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But another forceful leader was also bent on reshaping the school for very different reasons, and perhaps with much more profound results.

It premiered in1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris and ever since has been endlessly analyzed and explained by academics, critics and theater lovers bent on uncovering its meaning.

Both see Beijing as being bent on trying to eclipse America as the most consequential power.

You might think the Foreign Office would want to make a big thing of it, to emphasise the importance of the diplomatic repair job the foreign secretary is bent on.

He is an existential threat bent on toppling democracy, no matter if it’s wrapped in a Village People tune.