Word: seek
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...practical matter, if it is proposed to keep the U.S. at peace, it is necessary to have a world environment which will be friendly and not hostile to the existence and development of American freedom. This means that the U.S. should cooperate courageously and generously with other peoples who seek in varying conditions freedom under...
...drafters of Dumbarton Oaks frankly proposed that the Council, rather than the Assembly, should have "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security." The Council may (not must) "investigate any dispute, or any situation which may lead to international friction"; but all members promise to seek a solution of disputes through negotiation, mediation, judicial settlement, or ''other peaceful means." The main job of the Council is to press the parties to settle disputes by themselves. Only in the event of failure does the Security Council swing into action...
...agree on objectives. The Jap fleet, hacked to pieces in three historic days off the Philippines last October, mortally hurt last week, will never again be able to divert the Navy from close support of amphibious landings. The Navy has virtually completed its main and traditional task-to seek out the enemy's fleet and destroy it. For husky, white-haired Chester Nimitz the rest of the job is mostly ferrying the Army and Marines to the beaches, helping to beat down the remnants of Jap airpower...
...affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen. . . . (St. Mark...
...hadn't even peered at the Management; I gaped in amazement when called on in Procurement; I stumbled through a weak excuse in Man. Cost but when the other 69 men in the Company, a dog and three stray field mice came up to my room that night to seek advice that was too much. However, I'm not narrow minded; the other boys got a laugh out of my anties, so why shouldn't I go through with the show...