Word: seek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community, one must reject all influence of the community. To do this implies a very specific, a very Hobbesian, view of human nature. One must think that men are naturally isolated, individual spirits frolicking only with their families and closest friends; we only assent to government to seek peace and stability of life. This outlook considers human society and sociability as purely conventional creations based on utility...
Everything about the production design hints that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari does not seek the audience to make any deep emotional investment in the story or its characters. Instead, the production jars the theatergoer into a peculiar world, encouraging reflection on the many layers of theater and the violent and lewd tendencies of society...
...believe that society is run under a capitalist system that is inherently racist," he said. "We seek to lead a socialist revolution based on the multi-racial, integrated working class...
There are lots of reasons to root for these companies. High stock prices raise more money to seek important treatments. But after much exposure, I've been able to develop a resistance to the biotech bug. And until the gene-bending gods can separate the hype from the glory, they're not getting any of my savings...
Thus, though some men are more genetically prone to seek thrills than others, men in general take fewer risks if married with children than if unattached. Though some people may be genetically prone to high self-esteem, everyone's self-esteem depends heavily on social feedback. Genes even mold personality to our place in the family environment, according to Frank Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel, the much discussed book on birth order. Parents who clone their obedient oldest child may be dismayed to find that the resulting twin, now lower in the family hierarchy, grows...