All of which helps explain why Speaker John A. Boehner and Congressional Republicans have been so intent on facing down President Obama in their budget dispute.
A British commentator once dubbed Mr Yan a "neo-comm", analogous to an American neocon ie, an assertive Chinese nationalist intent on facing down American hegemony.
Despite his references to establishing a new paradigm, he wasn't intent on facing down the malefactors of wealth, creating a Canadian-style welfare state, or forging a German-style social compact between labor and capital.
Recognizing those problems was a first step toward trying to cope with them, and there were, among the American founders of republican government, those who were intent on facing that challenge (see ch. 18).
Rather, it's that these proved to be the exception rather than the rule: wines made from grapes grown in unusually cool vineyards by winemakers, who were intent on facing up to the challenge of crafting a great Pinot, rather than just another smooth, jammy California red.
Then to the composer struggling down his hallway, half-dressed and with a look of fierce intent on his face.
Meanwhile, the PWI and Bernas teams concluded that Udin had been murdered by a government official intent on saving face.
Rather, he said, the intent was to "re-emphasize that real human connections are made one-on-one, face to face," at gatherings in the real world that may include Chinet products.
One wonders why he is so intent on obscuring his face.
Britain dropped the extradition case against Gen. Augusto Pinochet and allowed him to return home to Chile, where his political opponents were waiting, intent on making him face months, if not years, of court proceedings.
Britain abruptly dropped extradition proceedings today against Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who then headed home to Chile where his political opponents were waiting, intent on making him face months, if not years, of additional court proceedings.
