The chief intention of the treaties establishing the three original European Communities, especially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community TECC), was to foster economic integration among the original six Member States; the legal instruments granted therein to the European institutions were neither designed nor suited for political integration.
Instead, they said, the broker "churned" the account, allegedly making a large volume of sales and purchases with the chief intention of generating commissions.
Perhaps its chief intention, in the words of one adviser, was as a "psychology-management exercise" to boost the stockmarket and shake Japanese households and businesses out of their deflationary gloom.
And even if they have no financial interest in them, they still view economic growth and job creation as the chief gauge of their success.The intentions are goodSEPA did come up with an alternative yardstick, dubbed "green GDP" and intended as a joint measure of both environmental and economic stewardship.
During an interview in Manhattan, Jean-Cyril Spinetta and Leo M. van Wijk, the chief executives of Air France and KLM, discussed their intentions regarding Delta and Northwest.
Most of them probably had the same good intentions as Michael D. Webb, 41, the chief executive of Epix Medical Inc., a biotechnology company in Cambridge, Mass.
"It was reasonable to look at the president's budget and say, 'Yikes, what is the intention,' " said Tony Bullock, the chief of staff to Senator Moynihan.
James Posch, the chief executive of Test Central, said the company had no intention of enforcing its patent against nonprofit institutions.
If North Korea's intentions are becoming less opaque, the identity of the chief architect of its provocations is still open to question.
"It is our intention to make sure they are highly competitive," says Richard Boland, the chief executive of the Retail Trust, the charity behind RetailCURe.
A top aide to Mr. Dombeck, Chris Wood, said tonight that the Forest Service chief had no intention of resigning.
