Word: pursuit
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...never saw a deal he didn't like" was the refrain in early 2000) to acquire other car companies, too much time pushing the importance of the Internet, too much time emphasizing Ford's new destiny as a "consumer company" - all at the expense of the carmaker's basic pursuit...
...should realize in this turmoil, however, that Halloween has never really been about violence. Our Americanized concept of the holiday has, in fact always involved the harmless pursuit of fun for kids and college students alike. No feelings of sadness or guilt can change the inherently benign nature of the holiday, and our celebrations must carry on as usual...
Businesses, Jackson says, often looked at community service as a distraction in the pursuit of profits...
...photo of New York fire fighters that commandos had packed in their gear to leave at their destinations), boarding aircraft and leaping out in Afghanistan. While a group of commandos seized a dry-lake airstrip some 100 miles southwest of Kandahar, other troops headed to Kandahar itself in pursuit of Omar and one of his command centers. The special forces didn't manage to snare Omar, but Pentagon officials said U.S. troops gathered valuable intelligence and destroyed a small-weapons stockpile at the airfield...
...unfortunate that, should democracy ever come to the Palestinian people, they may choose to move even further from the path of peace. The pursuit of peace and the promotion of democracy in the region seem to lead to a contradiction, a sad commentary on the peace process and hopes for the future of the Middle East, where democracy and peace find themselves at odds...