as we may be starting to witness with the burgeoning conversations surrounding Amram, Fey, Kimmel, and Fallon before him. Like it or not, it's comedy's turn to contend with its role in perpetuating systemic racism 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

"River Monsters" is probably the best example of Animal Planet’s curious change in recent years, from a network dedicated to educational and entertaining animal programming to a channel intent on terrifying its viewers. Animal Planet's monstrous makeover 2011-01-31T22:32:00Z

Viacom has been grappling with lower ratings at its key television networks, including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, and company executives are intent on reducing expenses. Paramount Pictures film President Adam Goodman is said to be exiting 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

While most women in the spotlight are intent on appearing as small as possible – and Gaga is certainly physically tiny, a 5ft 2in stripling – her costumes are often bulky, lumpy, tough, hard, impenetrable. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

But Mr. Bochner seems intent on freeing his brush the same way he previously freed his tongue, and id. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The series was created in 1912 with the intent of placing “these treasures within the reach of all who care for the finer things of life,” as its founder, the philanthropist James Loeb, wrote. Loeb Classical Library Goes Digital 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

The argument of authorial intent is more persuasive the more control the author has over the work. Are Ernie and Bert gay? Who gets to say? 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

Fendi’s intent is to provoke spectators by using recognizable images, music and spoken word in an unexpected fashion. In Transit Blog: In Rome, Art Meets Astronomy 2012-04-18T21:05:49Z

Perhaps destruction was always the thematic intent; that’s certainly how the actual tabloid saga of Charles and Diana played out for those of us old enough to remember it — as a slow-motion wreck. Review | The Charles and Diana saga weighs heavy on ‘The Crown,’ but Gillian Anderson’s Thatcher is a triumph 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

More often than not, people in power act badly, while those on the outside — with purer intent — behave slightly less badly.  George R.R. Martin slams Donald Trump as 'unfit to lead this nation' 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Now, officials and developers intent on capitalizing on burgeoning Chinese wealth and Asian-American population growth are courting them in a major way. Las Vegas, Asian investors putting big money on Chinese tourism 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

I would consider the intent socialistic and gaining the system. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

As a child growing up in Romford, Essex, Nelson was intent on becoming a performer, be it singing, dancing or acting. Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on surviving the trolls: 'People were saying horrific things' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

In the counting room, the workers seem intent on not making eye contact with the Republicans and Democrats who press up to the glass panes in a room filled with television cameras. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

“Doctors” is beholden to its premise, the story of Einhorn’s famous grandfather, even as it playfully cartwheels beyond to reveal its real intent. Review: Blood Runs Too Thick in ‘Doctors Jane and Alexander’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The intent was to give back to the community, and the complex now includes a museum and extensive gardens and focuses on youth programs and family-friendly activities. Thanksgiving Re-enacted Around the Country 2011-11-17T20:45:59Z

Always intent on living well, Vidal needed a good deal more money than his fiction attracted. Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T05:32:19Z

“We have stuck very close to the music, the words, the intent of the piece,” says Storie. Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society celebrates 60 years 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

The extent and intent of that silence haunts me. TV Taught Me About AIDS. ‘It’s a Sin’ Reminded Me How Far We’ve Come. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Handling what is known in the philanthropic world as donor intent is vexing for many institutions. Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations 2013-02-04T23:50:49Z

Every generation seems intent on reliving its youth in sitcom form. Television Review: ‘Surviving Jack,’ With Christopher Meloni as a Crusty Dad 2014-03-26T21:50:31Z

It follows one group's careful training for backwoods missions to find farms guarded by growers who are armed and intent upon protecting their crops. Discovery bets on 2 dope series about pot growers 2013-02-17T17:31:16Z

Can you describe your intent of these episodes and how they inform the central narrative? "What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?" director counters a curse using cinema as "modern magic" 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Also dying at the time was communism, a movement to which the politically intent Nono was devoted. With violin in hand, Mark Menzies finds hope for the future in the past 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

It's tough to take a series to task for flubbing a particular element of social commentary when its entire intent is to capture feeling as opposed to history. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Christina, because despite intents, purposes and moving montages, this is not a talent competition, but a popularity contest. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Waltz The Pain Away 2013-10-15T03:38:07Z

After this queasy encounter, Kiya kidnaps Marshall, intent on mining him for trashy clicks. Review: In ‘Like Me,’ Armed With a Camera and Queasifying Pranks 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

This golden-hued rum is available only in Puerto Rico, and is brewed at a local distillery so intent on preserving the old ways that they even stick the labels on by hand. Rum running in Puerto Rico 2011-01-01T00:06:04Z

"However, when understanding their owners' intent, dogs mostly rely on visual cues and pay less attention to the exact words their owner is using," she said. 'Genius dogs' are capable of learning words related to objects: Study 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

As Feldstein rehearsed, Benko sat on the sidelines taking notes, recording details about pacing and the intent behind lines of dialogue. Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

At the end of the day, it’s doubtful Joseph will stop that many governments intent on enacting bag bans. Can plastic bags save the planet? 2012-09-13T20:03:00Z

Altan recognizes that to beat back the horrors of power intent on enslaving us all, bravery needs to come from readers, as well. Review | As Turkish writer Ahmet Altan is rearrested, his prison memoir is as urgent as ever 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

“He’s always keen to dig a little bit more, to digest specifics, to understand the intent behind a movement or a step,” Peck said. ‘Princes Can Be Asian, Too’: A Dancer Breaks Barriers in Ballet 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Bryant’s attorney argued in court hearings that there was never any intent to keep the award. Charges dropped against alleged thief of McDormand Oscar 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Every fashion designer, they say, is an architect manque, intent on imposing a structure on the wayward human form. | Trendspotting: Why Deco Now? 2011-11-22T16:37:08Z

But if changing your psychic and emotional energy field, as A.M.S.R. reportedly does, is Ms. Rottenberg’s intent, she excels at it. Mika Rottenberg’s ‘Easypieces’ Transports You to Parts Unknown 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

The writers were intent in finding new ways into Bill and Ted and they gave us a lot of meat on the bone. Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter: Bill & Ted "aren't playing Van Halen riffs" anymore 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Chazelle was intent on creating a portrait of the 1920s that didn’t look like the one audiences knew from, say, “Great Gatsby” adaptations. ‘Babylon’ and the Case of the Missing Bob Haircut 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

Emily Gould still finds it irritating when she gets stuck behind a group of women walking four abreast along a New York pavement, intent on imitating the infamous Sex and the City line-up. Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

"Bad Jews" is a little too intent on keeping its audience giggling to fully realize the allegory on extremism inherent in its tale. Chutzpah and humor temper message 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

This sinister figure causes a massive explosion in London, and then escapes to enemy territory, apparently intent on causing a catastrophic war. Star Trek Into Darkness – review 2013-05-09T14:35:00Z

“Once people understood that the images these influencers posted online were UV images, and the purpose and intent of the program, the small number of comments subsided,” Ms. Fouchard said. Should You Get a Scary UV Photo of Your Skin Damage? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Fudge is for all intents and purposes, candy. How to store homemade fudge all holiday season long 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

In “Orange,”  Litchfield serves, for all intents and purposes, as America in miniature. Seeing ourselves in “Orange Is the New Black” 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

That the show also may make you want to do something, anything, to help women violently subjugated in Congo and elsewhere is Nottage's intent. Review: 'Ruined' is an intimate glimpse into a war-torn nation's women and warriors 2010-07-12T23:42:00Z

Not all of these projects were conceived during the pandemic, but even those dreamed up before it seem intent on finding language — textual and visual — to apply to this uncertain cultural moment. At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Once again the sun-drenched surface of the music camouflaged a seriousness of intent. Van Dyke Parks: return of a musical maverick 2012-06-15T21:55:10Z

Maybe 75 percent are men, and they are intent on losing themselves in the never-ending beats. Bo?te: District 36 2010-12-16T06:48:04Z

Stuck in a murky area between the letter of the law and the intent of the law, Brooks turned to support from her peers but found mixed responses. “Good Morning America” interviews Kim Brooks, mom who left her kid in the car 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Connor had allotted the hordes of Klansmen intent on disrupting the arrival of the buses 15 minutes to beat, maim and burn the passengers, with the promise that none would be arrested. Television Review: Voices From the Buses on the Road to Civil Rights 2011-05-15T22:04:53Z

Despite their utilitarian intent, most early designs never left the drafting table, living on only as sketches, models, or one-off prototypes. Innovative Prefabricated Architecture from Philippe Starck, Shigeru Ban, and More 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

The anonymous author also appeared intent on suggesting the man lived on a specific street, as photos show multiple notices posted along the same series of trees, or stuck under car windshields. Mysterious flyers in English neighborhood claim local husband is cheating on wife 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

This Is Spinal Tap is in part a paean to pop culture’s losers, to artists intent on doing their own thing no matter who it alienates. This Is Spinal Tap at 35: the faux-rockers reunite at Tribeca film festival 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

A more serious charge of burglary was dropped, after state prosecutors said there was no intent to commit a crime since Torn was intoxicated and not aware he was inside a bank. Rip Torn denied probation over armed drunken bank escapade 2010-08-11T20:47:00Z

Fox is intent on hiring somebody so famous that they don't need to judge "Idol." Seven reasons Fox hasn't signed an "Idol" judge 2010-08-12T05:26:00Z

Today, the museum seems intent on rebranding itself as architecturally transparent and evenhanded in its presentation. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

He organized the festival here along the same lines as the Manchester event, and — sponsors willing — he seems intent on bringing it back, most likely in three years. Critic?s Notebook: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles 2012-03-20T22:13:34Z

Ellie Hirschhorn, the chief digital officer for Simon & Schuster, said the intent was to use the video sparingly, at points that seemed natural to the story, so that it wouldn’t overwhelm readers. Multimedia E-Books, Adorned With Video Extras 2010-07-29T04:10:00Z

The rehash had no interest in disguising its intent and showed footage of the burning World Trade Center to signal the impending end of days. For the Love (and the Hate) of the Horror Remake 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

If he liked an artist's work, he bought a lot of it, and he was intent on showing it to the public--sometimes, apparently, for its shock value. 2009-12-03T23:00:00Z

At times 2010 seemed intent on recapping everything that has been least appealing about New York theater in the first decade of the 21st century. Hath Not a Year Highlights? Even This One? 2010-12-17T03:30:28Z

The question of conviction would turn largely on the president’s intent, and this proved a difficult thing to divine. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Roman intent that their great enemy should never rise again was reinforced by the curse that the victorious Roman general Scipio placed on anyone who dared to rebuild the city. Ben Ali's pillaging of Carthage must become a thing of the past 2011-02-09T12:49:04Z

But the competition seemed intent on presenting Israel as miraculously untouched by political tensions. Eurovision’s Sanitized Vision of Israel 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

Far beyond the words, it was the photographs and visuals that spoke volumes: the smiling leaders walking together or simultaneously signing a document outlining their cooperative intent. Perspective | The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

No one calls a song “America,” and extends it past 12 minutes, without serious intent. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

The baby’s father is, for all intents and purposes, my boyfriend, though he resists that label. Carolyn Hax: A relationship too casual for an impending baby to depend on 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

If a certain degree of understanding is required to inform art’s intent, then “Sorry to Bother You” is also guided by Riley’s background in community organization. Boots Riley’s career of confronting capitalism finally hits the big screen with ‘Sorry to Bother You’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Laredo seemed more intent on shimmering richness. New York String Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

No matter their intent and purpose, the D.C. Perspective | The dystopian Lincoln Memorial photo raises a grim question: Will they protect us, or will they shoot us? 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

His original intent was to gain fodder for a novel. In the Gritty New York of the ’70s and ’80s, Not Exactly a Model Life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

The revelation suggested that Thiel was intent on financially crippling the company as payback for its reporting on him. Gawker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Evocative of Avenue Foch or Park Avenue in the 1970s, watered-down versions of their oddly uptight offerings are being embraced by women intent on sidestepping trends. Fashion? They’re Over It 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

Despite how that may read, Gadsby’s intent isn’t to get our sympathy. Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette” and the case for quitting comedy 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Another resident rode the elevators wearing a long trench coat, “looking to all intents and purposes like a central-casting depiction of a flasher,” Mr. Pendle said. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

And unlike any candidate he has really exposed himself, pre-political ambition, so it's a book that is kind of free from intent. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z

Jackson was found guilty of conspiring to posses or possessing with intent to distribute. Meet the real Walter White: This man sold meth to save his son’s life 2013-12-16T01:00:00Z

"Here, they did not use that word tax," liberal JusticeStephen Breyer said, referring both to lawmakers who crafted the legislation in Congress and to their intent. Justices hear historic Obama healthcare law 2012-03-26T16:25:00Z

They were intent on seeing as much of the rich Amazonian flora and fauna as they could on our four-day trip. Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z

His intent is to show “ordinary, nice people” within the sway of habitual events. James Longley’s “Angels Are Made of Light” Captures the Daily Despair of Ordinary Afghans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

They are for all intents and purposes exes, effective immediately, with any further emotional access denied. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Attenborough smile may have crinkled into Saint Nick benevolence in his seventies, but early on it was the chummy rictus of a man intent on taking your watch, your wife or your life. Remembering Richard Attenborough, the Man Behind Gandhi 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

However, he later deleted his initial tweets and offered an apology to his fans, “People were offended, and that was not my intent. Sorry to those of you that were,” Biggs wrote. Orange Co-Star Jason Biggs Apologizes for Malaysia Crash Tweets 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

The gallerist says he’s intent to take the Alley Project as far as he can. How these 75-plus murals have turned three L.A. alleys into an outdoor art gallery 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

In his seminal essay “The Death of the Author,” French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes argues that a text’s meaning can neither be derived from its author’s biographical information nor from his intent. Best of Salon: Why “The Sopranos” final scene haunts us still 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

Rather than reproducing the trite ethos of language as power, Ye shows how words operate as weapons, comforts, memories and insufficient — if sometimes beautiful — representations of intent. Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

Perching on the stove, he lobs a pretzel at his intent chum, a mischievous and dopey smile creeping over his face. A dated ‘Matt & Ben’ is still goofy fun, spoofing buddies Affleck and Damon 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

But the intent is much more to charm than to create a true sense of damage done. The Oranges: A Sunshiny Take on Infidelity 2012-10-04T15:30:43Z

For her part, Ms. Burton grasped for the first time “the strikingly cruel intent” of prison design. Leaving Gun Towers and Barbed Wire for a Healing House 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

This was followed by the two-year real-life test, a period in which she had to live full time as a woman, legally changing her name and telling everyone of her intent. Rebecca Root interview: ‘I’m not fighting myself any more’ 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

For Perry, the Texas governor, the debate in Simi Valley, was for all intents and purposes his debut on the national political stage. Perry, Romney clash over job creation records 2011-09-08T02:47:00Z

And they state clearly that their intent is platonic. Forget Love. I’m Looking for Great Soup Dumplings. 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

A string of movies and television shows over the last few decades have chipped away at our most noble professions and authority figures, signaling their intent to do so by putting “Bad” in the title. NBC’s ‘Bad Judge’ Has Quite the Ancestry 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

For an image to work as a GIF — to instantly convey tone, context and intent — you must be able to hear it the instant you see it, even without sound. Why Jessica Walter’s Pictures Said a Thousand Words 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

At times, as on her opener, “Gimme,” she seemed intent on a fierce defiance. Music Review: Maxwell and Jill Scott Play Madison Square Garden 2010-06-27T22:53:00Z

OK today is about starting with intent and putting a marker down OK? TV review: Being Liverpool 2012-09-29T08:00:02Z

Snow and his wife Helen were neighbors of the Werner family in Peking, and she feared that Kuomintang agents intent on silencing her and her husband had killed Pamela in a case of mistaken identity. Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder? 2012-04-30T15:45:50Z

A new ambassador arrives at the city of Teixcalaan, intent on investigating the sudden death of their predecessor. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Then Tumble catapults in, a breath of fresh air, zealously intent on saving Blue. Two New Wonderlands, Richly Imagined and Full of Peril 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

Its residents referred to the home as the Mahvishnu Temple, a place for “psychic cosmonaut souls” and “inner wanderers / intent on creating a whole new Nirvana.” This Novel Recounts a Haunted Sibling Relationship in Epic Verse 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

By choosing Bruckner’s Fourth for Friday’s program, the second in his Perspectives series at Carnegie, he seemed intent on making a strong artistic statement while also showing off this vibrant, youthful orchestra from his hometown. Are Bruckner Symphonies Now the Proving Ground for Conductors? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

Now, a new crime — the murder of another young woman — triggers powerful memories for Adam, who publicly announces his intent to murder the killer in his sister's name. New in crime fiction: Cleverly, Estleman, Koryta, Penny 2012-08-08T19:47:07Z

Children’s movies in particular are very tricky to estimate in large part because the polling services that measure audience intent to go to the movies don’t survey children. ArtsBeat: After Recount, Sad Ending for 'Gnomeo & Juliet' 2011-03-01T16:44:55Z

To mount an exhibition of such an unsung European artist counts as a statement of intent from Gladstone Gallery, which is inaugurating its Upper East Side space with this important show. Pierre Klossowski Drawings Explore Eroticism and More 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The grisly nature of "Lonesome Animals" will surely upset some readers, which is likely Holbert's intent. 'Lonesome Animals': Crimes, punishment in 1930s Eastern Wash. 2012-05-24T20:21:04Z

“Thirteen Reasons Why” seems intent on keeping viewers in an ambivalent state about whether Hannah — dead or alive — is a sympathetic or trustworthy character, making it an especially cruel experience to watch. Review | ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ shows how adults can really mess up teen angst 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The only person looking at the boy, with intent consternation, is the policeman whose imposing form fills the right edge of the picture. Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

The intent of every dish seems to be making you glad you’re there. At Lilia in Brooklyn, Missy Robbins Is Cooking Pasta Again 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Then there’s the nonprofit Dynamo Project Space, which opened in 2009 in an old warehouse, with the intent of giving a platform to emerging local artists, architects and designers. Next Stop: Salonika, Greece?s Cultural Capital 2011-11-04T16:01:38Z

Exactly his intent, and how cool to see the pasta arranged in an arc with concentric rings of a sauce fueled by Madeira and sherry. Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

"The songs on the album may appear commercial and the production may be calculated, but that was not my intent," he adds. Connected 2011-03-01T08:48:12Z

Nothing wrong with that, though, as long as you don’t mislead yourself or others about your intent. Carolyn Hax: What the wandering eyes say about relationship readiness 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

The analogy is totally inapt because abortion involves the definite termination of another life, so it’s a conscious intent to end the life of another being. Laura Ingraham: ‘What I think is best is to let people make their own personal medical decisions, which I thought that liberals used to be in favor of’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

At 31, Hadelich is less concerned with splashy athleticism than he is intent on focused and stylish interpretations of the music he plays. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Scrambled eggs are — for all intents and purposes — perhaps the simplest, most immediately accessible preparation for a slapdash weekday morning. 10 tips for the best scrambled eggs of your life 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

If voters in New Hampshire are truly intent on sending a message to the Washington establishment they claim to hate, they could—and probably will—do a lot worse. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

If we fail to identify and comprehend its most debased and nihilistic intents, the results can be catastrophic. In Defense of Jane Austen. Also Zebras. 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Los Angeles city attorney charged Isaiah Lee, 23, with four misdemeanors in connection with the attack, including battery and possession of a weapon with intent to assault; Mr. Lee has pleaded not guilty. After Attacks, Comedians Wonder: Can People Still Take a Joke? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

She later explained her intent in writing the book. Judith St. George, writer who gave children a sense of history, dies at 84 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

It was so fun because it was her first real professional acting job and she was so sweet, and so very, very intent on delivering a great performance. "Maisel" and "Veep" star Reid Scott on why he loves playing "the bully types" 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

But the Manhattan Company was more intent on accumulating capital than on public safety. Rebuilding Ground Zero Was a Mess. Lower Manhattan Bloomed Anyway. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

He’s completely out of his element, intent on using his free time to become a writer but soon becoming bored and restless, blotting out his loneliness with alcohol. ‘My Struggle’: Book four of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s monumental memoir 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

Now, though, he seems more invested in the storytelling, on being in the moment with his memories, intent on revealing to us a singer-songwriter wrestling with an older man’s adversaries: time, loss, regret. Perspective | Bruce Springsteen turns the lights of Broadway back on. And the effect is electric. 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Registry identifies and preserves films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” with the intent to “reflect who we are as a people and as a nation,” according to their website. It's not just the Oscars: The Library of Congress fails women filmmakers, too 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

They were intent on asking him why he only made shows featuring poor Black characters. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

Would it be fair to say that even when you were young, you were intent on eradicating injustice and inequality? Charting a New Course: Q&A with Education Visionary Deborah Kenny 2012-06-25T10:45:47Z

But Mr. Kigawa was intent on offering the marathon piece uninterrupted. Music Review: Taka Kigawa Plays Bach at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-08-28T21:20:20Z

By 1973, he had formed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, expressly with the intent of creating “something different from American modern dance” that would tap more into Asian culture. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performs in Seattle March 6-8 2014-02-26T20:26:38Z

So why is that too often the medical community – as well as patients themselves and their family members – spend so much time and money extending lives that are, for all intents and purposes, over? Let the dying die! 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

But one dad, intent on watching his son ply the waves at Koki Beach, made it clear that there were 1 million things he’d rather I were doing than memorializing the moment in a photo. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

There are lots of ways to communicate this malign intent. Will Smith and the function of a slap – what it means for comedy and comedians 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

That’s the best way to show your intent to do better. Work Advice: You made a mistake. Should you try to explain? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

“My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family,” he said. Robert De Niro pulls anti-vaccination film from Tribeca Film Festival 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

He is intent on devising new ways to develop chemistry and leadership on a team attempting to end a 14-season playoff drought - the NFL’s longest active streak. Marrone mixes up Bills routine with music, games 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

These choices signal intent rather than specifically stating it. How "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" uses Rebecca Romijn's Number One to place prejudice on trial 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

But his path was blocked, and he had little choice but to stop and answer questions from a swarm that seemed more intent on devouring a carcass than on crowning a contender. Biden’s spin doctors, Beto’s flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

But updating that old technology to today’s standards raises complex questions about aesthetics and artistic intent. A guy in Minnesota is the museum world’s answer to old technology 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Well here’s a reason: they seem for all intents and purposes like two different plays. London Theater: Divergent Takes on 'Much Ado' 2011-06-07T13:00:06Z

The Tardis, the Doctor’s time-and-space ship disguised as a police box, does not appear, and there is, for all intents and purposes, no travel in either time or space. Review: The Doctor Regenerates, and So Does ‘Doctor Who’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

The gecko, when stalked, can prevent His assailant’s malicious intent: His tail can detach! Style Invitational Week 1193: Poedtry II, plus winning limericks 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Gael García Bernal is the hotshot ad executive charged with running the "No" campaign, intent on proving a negative and selling the vote like so much soap powder. Cannes 2012 diary: day three 2012-05-18T14:59:42Z

The photographer Deana Lawson is one of a growing number of contemporary artists intent on positioning the black body where it has rarely been welcome before, namely in the mainstream of contemporary art. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Perhaps you construe that my intent in this epistle is to thunder against a grievous misappropriation of my Book, but please be assured that I have no such complaint. | 'Gulliver?s Travels': A Belly Big Enough to Be Seen From the 18th Century 2010-12-23T15:16:46Z

Their intent improvisations had Ms. Courvoisier plucking inside the piano when she wasn’t riffling impressionistic chords and ostinatos against the whistles, clanks, rustles and crackles from Ms. Ibarra and Ms. Mori. Music Review: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause 2011-03-28T23:31:42Z

Mr. Hoffman plays Chester Bernstein, known as Ace, a deal maker who has just been released from prison and is intent on getting back into the gambling business. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z

Wormer is intent on getting rid of Delta Tau Chi with the help of Delta’s snooty next-door rival Omega Theta Pi. When ‘Animal House’ premiered 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

The skill and intent of a producer, along with the flexibility to adjust to a vintage’s particular conditions, can go a long way toward making wines that transcend a year’s difficult growing conditions. How to Think About Wine Vintages 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

Hard, insistent, melodic, lyrically accomplished and dense with thematic intent, it's the best rap album of the year. Randall Roberts' best pop albums of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

If that was the intent, they obviously failed, embroiling the institution in exactly the controversy they say they wanted to avoid. Perspective | The National Archives used to stand for independence. That mission has been compromised. 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Thoughtful in its looseness, “Piece With Gaps for Each Other” seemed intent on undercutting permanence, letting nothing last for too long, and on exposing the work of producing a show. ‘Work’ and the Feel of Private Practice Made Public 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

Zach Hill The Sun City Girls’ blenderizing of intent and influence, mixing shock and comedy, lies somewhere in the background of “Face Tat,” Zach Hill’s new album on the label Sargent House. Playlist: Styles That Can?t Be Pinned Down 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

Even on premium cable, most television series were, by their very nature, open-ended, their life spans dictated much more by popularity and economics than narrative intent. Credit's due when the final credits roll on 'The Newsroom' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Growing more radical with age, Mr. Malick seems intent on evolving the language of narrative cinema, on finding a form free and flexible enough to encompass the big, unanswerable questions of human existence. Without Ever Showing Up, Malick Is Talk of Cannes 2011-05-16T20:16:10Z

The short length of each recipe video creates something of a conflict, however, with Deen’s stated intent of regularly hosting friends and family. Paula Deen Network: folksy, extremely unhealthy and definitely not racist 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Once, Bill Clinton pantomimed cool by playing the sax on the Arsenio Hall Show; now, we have a President who seems intent on proving that he’s not too cool for the occasional Coldplay song. When Politicians Make Playlists 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

The practical office environment bears a resemblance to Wanzenberg's residential projects, which seems appropriate, since the intent of this Skowhegan branch is to foster community and creativity. Alan Wanzenberg designs the New York City branch of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

She was intent on finding a way to help women affected by the genocide. Threading Needle of Hope in Rwanda 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Shooting in handsome black-and-white, the filmmaker zeros in as the contenders' fingers read the specially designed board and pieces, and he captures on their intent faces the significance of each move. 'Algorithms' sheds light on blind teen chess players 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Or is it, as Scalia saw it, a fixed set of principles that should be interpreted according to the Founding Fathers’ original intent. Shining a light into the political chasm of America through Scalia and 'The Originalist' 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

That experience is a two-way transaction between the creator’s intent and the spectator’s response. Perspective | The Stevens — Soderbergh and Spielberg — defined late-20th-century film. Can they agree on its 21st-century future? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

The greatest pain comes when people with no malicious intent misgender her. 'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

And some said they are intent on making a statement at this year’s festival. ‘It Was 11 Guys on a Bus, and Then Me’: Women on the Warped Tour 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

City officials announced their intent after the city's inspector general ruled such "waivers" are illegal. No more residency waivers for city employees 2011-10-27T09:00:00Z

“She could be a Mount Holyoke senior intent on saving the whooping crane,” Tom Burke wrote in The New York Times in 1970, describing his first impression of her at her home in Hollywood. Karen Black, Versatile Character Actress, Dies at 74 2013-08-09T00:10:51Z

Showtime first announced its intent to resurrect the surreal drama in October 2014, and the mania has been building ever since — fed, in part, by the maddening secrecy surrounding the production. “Twin Peaks”: Can a classic succeed at being happening again? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

Now, they were all brilliantly timed — choreographed, really — to heighten the intent. James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson Lay Their Cards on the Table 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

“Our intent is to help everybody,” Ms. Ewers said. More Shake-Ups at the Ailing Philadelphia Orchestra 2010-02-19T04:43:00Z

Managing the transition between programs and ads without spoiling the artistic intent of the producers poses technical challenges and may require TV broadcasters to purchase new equipment. Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials 2010-09-30T15:51:00Z

We were intent on tackling the Princeton players. Princeton-UCLA: Reflections on an Historic Upset 2011-03-16T10:05:00Z

Their last show, the acclaimed “Buddy Cop 2,” for instance, started with the intent of making a Christmas play that wasn’t really a Christmas play. Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen and Oliver Butler of Debate Society 2012-09-30T04:20:07Z

I think if your intent is to make people laugh and challenge people to think, it's good to keep an open mind to people's views that you didn't see before. Comedian Eric Andre: "This country's got a s**tty history" 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

This was the squishy language – words separated from their physical impact – used to cushion devastating intent. How Netflix's Immigration Nation shows the true horror of Ice agents 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Where most TV shows immediately address such elephants in such rooms in order to maximize conflicts, “Bloodline” seems especially intent on rationing out its secrets. ‘Bloodline’: Will superb acting and family secrets make for another Netflix hit? 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The disenfranchised heart of Springfield's education system, it's hard to imagine that our dear Edna was once an optimistic youngster, intent on changing the world. Six to watch: TV teachers 2011-03-02T12:29:00Z

It added: “We have no reason nor intent whatsoever to offend and disturb anyone’s sensibility.” Soprano Withdraws From Opera, Citing ‘Blackface’ in Netrebko’s ‘Aida’ 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

It also laid the groundwork for centuries of linguistic engagement with Rotwelsch by people intent on eradicating it. The Secret Code That Threatened Nazi Fantasies of Racial Purity 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Facing a panel of sniveling political opportunists intent on impeaching him, Duncan knows he sounds “like a lawyer” caught in “a semantic legal debate,” but darn it, he’s trying to save the United States! Review | Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s ‘The President Is Missing’ is an awkward duet 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, now comfortably settled in its new home at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, is understandably intent on showing off the building’s flexible, freshly renovated performance spaces. Music Review: St. Luke?s Chamber Ensemble in Mahler Program - Review 2011-09-09T22:54:44Z

He is a good man, loves you very much and is your father to all intents and purposes. A letter to … my son, who doesn’t know that I am probably his father 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

In “Halo” the dancers perform the breaching of a taboo — touching strangers, breaking the code of performance — with forceful intent. Dance Review: Lauri Stalling?s gloATL Drafts Viewers at DMAC Center 2010-06-14T01:40:00Z

But Mr. Hazanavicius said he was more intent on honoring the era’s traditions and to some extent, techniques. Film: Paying Tribute to a Silent Hollywood 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z

I leave with the suspicion that I've just witnessed the moment that best sums up the comedic intent behind Four Lions. 'Bin Laden doesn't do jokes' 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z

Lesser emphasis is now put on actions that may be a proxy for enjoyment but are used with varying intent, such as “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” ratings. YouTube sharpens how it recommends videos despite fears of isolating users 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Of course, it's also possible this was all part of a masterful writer's original intent. Brooks' new novel set on Martha's Vineyard 2011-05-05T16:13:10Z

Yet atonement is a process; the only way to begin it is by acknowledging a mistake and expressing the sincere intent to learn from it. Call-out culture: how to get it right (and wrong) 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

"There were no obvious signs of criminal intent," Beverly Hills Police Lt. Whitney Houston autopsy expected in 24 hours 2012-02-12T16:13:00Z

Despite their intent, the letters proved to be limiting. The ABCs of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

But he was intent on using sound to transport his listening playgoers. Who needs TV and movies? Audio dramas are booming when our minds need them most 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Originally from Colombia, Ms. Ruiz, 27, was raised evangelical and intent on finding a religious community when she moved to New York. Hillsong Unites Believers and Those Old Agnostics John, Paul, George and Ringo 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Keen chaps visited regularly and with the intent to marry. Love’s labour 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

I think that was his intent, to say: there is an America, but there are many, many groups that don’t have access to that America. On Being Seen: An Interview with Claudia Rankine from Ferguson 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

Having shed her own invisibility, she seems intent on eradicating others’ as well. From a ‘New Girl’ to the Next One’s Champion 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Despite their best efforts, they never overcome the limitations of a movie more intent on cutting corners than fleshing out a story. Movie Review: ‘Red Tide,’ a Bare-Bones M.F.A. Project Set in Florida 2013-07-26T00:31:56Z

No man, at least not since Noël Coward, wore a dressing gown with more slippery ease or dangerous intent. In Alan Rickman the Stage Actor, an Erotic Blend of Desire and Conscience 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

First, though, he was intent on penetrating Hollywood. Paul Schrader: ‘I’ve made some important films. Dog Eat Dog is not one of them’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

She just didn’t know quite how intent he was. Making a Good Impression With Flowers, Street Art and Dog Treats 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

His cultured Continental accent, the universal sign of malevolent intent, guarantees a surfeit of intrigue on the Potomac. The white gloves come off in the creaky and yet timely ‘Watch on the Rhine’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

The prosecutors called the remaining three women to bolster their evidence of Weinstein’s intent, but did not charge him with any crimes related to them. New York prosecutor to make closing argument in Weinstein rape case 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

The contributions were small, he said, but the intent was clear: “I think the election and the proliferation of fake news has prompted people to gather protectively around news sources they trust.” Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

But it became clear that Joanne and Miles were intent on finding evidence to support their belief in extraterrestrial visitation. Confessions of an Alien Abductee exploited its unfortunate subjects 2013-06-18T06:00:11Z

All of it combines to bring Coates’s words up off the page with startlingly precise intent. Review | ‘Between the World and Me’ was already a must-read. With HBO’s adaptation, it’s also a must-watch. 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

But here he seemed more intent on projecting clarity of texture and line. Music Review: Alexander Kobrin at Mannes College Keyboard Festival 2012-07-25T21:45:48Z

Bernie’s intent at the beginning was to just do that and it worked. Edward James Olmos unloads on “dangerous” Donald: “Trump is the worst-case scenario for this country” 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

He rights wrongs and secures justice, or at least that’s his intent; he causes more problems than he solves. Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Newest Is an Amazon Pilot Standout 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

But if you listen to an entire country album wondering about its strategic intent, it means the music hasn’t really whisked you off your feet. Is Kacey Musgraves singing all this ‘be yourself’ stuff into the mirror? 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

However, he added, “You’re not serving donor intent if you go bankrupt.” Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations 2013-02-04T23:50:49Z

It also helps to better comprehend the skill and intent of the producers, whose respect for the heritage these wines represent colors their efforts, when they could just as easily simply exploit a resource. Finding Wine and Meaning in Ancient Vineyards 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

There were times when I would tell him what my intent was and he would say, “It should do this.” MLK's speeches translated into dance as Alvin Ailey troupe comes to the Dorothy Chandler 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

The ensuing twist seemingly arises from nowhere, blurring the line between intent and spontaneity for a wellspring of kinetic, jagged violence that slyly invites the possibility of more stories to come. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

Homeowners intent on selling a house without cutting in middlemen for a 6% commission were relegated to a fringe market. Advantage Little Guy 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z

Ms. Jarcho is intent on mapping the mysteries and difficulties of partnerships, and every section of “Grimly Handsome” deals with fractious twosomes and uneasy threesomes; three, here, represents something more unsettling than a crowd. Theater Review: ‘Grimly Handsome,’ at Incubator Arts Project 2013-01-09T03:00:00Z

Meanwhile many hipsters make themselves digital documentarians first, intent on holding a video camera steady. Music: Today and Yesterday Sing Harmony as Bonnaroo Closes 2010-06-13T22:48:00Z

This is an addition to the drama’s overall intent of interrogating whiteness and white supremacy, certainly. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Prioritizing a sellable soundtrack — and a veiled plug for this year’s World Cup soccer tournament — over an original and engaging narrative might not have been the intent, but it sure feels that way. Movie Review: ‘Rio 2’ Ventures Into the Amazon Rain Forest 2014-04-10T22:46:32Z

Other times, the true intent for a product may be green, but it still may fall short. 5 “green” products that aren’t as environmentally friendly as their labels suggest 2014-05-13T11:15:00Z

So this fall I returned, intent on exploring three centuries of chocolate history in three days. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z

We’d have figured out more clever, subtle ways of conveying intent that don’t rely on, say, a crude image of an upraised thumb, or handy phrases that seem loaded with multiple interpretations. Dear Internet: Stop your sighing! Email’s newest passive-aggressive word is everywhere 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Boisterous pods of his countrymen seem intent on keeping Akakura’s bars in the black. The slopes, the powder and the prices make Japan a worthy ski trip 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Be forewarned though, shopping for a premium knife is not nearly as simple as picking a knife that works really well for all intents and purposes. A great chef’s knife 2012-07-22T17:00:00Z

I really am of the camp that believes a reader's interpretation is much more important than my intent. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

For all its radical intent, Playboy was designed, Hefner notes, as "a romantic reflection of earlier times". Hugh Hefner in six volumes 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Was Wonka a gentle genius, intent on instilling delight and wonder? Review | ‘Action Park’ looks back at one very dangerous amusement park 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Inserting Gutrune into the scene undermines the intent of the music and the drama. Critic?s Notebook: To Seal a Director?s Reputation, Put a ?Ring? on It 2011-07-04T21:00:06Z

These groups are overwhelming followed by white women intent on doing "the work." Allies have had their “great white awakening.” But who will guide them? 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

Surely the intent here is not to romanticize violence. 2 Seattle shows offer different takes on people's nastier sides 2012-06-14T20:50:05Z

Miller said throwing the ashes may have broken the city’s health code, but that there was no criminal intent. Police Say Powder Thrown at Metropolitan Opera May Have Been Human Ashes 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

And the museum, for once, seems intent on asserting this. Adrian Piper: The Thinking Canvas 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

"I understand now that 'intent' is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologize for pain they have caused," Fey said in a note partially published in Variety. Like it or not, it's comedy's turn to contend with its role in perpetuating systemic racism 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

Here's where the questions of motive and intent figure prominently into the redemptive calculus. Americans' ability to forgive, forget fibs depends on who tells them 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

At the same time classicism as an ideology, with its emphasis on order, purity and exclusion, was being espoused by rising political figures intent on creating a new, lethally exclusionary social order. Art Review: When the Artists Voted for the Politics of Order 2010-10-10T21:37:00Z

Work this delicate demands a moment-by-moment clarity of intent, and “Responsible Ballet,” which was only about 45 minutes long, did not always maintain its integrity in this sense. 2010-01-30T05:35:00Z

The dropped opportunity here is one of meaning and intent. Review | In HBO’s sordid but watchable ‘Industry,’ the world now belongs to the zuppies 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

He told her earlier this month that he was intent on replacing her with her top deputy, managing editor Dean Baquet. Wake Forest grads will hear ousted New York Times editor

Pratt was intent on downsizing city government, which did not win her support. D.C.’s first female mayor on Muriel Bowser, the next woman to win the office

I dropped the girls off and headed to the museum, intent on perusing the more than 200 photos in the “Cruisin’ Down the River” exhibition. Journeys: Beach Hopping Along Lake Michigan?s Eastern Shores 2011-08-26T19:00:00Z

Dragging two estranged sons into the argument — both of whom committed the unforgivable crime of making their own choices — Brian seems more intent on elder abuse than active listening. Review: ‘Youth in Oregon’ Takes a Family on a Contentious Ride 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

But he was actually intent on “possessing so delightfull an object under my roof,” he wrote to his nephew, Charles Greville, Lady Hamilton’s previous lover. Antiques: Notes to Lady Hamilton, Who Drove Admiral Nelson Wild 2011-02-10T21:35:33Z

Each group was taken by a fairly skilled or at least intent photographer; each follows a fixed subject through time. Art Review: ‘Snap Noir’ and ‘Photo Brut’ Display Found Photographs 2013-08-08T21:53:25Z

Christopher becomes intent on rescuing him from his brother’s plantation. Escaping Slavery in a Hot-Air Balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Are they because of the place of origin or the winemaker’s intent? Grenache, or Garnacha: Same Grape, 3 Ways 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

I don't think in either case there was a malicious intent, just a lack of awareness. It's hard for comics to come out 2011-08-03T14:00:54Z

Ms. Mirabella seemed intent on having fun with her subject matter. Remembering Grace Mirabella and Her Inventive Magazine 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

In a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department it's detailed that police are currently searching for 19-year-old Jackson with the intent to bring him back into custody. Lady Gaga's dog walker shooting suspect mistakenly freed from jail 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bird, who looks like a soccer dad with strawberry-blond hair and flashing blue eyes, said he didn’t tackle “Ghost Protocol” with the specific intent of becoming an A-list director without an asterisk. Brad Bird Directs ?Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol? 2011-12-09T15:27:23Z

But Taylor was intent on showing the man behind the multiple hits, hairdos, wives and money woes. Getting it together for James Brown biopic 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

This is a cosmically sublime detail; no other poet slices with such accuracy and deadly intent. Books of The Times: Louise Glück: ‘Poems 1962-2012’ 2012-11-08T22:39:48Z

The art’s intent is simply to remind the viewer of the impermanence of all things, Dr. Pakhoutova said, which is also a central tenet of Buddhism. At These Exhibitions, Death Is a Lively Subject 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

The DEA was onto Seal for a long time before securing an indictment against him in March 1983 on several counts, including conspiracy to distribute methaqualone and possession with intent to distribute Quaaludes. The True Story Behind the Movie 'American Made' 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

“In some cases these pilot projects look cheap, and that’s not a good thing if the city’s not intent on either making them permanent or removing them,” he says. Stop thinking big 2012-06-16T16:00:00Z

She’s an intense, intent performer, but not averse to small bursts of humor. Music Review: Glasser at Warm Up Series at MoMA P.S. 1 2010-07-04T21:49:00Z

She conveyed her intent to deliver the song sincerely, then invoked a Beatle-esque irreverence in elaborating on her guiding principle in approaching what’s often cited as the most recorded song of all time. A ‘Salute to the Beatles,’ with a little help from musical friends 2014-02-04T19:53:18Z

"One Out of Two," a wily, compressed novel by the late Mexican writer Daniel Sada, features spinster twins who at first blush seem most intent on confusing bystanders as to which sister is which. In Daniel Sada's ticklish 'One Out of Two,' twins raise questions about self and identity 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z

Cosby and his daughters seem intent on humanizing him and drawing attention to his philanthropic work. In a PR blitz before his trial, Bill Cosby blames racism for sexual assault claims 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

In those early days, Lange is intent on growing her business, but she falls fast and hard for painter Maynard Dixon, whom she marries and with whom she has two sons. Review | How Dorothea Lange ended up capturing the Great Depression — and becoming an influential photographer 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

What it has is an extremely specific physical vocabulary, with jumping, sliding, lashing, ducking, low-to-the ground flurries of movement that are executed with highly focused intent. Let’s Get Physical: A Berlin Dance Festival, Serving All Audiences 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

The Pierces announced their intent to sell in July. Famous NY diner relocated to Wyoming up for sale 2012-08-08T20:59:11Z

As Szarkowski later put it, Tomatsu was intent on "the rediscovery and restatement, in contemporary terms, of a specifically Japanese sensibility". Shomei Tomatsu obituary 2013-01-14T15:10:46Z

Related: Clicker-bait: our guide to summer's best television The show does appear to be intent on one-upping its own visual invention. Hannibal showrunner: 'We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

And then, rarely, you read poems that do not need to flounce, pose or seek attention; that have a tremendous, unshowy intent. New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z

Somehow, Greta Gerwig tweaked the story just enough to incorporate the author's true artistic intent, thereby creating a fresher and far more feminist tale than before. The best new movies you can watch from home in March 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The GMA says in a statement that they are “deeply apologetic” and said it was not their “intent to disregard or silence any of our artists.” Gospel artist Kirk Franklin says he’s boycotting Dove Awards 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

While Knausgaard is not stingy about meaning, he is cagey about intent. Review | Karl Ove Knausgaard struggles to conclude his seasonal memoirs with ‘Summer’ 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

But as an artistic purpose, or a statement of intent or identity, it isn’t terribly interesting. Review | Questions swirl around Washington Ballet with guest artists and loss of Brooklyn Mack 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Blanca merits one profiling flashback in the fourth season episode “Turn, Table, Turn,” revealing her past as a elder care provider for a woman intent on dehumanizing her. “Orange Is the New Black” and the chilling truths of deportation and incarceration 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

For all their commercial intent, however, the pictures for The Times revealed a strain of loneliness similar to what runs through “The Americans.” Robert Frank Dies; Pivotal Documentary Photographer Was 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

He says he wanted revenue for the area’s people, but like “Kampai!,” he seems intent on simply selling more sake. Review: ‘Kampai! For the Love of Sake’ Celebrates Japan’s Best-Known Libation 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

On that happy day the Russians were intent on mopping up isolated resistance in our sector. ‘They know this is no joke’: war letters home 2013-08-12T00:12:00Z

Taking brave little steps, the girl trailed Ms. Paggett, who bounced forward and back with ceremonial intent as her skirt bounced against her hips with increasing velocity. Dance Review: Taisha Paggett Stages Performance Piece at Whitney Museum 2014-04-17T21:22:30Z

Mr. Esmail wrote an overlong screenplay about a gifted hacker with debilitating social anxiety who falls in with a loose cadre of radical hackers intent on destroying the world’s largest corporation, E Corp. Looking Back on ‘Mr. Robot’ and a Season of Hacker Drama 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

“I mean no harm,” he often says, “No malicious intent.” How Keith Lee, a TikTok food critic for the new economy, guides us to eat well -- and good 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z

Another appeal, Ms. Ariyawongpreecha, 41, said, is that the island is home to plenty of native residents intent on responsible development. ‘Old Thailand’ Found on Sleepy Islands 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

A year later, she is a changed woman: her silver hair short and chic, her elegant cheekbones more pronounced, her mind more intent on living in the moment than it used to be. Marin Mazzie on Cancer and Songs in the Key of Life 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

But he was intent on earning at least one more entry, by repeating a version of that diplomatic feat with the deteriorating American war in Afghanistan. In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

As for Mr. Cook, he bravely attacks his part, imparting shifting shades of sinister intent. Review: In ‘Dark Awakening,’ a Haunted House and Surfeit of Gore 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Griffin calls de Lappe a link to the original intent of the production, which is often considered a landmark of American musical theater. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z

It’s the tale of a Hollywood power broker intent on turning an evangelical businessman’s best-selling guide to a happy marriage into a blockbuster romantic comedy. New & Noteworthy 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

He predicted, though, that lawyers would try to “torture the language” contained in standard policies “to twist the intent.” Arts Groups Fight Their Insurers Over Coverage on Virus Losses 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

However, any action directed at opposing teams or their spectators with the intent to taunt, disrespect, distract or entice an unsporting behavior in response in not acceptable sportsmanship.” Taunting now off-limits in school sports: Mild jeers like “air ball!” deemed “unacceptable” in Wisconsin 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Rocco is strong on mood and atmosphere, but its wavering tone and intent means that its best punches aren't always best placed. Emio Greco – review 2012-05-25T18:17:32Z

Equally important, though, is the issue of ethics -- in terms of commission and intent. The Zaha Hadid lawsuit and the critic's responsibility 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

The clothes bear a strong hand, and seem intent to stand out against even the most closely comparable lines. Tyler, the Creator’s Fashion Statement 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

All of which adds up to a pilot that is much more admirable in its intent than its execution, a better conversation-starter than episode. ABC's 'black-ish' gamely takes on racial identity 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Still, Amazon appears intent on replicating Apple's most appealing qualities. Amazon to unveil iPad-challenging tablet 2011-09-28T11:10:00Z

So staying true to the intent of the book, while also doing the things necessary to make it a viable miniseries, it was kind of agony. "Democracy is never perfected": David Simon on his new HBO series and the 2020 "s**tshow" election 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Baker said a criminal filing against Scott is possible given his past behavior, but it would be a difficult case because it would have to establish intent, not just carelessness. Rapper’s rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Some years ago, intent on painting the human figure, she hired a model. Pat Passlof, Abstract Expressionist Painter, Dies at 83 2011-11-25T02:50:45Z

To answer your question, though, yes, hurting someone’s feelings — even with no ill intent — always gets a genuine note of remorse. Carolyn Hax: An accidental messenger caught in the middle 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Those have an air of communal creation, grounded intent, natural suture. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

In hindsight, “Middle of Nowhere” feels like a modern reproduction of a retro T-shirt — one with the iconography and intent of the original, only made with sturdier material. 20 years later, Hanson’s “Middle of Nowhere” stands the test of time 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

The centerpiece is “Grounding,” a short video beautifully shot by Daniel Garcia, that shows the artist striding around the Wall Street section of Manhattan with what seems to be serious, perhaps even heroic, intent. White Cube? These 3 Art Shows Buck Convention 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

But do that with the awareness that a plan is only ever a present-moment statement of intent, not a lasso thrown around the future to bring it under control. Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Dancers rotate their legs as if performing a barre exercise, then flap their feet with intent. Review: In Merce Cunningham’s Honor, Pam Tanowitz Thrills 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

And how do they react to this little girl’s declared intent to commit regicide. Taking heed of the women on “Game of Thrones” 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

What was your intent for Mrs. Hall this season? "All Creatures Great and Small" writer on bringing "bittersweet" comforts of WWII to the Dales 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

Nor should it be mistaken for the intent to put the accused on a pedestal or to condone their actions. Erykah Badu Helped Define ‘Wokeness.’ Now She’s a Target. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The connection is just as strong in intent, if not in quality, with another Vimeo series, “Hunting Season,” which will have its second season debut on Tuesday. Review: ‘Hunting Season’ on Vimeo Starts Second Season 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

“The Islamic regime was intent on controlling every dimension of our lives, and we were determined to resist.” Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

It would be hard to find a more potent metaphor to represent this festival’s intent to celebrate cross-pollination and collaboration. Critic?s Notebook: Festival Where Boundary-Defying Musicians Mix and Mingle 2011-01-18T23:29:03Z

The intent is to make you feel under constant scrutiny in what the presenters call a “dystopian forest,” but it isn’t particularly terrifying. Perspective | Ai Weiwei succumbs to the tyranny of fun 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The center opened just as photography was gaining stature in the art world, yet it proceeded on a course parallel to the museum world — one in which subject matter took precedence over artistic intent. Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Although if you intent to add it to a cherished record collection, you might want to use a plastic sleeve. Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers soundtrack is a load of rubbish 2010-07-07T16:00:00Z

It made her a transgressor, which means even her most benign songs could be read with mischievous intent. Taylor Swift's '1989': New Album Review 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

“Aristotle allows you a prologue! The best thing that can happen is that the play plots against you. It hoodwinks you. My plays aren’t intent on making things clear.” The Freewheeling Playwright Jez Butterworth Takes On Ireland’s Troubles 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Both titles describe Candace only in terms of her relationship to your family, but, given your intent, I don’t see many options. Perspective | Ask Amy: Wronged wife blames the cellphone 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

As its first original series, the show stands as a monument to the company’s cable-challenging intent. House of Cards's Spacey-less final season trailer: Netflix plays it safe 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

In both its punning name and its serious musical intent, the Town Hall event typifies the original boom of Latin-Jewish music in the postwar decades as well as its fervent revival in the 21st century. On Religion: Decades Later, the Clave Beat Goes on for Latin Jazz and Jewish Musicians 2014-03-22T02:01:29Z

Williams interjected that his email box was full of messages with voters questioning whether Gingrich’s intent was to "belittle the poor and racial minorities." Rivals forced to defend attacks on Romney 2012-01-17T04:23:00Z

Percy Frobisher has just arrived, intent on dedicating himself to a project of his own, the nature of which is left unspecified for most of “Same Same.” A First Novel Exposes the Hollow Core of the Global Big Ideas Industry 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

When we escaped to freedom, black children were liabilities, forced to bend low under the weight of a system intent on finding them, stealing them, and selling them. Raising a black son in the US: ‘He had never taken a breath, and I was already mourning him’ 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

Some are more significant and in some cases even show an intent from crew members to disguise the true condition of a vessel. More cruise ships failed sanitation inspections in 2017 than any other year 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it's the desire to eradicate the queuing, the only blight of 2009's inaugral event, or the intent to cater for so many age groups, using so many genres? Clubs picks of the week 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Describing other TV shows thusly implies a lack of narrative discipline or confused intent, but that's not the case here. Prepare for a lovely last "Reservation Dogs" ride, circling back to where its cinematic trip began 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

The intent is similar for would-be kindergartners: By providing younger kids an extra year to develop physically, socially and emotionally, the expectation is that they’ll be better equipped to succeed. Perspective | ‘Redshirting’ your kindergartner: Is it the right choice in the long run? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Also, he seemed to be less intent on distilling abstract essences from actual forms than in staying with the forms themselves, dwelling on their particularities, deliberating over their details. ‘Monet/Kelly’ at Clark Art Institute, Ellsworth Kelly Falls for Monet 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Over lunch in his private dining room, Mr. Wang, who praised Ms. Gates’s work, said he was intent on making Dunhuang not only a tourist attraction but also an international research center for scholars. 1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Jeanine Cummins spent five years of her life writing this book with the intent to shine a spotlight on tragedies facing immigrants,” Bob Miller, president and publisher of Flatiron Books, said in a statement Wednesday. Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Only the rousing final track, Love Won't Be Leaving, achieves a grandiosity to match the intent. New band of the day ? No 926: Anna Calvi 2010-12-08T17:11:00Z

“The intent of the law was to prevent people from cashing in on criminal conduct,” Mangino said. Experts: Cohen may profit from criminal exploits in tell-all 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes, though, he has turned the Four Seasons into a seafood restaurant, and a very good one. The Four Seasons Returns. But Can It Come Back? 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

It all depends on the intent and taste of the grower and producer, along with vintage conditions, the site and perhaps a bit of luck. Ideal Ripeness Varies by Opinion, Not by the Moment 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

But Shkreli seems intent on proving a point about money and medicine, and you don’t have to agree with his assessment in order to appreciate the service he has done us all. Everyone Hates Martin Shkreli. Everyone Is Missing the Point 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

When Paulina was 7, her mother made a LeCarré-esque attempt to abduct her from the clutches of the communist government, flying back to Czechoslovakia with the intent of sneaking back onto a charter plane. Paulina Porizkova, Full-Frontal Emotion 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

When we read her work, we must be awed by that precision, by the way that her intent focus on the particular ends up illuminating the general. Farewell Alice Munro, and thanks for everything 2013-07-05T06:00:04Z

Mr. Trecartin seems intent on a kind of sensorial overload that you may initially think only new media can provide. Art Review: Like Living, Only More So 2011-06-23T22:30:31Z

Slowly, cautiously, she started to talk about the Holocaust and examine her experience, intent on learning how we survive trauma and what transforms a “victim” into a “survivor”. Mind power in Auschwitz – and healing decades later 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Was tearing each other apart Logan’s intent in the first place? Succession season two finale – battle of the backstabbers: discuss with spoilers 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The score was Weill’s second for Broadway after abandoning Europe to live in the United States, and it reflected his ardent intent to incorporate the giddier, less caustic musical-theater language of his adopted country. Music Review: In Refrains, Echoes of Political Strife 2011-01-26T23:09:51Z

In this regard, "Time" echoes the recent indie favorite "Short Term 12," also an indictment of a system; without any form of identification, George learns, for all intents and purposes, he is not a person. Oren Moverman hopes 'Time Out of Mind' spotlights homelessness 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

That’s a cosmically sublime detail; no other poet slices with such accuracy and deadly intent. Louise Glück, a Nobel Winner Whose Poems Have Abundant Intellect and Deep Feeling 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Included in the gift is intent to contribute additional artworks in the future, Mr. Barnes said. William Kentridge Gives Major Collection to George Eastman Museum 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

She is also intent on marrying dreary Lord Fawn or, maybe, as the mood suits her, the fly-by-night Lord George de Bruce Carruthers or Frank Greystock, who is engaged to Lucy. Review | The words of Martin Luther King Jr. as you’ve never heard them before 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Her intent seems to be to draw out empathy by placing us directly in the line of torture ourselves. Fictional Police Brutality, Real Emotional Toll 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Even when the intent is to skewer Trump and his policies, it may not always come across. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

But after he finished the 2013 feature “The Wind Rises,” Miyazaki, now 77, seemed intent on putting a stop to his work. ‘Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki’ Review: Animation Giant, Retired and Restless 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The production is undeniably long and there were moments when I wondered if its tremendous scale wasn’t more of a marketing strategy intent on manufacturing a theatrical event than a narrative necessity. 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' reminds us of the power of courage in the face of evil 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

Like many brewers of this style, Mr. Kimmich is intent on keeping his operation and availability regional. Two Big Brewers Try to Cash In on an I.P.A. Craze 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

And you’ve never seen a boy so intent on not scaring away the girl of his dreams. Warm Bodies: A Hot-Zom Rom-Com 2013-02-01T14:00:11Z

“My intent was to take each character and treat them as the beautiful, nuanced, complex human beings that they are.” The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

I know Uncle Allan ditched Detroit for Manhattan lights as soon as he was able, sometime around 1912, but other than that, for all intents and purposes, I know almost nothing about him. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Standing up to the perilous insanity by using as large a platform as possible is imperative, and the revival telegraphs its intent to fill that role with the premiere's title: "Fake News." “Murphy Brown” returns revived, but not refreshed 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

“And, of course, we go back and take another look. If there’s any ambiguity, we reach out to the reviewer to ask their intent.” Think ‘The Emoji Movie’ Got Bad Reviews? Check Out These Stinkers. 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

It’s also off-putting because there’s something slightly comic and borderline pathetic about a man who is, for all intents and purposes, wrestling with himself. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

He talks about the way the two main characters will risk anything because from the outset they don't expect to live, and is so vulnerably intent we're hanging on his every word. Tristan und Isolde in widescreen 2010-09-21T20:29:00Z

As with its predecessor, 1997’s “Grand Passion: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond,” her intent here is not to showcase any particular school or aesthetic, but rather the range of Southern California poetry. In 'Wide Awake,' Suzanne Lummis gathers the poets of Los Angeles 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

She bemoans the gentrification that’s changing her leafy neighborhood, the interlopers who seem intent on cutting down trees and installing newfangled businesses, like a shipping-container food court that, she says, “looks like a prison.” An Artist Who Makes Paintings Without a Canvas 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Hill faced excoriating opposition from lawmakers who questioned her credibility, her reputation and her intent in coming forward with her accusations. Anita Hill gives John Oliver few #MeToo lessons on “Last Week Tonight” 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Fray is a serious artist, clearly intent on being seen as such. Review: Schubert, via David Fray, at the Park Avenue Armory 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

Even at its most persuasive, the opprobrium — which became more aggressive as the campaign season accelerated — felt disproportionate to the film’s humble intent. Perspective | ‘Green Book’ may not have deserved best picture, but did it deserve all the hate? 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

You want to know what new psychoses and vocabulary and levels of intent his characters have taken on: distanced and bratty; sentimental and sociopathic; dry and metaphysical; grateful and generous. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z

Days after the first New Yorker report, the network’s Board of Directors announced its intent to hire outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation of the allegations linked to Moonves. Les Moonves resigns from CBS, but is it a true #MeToo victory if he reaps a payout? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Raids by surfers so intent on getting a piece of the wave that Indonesian soldiers had to be called in. T Magazine: Water World 2010-11-19T20:34:00Z

Sundays and Mondays, removing some of the mystery surrounding the series and replacing it with questions about its intent. “The Young Pope” creator is “happy that it is a meme on Twitter”: “I’m happy that it is a meme on Twitter”: Salon interviews Paolo Sorrentino 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

In cases where intent is unclear, etiquette, as a rule, adopts the least insulting interpretation possible — a reasonable, if un-modern, approach. Perspective | Miss Manners: ‘Unfriending’ etiquette still fuzzy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Coming nearly 20 years after the premiere of “Futurama,” the new show is recognizably Groeningesque in its art, its humor and its satirical intent. Review: Matt Groening Enters the Netflix Age With ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Esfahani's rhythmically revealing solo playing of Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, which follows, seems intent on exuberantly exposing Bach as an ultra-hip distant ancestor of Reich. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

"We all hope this will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive remarks, regardless of the intent," Sherak said. Brett Ratner out as Oscar producer after gay slur 2011-11-09T01:12:46Z

This is a story about self-made men, about individuals, and a country, intent on building themselves from scratch. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Prohibition begins 2010-09-20T12:53:00Z

“It shows intent and focus in a way that hasn’t existed before,” he said. Challenges Mount for the New York Philharmonic 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

“You’re Next” is not overly direct about its class implications, but it does set a scrappy protagonist against a rich family intent on cannibalizing itself. I Know Where You Lived Last Summer 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

In the first four new episodes, “Veep” seems intent on prolonging Selina’s anxieties, as well as her deeply narcissistic definition of misery. ‘Veep’ is so good it’s the only comedy that doesn’t need Trump jokes 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

She balked, intent on “giving some sweat” herself. Chita Rivera Plans to ‘Sweat’ for Her Birthday 2013-09-20T16:33:06Z

The two series “are polar opposites in intent,” Tan said recently. Review | In the galleries: Noelle K. Tan’s photos develop interest with obscurity 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

Like Roy Hargrove, Cassandra Wilson or Jason Moran a couple of decades earlier, Mr. Ross is an upstart reasserting how scholarly group improvisation, rooted in spiritual intent, might feel fresh — even provocative. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

The Frosted Key Lime drink, which Chick-fil-A seems intent on not calling a “shake,” will be available for a limited time between March 18 and May 25. Chick-fil-A debuting Frosted Key Lime drink on menus nationwide 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

As Tinchy's van leaves the venue, they follow in a squad car, intent on escorting him to the city limits like wild west lawmen. Tinchy Stryder 2010-07-31T23:02:00Z

Pop music is a medium that historically renders intent utterly and blissfully irrelevant. Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

As for Ms. Gould, she seems intent with this book on rebooting her own career — not as a blogger, but as a novelist. ‘Friendship,’ Emily Gould’s Debut Novel, Is Set in New York 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

And several renovated “green” eco-resorts are intent on preserving the area’s beauty and mellow charms. Hidden Gems on Ecuador’s Emerald Coast 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

The overall intent, she said, is not to inspire envy, but simply, to inspire. The Agony of Instagram 2013-12-13T22:04:40Z

Older works, though, are fair game, but shouldn’t artistic principles and respect for the creator’s intent factor in? Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z

Whatever the film's intent, the psychology pales in comparison to its physical manifestation. Lots of magic — but little illumination — in 'Houdini' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

This was absolutely not Jeremy Deller's intent but he agreed that, given this potential to be misunderstood, it would be better not to show these pieces. Venice Biennale: Prince Harry banner removed from Deller's British pavilion 2013-05-30T20:55:17Z

People digest music in a different way, they're less concerned with the new thing and more about the intent and the musicality of it. Rhye: the sounds of seduction 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z

The Spanish were fiercely intent on recording it; even if they warped the record in the process; even though some understood that the legacy would not be good. ‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

“If you think the S.F.A. or I exist to tell you confirming stories about Southern identity, that’s a misread of our intent and my intent,” he said. A Powerful, and Provocative, Voice for Southern Food 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

She compared festivals to special exhibitions at museums, where a mix of new acquisitions and permanent holdings organized with a specific intent creates special interest and insight for patrons. White Light: Is It Driven by the Soul or by Sales? 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z

For the museum its presence seems a declaration of intent: It isn’t only the mighty who are immortalized through fragments and shards. An Awkward Trek Through Time at the Penn Museum 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Yet the artist’s intent is not to stage his artworks like one-act plays. Review | In the galleries: The past invades the present in paintings by Gregory Ferrand 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

The intent of the newly formed group is to foster a sharper discourse and cultivate strategies for the Black Lives Matter movement. At New Museum, a Pop-Up Support System for Black Lives Matter 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

My intent with regards to that humor is just as important.” ‘Oxford American’ Editor Fired in Sex Harassment 2012-08-08T22:09:50Z

Readers often saw in it the narrative they wanted, which forced me to think about how intent and interpretation function and shaped the composition of “Dinner at the Center of the Earth.” Perspective | How to write a can’t-win book: An Israeli-Palestinian story 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most famous public intellectual, also appears intent on not devoting any gray matter to the series. American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

In the final galleries, we see the duplicity of at least one official at the State Department— Breckinridge Long —intent on keeping out Jewish refugees. ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ Review: What We Could Have Done 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Possession with intent to distribute is the most serious and carries a penalty between four to 12 years. Sheen's ex-wife charged with cocaine distribution 2012-02-24T19:43:10Z

Livingston’s art background includes sculpture and set design, and his intent is for the depictions to appear to hover above the surface and “float toward the viewer.” Review | In the galleries: Artists sport their chops with prints on the cutting edge 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

The threat certainly sounds alarming — that was clearly its intent — and navigating the controversy will require some delicacy on the part of Sony Pictures, which is releasing the movie on Oct. North Korean protests create tricky PR situation for 'The Interview' 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Never beset by false modesty, Schoenberg stated that his quixotic, Handelian re-arrangement, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, was "mainly intent on removing the defects of the Handelian style". National Youth Orchestra – review 2013-04-14T14:12:00Z

Really, it’s more a support: of character, ideology, intent. As Paris Fashion Week Ends, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu and Others 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

But a new pop culture movement is intent on showing the more human side to the men in white. The rise of the Stormtrooper 2011-03-08T16:40:00Z

But this was at cross purposes with the larger intent of the exhibition, which is to extricate Lautrec from his reputation as the quintessential mythmaker of Montmartre and the racy side of Belle Époque Paris. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

“It’s either intent to promote heterosexual families or at least a benign neglect of alternative families,” she said. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Russia was intent on competing this year as well. How Eurovision helps define Europe’s boundaries (and why Ukraine will likely win) 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

That a film intent on depicting Dahl’s humanity — made jagged by grief — might steer clear of his antisemitic views disappoints but hardly surprises. ‘To Olivia’ Review: Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal Cope With Tragedy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Hannigan is intent on combining the two, as she did here with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, which forms the basis of the festival orchestra, in the KKL. In Lucerne, Andris Nelsons Is a Rising Star 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

In fact, Mr. Bush seems intent on making you remember Ms. Hawn, right down to his star’s pixie hairdo and convulsive giggle. | 'Cactus Flower': Honey, I?m Married, and Here?s My Wife 2011-03-11T03:01:25Z

On June 1, Paramount Network dropped the series altogether with an intent to shop it elsewhere because “the combination of a high school show with these very dark moments didn’t feel right.” What’s your damage? Why a "Heathers" TV adaptation hasn’t worked — yet 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

“That’s not good for consumers, and it’s not the intent of the regulations.” EPA lets pesticides on the market untested 2013-03-28T18:45:00Z

Still, in intent “Clemenza” is an ethical homily: small wonder that its emphasis on regal magnanimity and moral rectitude would be deemed fit for an inaugural event. Music Review: Mozart’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-19T23:09:15Z

The military staff of UNIT helped The Doctor, a stock ‘mad scientist’ was intent on world domination, sinister political forces were at work. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Premiere Review: Deep Breath 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

Also worth noting: It’s illegal to record video or audio with malicious intent, such as using the recording for blackmail. As homeowners find new uses for security cameras, checking law should be first step 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

In January 2022 Mars, Inc. announced its intent to reflect a "more dynamic, progressive world" by updating their candy characters' personalities. Beneath M&M's candy-coated image switcheroo is the dark chocolatey, ethically broke business beneath 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z

Wallace worked as a consultant and co-producer on the film and is still close with June, who Wallace says gave her blessing to the film but is intent on living a private life. What’s So Frightening About Identical Twins? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

We saw a Belgian man intent on making the entire walk barefoot. Friends join pilgrims from all over the world on Spain’s Camino de Santiago 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

The intent is not simply to recite mundane tales of woe. Bad Trip: Travel’s Misadventures 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

The deluxe edition tacks on three head-nodding but empty bonus tracks that undercut the emotional power of the album’s bookends, perpetuating an icky music-industry trend of sullying a record’s intent with expanse. Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Is Visionary Hip-Hop 2012-12-12T18:30:17Z

Acutely aware of the mood outside the courtroom, Cosby’s defense team is intent on disentangling their client from the social movement engulfing the nation. Will the #MeToo movement catch up with Bill Cosby as his sexual assault retrial begins? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Still, there are endless other permutations defined by various levels of fiscal remuneration, ability, time commitment, training, intent and myriad other parameters. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

The intent is to lend the events of “Underground” a right-now sense of urgency with an eagerness to connect past and present. WGN’s thrilling escaped-slave drama ‘Underground’ is overdue — and right on time 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

"Doing misogynistic baiting is just kinda wrong," another said, criticizing not only the initial post but Burger King U.K.'s alleged intent to use the controversial statement to attract readers. Burger King UK's tweet about women belonging 'in the kitchen' draws backlash on social media 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Still, Kavakos seemed intent on restraining the orchestra, in both dynamics and tempo, and the results were, not surprisingly, constrained. Kavakos ends two-week NSO residency by taking up the baton 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

It's distracting, tacky and not sustainable, unless being a parody is the intent. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

It is possible for someone with bad intent to don these clothing items, knock on your door and possibly gain entry to your home. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Look for a badge 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

She described one encounter at the meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Osaka in 2019 when Trump seemed intent on placating the Russian leader. Takeaways from Trump aide’s account of chaotic White House 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

I don't believe in that because everything comes down to intent. Comedian Eric Andre: "This country's got a s**tty history" 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

The intent itself is creative, and the underlying meta-commentary is clever and somewhat sobering. Bro, say can you see? "America: The Motion Picture" shows we're not just dumb, we're drawn that way 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Although the approach and intent of these contemporary female synth musicians is substantially different from their ancestors’, some of the modern counterparts also have academic training. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z

Henrietta was deeply involved in her husband's governance and for all intents and purposes was a continental branch of Charles I's court. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

However, if Paranormal Activity really is intent to keep going, at least it has a few gimmicks available to stretch its shaky premise beyond any reasonable expectations. Paranormal Activity 3: demons and their daddies 2010-10-05T11:58:00Z

The group’s intent was to surreptitiously record Post journalists making biased statements, according to its founder. The Washington Post wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on Russian interference and the Senate race in Alabama 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Schütz’s parents, intent on having their son follow a sensible profession, resisted, before giving in. Before Bach, He Was Germany’s Greatest Composer 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The intent here may have been to draw adult-caliber performances out of age-appropriate actors, or to somehow illuminate the show by having it performed by actual children. Review: ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ Takes a Youthful Turn 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Gus was intent on exacting revenge and taking over from the cartel. Breaking Bad’s Gustavo Fring Talks About the Series Finale 2013-09-30T22:37:54Z

“Next time on Serial”: bringing in the Taliban for episode two is a big statement of intent. Serial recap – season two episode one: DUSTWUN 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, was raised in England from the age of 5, and, for all intents and purposes, is English. Review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ defies easy categorization 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

That is, her intent was not to situate, analyze and debate Schiaparelli’s place in fashion’s pantheon. Fact-laden Schiaparelli biography gives little shape to the woman or her designs

We need dignify them no further with detailed description, save to say they all seem wilfully thick and intent on risking their sexual health. The Great Offices of State | Lizzie and Sarah | Wonders of the Solar System | Jersey Shore and more | Watch this at the weekend 2010-03-20T06:45:00Z

It’s important to remember that harmful language can be perpetuated by cruel intent, and also by deaf ears. Country Music Struggles to Meet the Moment. Again. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

“Tube” is as amusingly diverting as a jukebox musical — and far more similar in intent than I suspect its creators would like to admit. Theater Review: Van Cougar Re-enacts Videos at St. Mark’s Church 2012-12-05T21:51:20Z

As before, Manze seemed intent upon establishing Mozart as the direct precursor of Beethoven, whether in the relatively early violin concerto or the mature Mozart of “Don Giovanni” and the “Jupiter” Symphony. Some seriously gutsy Mozart stands out at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

For all the ramshackle qualities of the film, the show is intent on pushing things in a weirder direction. Can cast injury derail 'Groundhog Day'? How the musical has overcome its obstacles (again and again) 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

Dish after dish at Thai Farm Kitchen reveals the same quiet intent and zeal for detail. Thai That Takes a Cue From Its Brooklyn Neighbors 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

They said they were intent on finding a solution that would build on those gains, while accommodating some of the museums’ concerns. San Francisco’s Cyclists Cheer a Road Less Traveled. Museums Mourn It. 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rose, in his muscular, often explosive readings, seemed intent on reconciling them by playing Brahms with a weight and volume more typically lavished on Liszt’s showpieces. Music Review: Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt 2011-07-18T22:08:46Z

Each stroke of each different rhythm, from each different limb, feels exact, efficient, full of intent. Review: ‘Triangles and Circles,’ an Album From the Dafnis Prieto Sextet 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

“He’s intent on every detail, completely versed in cinema and music,” Mr. Pareles said on this week’s Popcast, after visiting with Mr. Asher in Los Angeles and on the video set in the Mojave desert. Popcast: Boots, Beyoncé Producer, Steps Out 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

The first episode sets many things in motion while revealing little in terms of tone or intent. 'How to Get Away With Murder' keeps spotlight on Viola Davis 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

In Cannes a critic dubbed the film “anti-horror”, but in America, where Little Joe has just been released, reviews have been mixed, with some unsure of Hausner’s intent. It’s ‘Day of the Triffids’ for today’s Britain, but with antidepressants as the monster 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

In the Shostakovich, especially the finale, Mr. Zander is a stickler for the composer’s tempo markings and note values as indicative of the expressive intent. Music Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-10T22:14:02Z

"The intent of the law was to allow same-sex and different-sex couples to be provided equality with respect to married couples," Knight said. Civil union law spurs NU health plan dispute 2011-10-14T16:36:00Z

These days, the mainstream media may not be declaring Dungeons & Dragons’ satanic intent, but there remains a feeling of cultural isolation about the game. Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the next Hobbit? 2012-12-12T13:00:23Z

A wag once said that Neeme Järvi seemed intent upon recording the Schwann catalog, which at the time meant everything in sight. Neeme Jarvi leads L.A. Phil through Brahms, Suk's rhapsodic Fantasie 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

This means that, regardless of her stated intent, her presence was not welcome, and she knew it. Perspective | Ask Amy: Are distracted in-laws a safe bet with small children? 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z

And that brings up another interesting question: Can bullying take place without intent? Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whether your writing is “perfect” or not, your intent will shine through. 10 Simple Ways to Become a Better Writer 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

The address has all the trappings of cool, but the intent is to make good food, not create a scene. The 10 Best Cheap Eats of 2014 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

Maybe the likes of Clint Eastwood, who seems intent on directing until Warner Bros prises the bullhorn from his cold dead hands, are more straightforward with themselves about their need to do the job. Why are so many directors un-retiring? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Instead, emboldened by a shriveling monoculture and an influential generation of internet-first auteurs who molded culture in their image via persistence and vision, Cain is intent on bringing the industry to her world. The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Mystery gone, the magician’s trick told, the gluttony for ‘meaning’ temporarily satisfied, one can now take issue with my intent and avoid the song itself.” Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

That may not be the intent: Smith’s stated inspirations are night, memory and landscape. Review | In the galleries: Powerful messages that require few words 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The problem with “militarization” is not that military leaders are especially intent on using force. In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

The panelists said their intent was not to glorify drugs; they envisioned the drug as something that's more of a prescription than a back-alley substance. 'Extant' kisses for Halle Berry and cheers for a Storm movie at CBS' Comic-Con show 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

In a column for The Hollywood Reporter, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote, “Was Maher insensitive? Absolutely. Inappropriate? Definitely. Smug in appropriating the word for cheap humor? Check. Yet, there was no malevolent intent.” Bill Maher Returns to ‘Real Time’ on HBO After Use of Racial Slur 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

“Because when you think about what a documentary is in its original form and intent, it’s a document.” Rory Kennedy releases documentary ‘Last Days in Vietnam’

On scholarship, he entered Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge in 1960 with the intent of studying Greek and Latin. Christopher Hogwood, conductor who gave new drive to classical warhorses, dies at 73

Tranter takes the satiric intent a step further in his first poem, dismissing not just the poetry, but the whole faux countryman lifestyle that went with it. Poster poems: Licence to steal 2013-02-08T11:22:08Z

As I was intent on making a mark on art history, I was eager to learn about what women before me had done. Don't write women out of art history 2012-10-09T19:15:01Z

“They share a real love for the land, and an intent to keep the land the way it is,” said Birmingham, who when we spoke was preparing to fly to Montana to shoot Season 5. Gil Birmingham Took the Road Less Traveled 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

“I was too intent on self-fulfillment, and rather crude about it, with all my harlequinade and conscious manipulation of your pity,” he wrote. Books of The Times: ?Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters? 2010-07-19T22:25:00Z

“The propulsive parts of the book come as Cowan uncovers the past that her mother was so intent on hiding.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

But then, Tyler and co's intent was clear. New band of the day – Ratking (No 1,362) 2012-10-01T16:51:57Z

At that time, New York hip-hop was, for all intents and purposes, stagnant, in thrall to its younger self and looking backward, not forward. ASAP Yams, of ASAP Worldwide, Bridged Hip-Hop Regions and Generations 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

The adventure begins as soon as the trolls arrive on the scene, intent on kidnapping dwarves and putting them into their stew. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien - review 2013-07-18T14:00:00Z

The controversy prompted the Academy to change its membership rules with the intent to double the number of women and people of color in its ranks by 2020. Chris Rock Won't Quit Hosting the Oscars 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Conte is certainly not the only affluent parent intent on introducing his children to the world that lies beyond the confines of privileged neighborhoods and private schools. Special Section: Wealth: Life Lessons for Children on a Family Vacation 2011-02-10T07:48:01Z

Forewarning: To protect copyrights, no photos of any sort are allowed in the exhibit halls, with guards quick to admonish anyone who raise a mobile phone with intent to snap. In Transit: In Hong Kong, a Look Inside the Magic of Pixar 2011-06-01T10:00:05Z

In placing man in charge of beast, Del Amo’s intent is not, perhaps, to draw a comparison but to draw a distinction between violence and cruelty: Cruelty is distinctly a human forte. New French Fiction: From Farm to Table, With Feasting in Between 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

"I looked at the waiters faces today at lunch and they were intent -- on trying to remember `Now, where the hell is table 35?'" Flying Fish's Keff says "Fish on!" in South Lake Union 2010-05-29T01:31:00Z

The medium matters far less than the intent with which the art was made. Art Is Fashion Is Art Again 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

As for himself, Andre said, “I’m a benevolent attacker. There’s no malicious intent.” Eric Andre Isn’t a Prankster, He’s a ‘Benevolent Attacker’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

I suppose you have to admire a culture that was so intent on turning education into a pastime. Perspective | Kids used to make up their own games. Now the games play them. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Is a mass breakdown in attention span a matter of intent? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When they don’t show, we go high 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Perry announced his intent to appeal immediately following the Wednesday ruling. Texas files notice of appeal in marriage equality case 2014-02-27T21:13:00Z

The best case here, again, is that it isn't true, because the notion presupposes a loss of authorial will, an abdication of intent. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z

She’s particularly interested in how the star system that worshipped its idols has been replaced by an industry intent on bringing them down. Dakota Fanning: ‘I don’t remember people not knowing who I am’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

It would have been natural to save these rousing moments for the finale or even the encore, but Mr. Patinkin and Ms. LuPone are clearly intent on avoiding the obvious. | 'An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin': ?An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin? - Review 2011-11-22T03:01:03Z

I wanted it to dance in the breeze, but it was intent on doing the splits. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

“Its color ranges from a darkly resonant chest register to a brilliantly focused top with a middle register that she makes velvet soft or reedy according to her expressive intent.” Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z

And he argues that supporters of the previous president are intent on mythologizing him. Poland’s Divide Over ‘Smolensk,’ Film on 2010 Air Crash 2013-05-28T22:05:50Z

“The notes are there,” Mr. Mlotek said, “but in terms of intent — dynamics, tempi — all that is based on our sensibilities.” Preparing ‘The Golden Bride’ for Its Big Day 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

I’m sure there is a distinction, but I hate thinking in those terms, because they pretend to know the writer’s intent. Jess Walter Doesn’t Have a Lot of Patience for Memoirs 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

“I did not live with intent,” Kazu says, “I only lived.” Four Social Novels in Translation Consider the World’s Ills 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

"Children don't understand the persuasive intent of advertising." YouTube Kids app exposes children to too many ads, some groups say 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

The premise: A film crew intent on digging into the lives of young, small-town Americans lands in Flatch, where eccentricity is the norm. New this week: ‘Deep Water,’ Charli XCX and ‘WeCrashed’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Murdoch also is intent on positioning his older son, Lachlan, in an operational role as Fox's executive co-chairman, working in collaboration with him and James. Rupert Murdoch expected to stay active in Fox corporate affairs 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

USA Network, intent on keeping its hand in the reality game, on Thursday named veteran reality producer Jessica Sebastian as its new vice president of unscripted series. USA Network taps Jessica Sebastian to head unscripted series 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Ms. Calloway explained this week that her intent was merely to create an event that would bring together her followers and bring to life her personal “brand.” All the Writers’ Workshops 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

These reveal a tall, slightly awkward, intent woman — usually wearing a plain hat — who was intrigued by the spatial complexities of reflections. Art In Review: VIVIAN MAIER 2012-01-19T23:48:15Z

Jimmy Smits narrates this look at efforts to protect endangered native wildlife on Puerto Rico, and three conservationists intent on restoring some threatened species: the Amazon parrot, the leatherback turtle and the manatee. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Toni Erdmann’ and ‘Underground’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Russian prosecutors had painted him as a “large-scale” drug dealer intent on selling drugs to his students and falsely labeled him an employee of the U.S. This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

When Pearce's hired-gun madman shows up on the scene, all belligerent and bullying and intent on shutting down their moonshine operation, conflict is as inevitable as the sunrise. 'Lawless': Depression-era saga shot down by unlikable characters 2012-08-28T00:02:04Z

Rather, his intent is to highlight the complicity of everyone, from the reenacters, with their historical blindness, to the campus activists with their disconnected culture-speak. T. Geronimo Johnson brings culture clash to 'Welcome to Braggsville' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

But to all intents and purposes the unheard-of phenomenon of the nineteenth century is repeated: it's possible to walk from one bank of the river to the other. The Mistake by Martín Kohan, translated by Nick Caistor 2013-03-19T13:00:01Z

In the film, Damon plays a gas company landman - an agent who buys or leases land - intent on drilling beneath a town where some residents are concerned about the perils of fracking. Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z

The toddler in that last picture appears intent, and none of the kids is smiling. Galleries: ‘Alive and Present, ‘Enduring’

Last year, the Montreal-based Cirque set up a new theatrical division with the intent of producing Broadway-style shows to be seen in New York, London and on the road. With 'The Wiz,' Cirque du Soleil looks to leap onto Broadway 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

But history tells us that zinfandel can be a lot of things, depending, as with so many wines, on the intent of the producer. Finding the Heart of Zinfandel 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Despite the niggles, Marchlands at least shows intent of investment in quality, original drama on ITV. Have you been watching ? Marchlands? 2011-03-03T11:43:27Z

"It was basically a 'Die Hard' film about a guy who gets trapped in his house with a cat who's intent on killing him." 'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

And that is really important in this time where people are so intent on being divided and spreading hate. After ‘Game of Thrones,’ Nathalie Emmanuel Is Ready to Take the Lead 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Are the cafes, concessions and restaurants in our museums up to snuff, or are they still just intent on working their captive audiences? Museum food: eat the ancestors 2010-05-14T09:15:00Z

Comedy Central executives assured him that was not their intent. Bridging the Racial Divide, One Joke at a Time 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Samples lend structure: the melodic and rhythmic information of the music they were taken from, as well as the samples’ mood and intent. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z

Slattery, late of “Mad Men,” stars as ace Chicago reporter Hildy Johnson, intent on quitting the business for a New York advertising job, viewed by his ink-stained brethren as a demotion in locale and profession. John Slattery’s turn from adman to ink-stained wretch 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

At one point she wears a boxer’s robe and gloves and seems intent on punching her way through the screen, hinting at clashes to come. The (Other) Sounds of Summer: Musical Scenes That Make Movies Sizzle 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z