Word: pursuits
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...wish you well in your continued pursuit of excellence...
...reality, Maliki has no good options. The U.S. wants him to do more in pursuit of national reconciliation, tackling the sectarian militias that strike fear into Sunni communities and offering amnesty to Sunni insurgent fighters. But many Shi'ite leaders see the U.S. demands as signs that Washington has tilted in favor of the Sunnis. Mindful of Shi'ite objections, Maliki is moving slowly, and that is deepening the alienation of even those Sunnis closest to the political process. Tariq al-Hashimi, the Sunni Vice President of Iraq, for example, condemned Maliki's intervention to lift the security cordon around...
...hunt. That's all it is at many churches, where the frenzied chase to collect trinkets and complete silly tasks is a perennial activity aimed at getting teenagers into their doors. But at Calvary Baptist Church in Bellflower, Calif., a scavenger hunt is also a metaphor for the lifelong pursuit of meaning and happiness that begins in adolescence--and rich grist for a sermon targeted to teens. "A scavenger hunt is a search," youth leader Doug Jones, 20, tells the 80 teens who have just returned from a race through this working-class city 30 miles east of Los Angeles...
...conversation frequently punctuated by laughter, the three high-profile couples who made up the panel stressed the importance of shared values, commitment, and communication in not only the pursuit of success but the pursuit of happiness...
...Peace talks had been scheduled to begin Monday between tribal elders, militants and the military in pursuit of an agreement on the lines of the one concluded in September with militants in North Waziristan, in which they pledged to stop cross-border activities and attacks on government forces in exchange for those forces withdrawing from the area...