Bent on living a dream, Linus Hall quit his engineering job at Bridgestone Firestone in 2001.
In fact, nations bent on acquiring such lethal weapons no longer have to develop them indigenously.
China, Russia and India are all bent on increasing their gold reserves by hundreds of tons.
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Some hot brands, such as Liz Claiborne, are bent on avoiding selling on the Web altogether.
Yet many observers believe the Tokat attack was staged by PKK hardliners bent on sabotaging peace.
The exception is HP, but that is a company bent on recalibrating in a different direction.
Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, looks increasingly like a dynastic ruler bent on enriching his clan.
In his view, the Iranian regime isn't a "homogenous" revolutionary group bent on getting the bomb.
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Declaring himself the victim of overbearing magistrates bent on ruining his career, he is carrying on.
With Italy's Maghreb policy in disarray, the Northern League appears bent on making things worse.
Ace is bent on revenge against former associates, and his plan includes an investment in the track.
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He seemed to be bent on preserving his independence and his right to favor the weekly winner.
The electorate is bent on subjecting politicians to all sorts of humiliating rituals before handing them power.
It will merely entail those bent on evil acts to use other methods or other weapons .
Still, U.S. and other negotiators defer to Russia and other parties bent on delaying more effective international action.
"Limiting magazine capacity or mandating registration will only affect law-abiding persons, not criminals bent on murder, " Wilson added.
He could claim that no one bent on murder would, as he did, call the police in advance.
Indeed, the takeover will help those managers bent on reform to take on the conservatives within each company.
Yet the French, concluding that America was now bent on war no matter what, dug in their heels.
If Mr Obama is bent on jailing bosses, how come those responsible for the financial crisis have escaped?
Because the chances of that happening are far greater than an attack by someone bent on mass murder.
Instead he was bent on revenge, filing a second motion against the FDIC for suing him in bad faith.
Take into account their bent on the world: perhaps the person is often right, particularly skeptical, or reliably pessimistic.
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How do we fight for the value behind a brand when the world seems bent on seeking The Offer?
Hannibal and his army from Carthage are bent on destroying the Roman Empire.
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In the 1950s, prime minister Jigmi Dorji, Benji's father, led a clique of young nobles bent on modernizing Bhutan.
The American Congress seems bent on weakening Mr Abbas by withholding funds, to punish him for his UN bid.
Their vote in the regional poll slumped to 4% of the total, yet they now seem bent on fissuring.
But act like a nihilistic hacker bent on random digital mayhem, and law enforcement may just treat you like one.
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In 1984 Gibbs helped fend off hostile shareholders bent on liquidating the company and engineered a poison pill antitakeover provision.
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