Word: quested
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...million, she figured), Buffett would cut back on work and finally pay attention to his family. What she didn't realize was that the mission Buffett had embarked upon when he was 6 years old and selling gum and Coke to his neighbors would never stop. The quest to amass wealth - but not to spend it, as his license plate, THRIFTY, suggested - would take him all the way to being the richest man in the world...
...easy to mock Chameides's earnest habits, but his quest does highlight an environmental threat that rarely gets attention. Most Americans have now come to believe that littering on the street is wrong, but as Chameides says, just because you throw something out in a proper trashcan doesn't mean it simply disappears. Though America's landfills are in no danger of filling up any time soon, taking out the trash is increasingly costly, with major cities like New York now having to truck their garbage hundreds of miles to reach an open dumping space. That means energy and carbon...
...things stand today, each of us decides each day to what extent we will adhere to these rules. But no matter how well we fit in appearance-wise, the reality is, those of us who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and transgender are already gender non-conforming. In our quest for normalcy and acceptance, we’ve lost sight of the goal which will make the world an infinitely better, safer place for all people, everywhere—total freedom to be, and express, gender however we see fit, without fear for our safety, our sanity, or our livelihoods...
...South Africa Legal Victory Ruling-party leader Jacob Zuma cleared a major hurdle in his quest to win the presidency in next year's election when a judge--citing a procedural error--dismissed corruption charges against him. Zuma, who wrested control of the African National Congress from President Thabo Mbeki last year, had faced 16 counts stemming from his alleged role in an arms deal...
...That was essentially the verdict delivered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday, when he officially gave up on the Bush Administration's tortured quest to purchase flying gas stations to replace the current fleet of KC-135 tankers, which average 47 years old. "How incompetent can the Air Force be?" Danielle Brian, head of the Project on Government Oversight, a private watchdog group, wondered following Gates' announcement. "Buying a tanker really shouldn't be this complicated...