Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late King Ibn Saud once said, "I wish that Feisal had been born twins and Saud had never been born at all." Nevertheless, Saud was the oldest son and was therefore named Crown Prince. On his deathbed, Ibn Saud made Feisal swear on the Koran that he would not seek the throne as long as Saud lived...
...World Series time, the coldness and discomfort that New York Yankee Southpaw Whitey Ford had often felt in his left hand became a strength-robbing cramp afflicting his whole arm. But not until after the second game when he even had trouble shaving did Ford seek medical help from Dr. Martin L. Schulman of Long Island Jewish Hospital. The diagnosis: Pitcher Ford had an apparently complete blockage of the axillary artery, which carries blood through the shoulder toward the fingertips...
Each of these points can be disputed. For example, although the Civic Unity Committee deals with civil rights problems, it handles only surface problems. This group will investigate a conflict once it has arisen, but does not seek to solve the underlying causes of the conflict. That is the job Vorenberg is talking about...
...appeared criticizing the objectives and level of participation in House athletics. Two general complaints were made: first, that House sports have become so competitive that "less talented but spirited boys" are denied a chance to play; second, that the participants are generally frustrated varsity and junior varsity players who "seek to build up their egos at the expense of everyone else...
Using a terse, first person voice, Brackman must imply a great deal through the order and content of the narrator's descriptions. But sometimes the detail is overly suggestive, forcing the reader to seek answers which simply cannot be found within the story. Nonetheless, if Brackman only hints at some relations and sources of motivation, he creates a genuinely poignant mood of wistful loneliness through a difficult narrative technique...