But they are intent on acknowledging shifts within contemporary culture, exploring (however tentatively) same-sex partnering and eschewing the hierarchies reinforced by older ballets.
So while it's understandable that in the wake of the Wisconsin killings President Barack Obama is intent on acknowledging the Sikhs' contribution to the United States, the Sikh religion is being praised for its inclusiveness and some Sikhs hope to cast the incident as an opportunity to be better understood, these well-meaning efforts are absurd.
But, whatever her feelings of contrition, Price seemed intent on at least acknowledging her past acts.
And the mayor, Antonio R. Villaraigosa, who broke his elbow in a bike accident involving a taxicab and has since become one of cycling's biggest cheerleaders, is intent on resurrecting a plan that he acknowledged had been "kind of languishing a bit".
He is intent on avoiding another one.
Just this week, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on a visit to Egypt, said that the Kremlin was still intent on holding the Moscow conference, though he acknowledged that it was no closer to being realized.
In a recent interview, Mr. Kerik acknowledged that department units intent on making their own cases -- and, sometimes, their own headlines -- have withheld information from fellow officers, a longstanding problem that, he said, has frustrated and angered him.
Dr. McKinnell acknowledged today that the company was intent on keeping its market share even after patents expire.
A1 Memo Details War Decision A previously secret British government memorandum is creating a stir among administration critics, who are portraying it as evidence that President Bush was intent on war with Iraq earlier than the White House has acknowledged.
The guitarist Steve Morse has an expansive view of music — one, he acknowledges, that puts him at odds with marketers intent on labeling him.
Just as after the July 7 terrorist bombings of 2005, Britons were forced to acknowledge that their own society had bred those intent on overturning its order.
