Word: seek
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Virtually every member of Congress at the hearings urged the White House to seek congressional authorization before going ahead with the mission. Late in the week, Clinton indicated that he intends to do this; if he declines, however, few seem prepared to challenge him. The reason is that Congress's preferred tactic when confronted with knotty foreign policy problems is to make lots of noise but leave the hard calls to the President. "If he succeeds, they'll praise him; if he fails, they'll criticize him," said Representative Lee Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat. A Republican congressional staff member...
...chance for spiritual renewal clearly were tempted--Farrakhan made it impossible. In an interview released late last week he repeated some of his favorite calumnies against the Jews--"bloodsuckers," as he called them, who exploit blacks and "were involved in the slave trade." When asked if he himself would seek atonement for such remarks, Farrakhan escaped into double-talk. "I cannot atone for what the press has said that I said that I didn't say, nor can I atone for your failure to accept my explanation of what the press said that I said," he said. "But certainly...
...children enter the physical and emotional turmoil of adolescence, they naturally seek more independence and experiment more boldly. But it is precisely at this phase, the report shows, that parental involvement in school activities--and by extension, parents' influence on their kids' lives--drops off. Seventy-five percent of the parents of nine-year-olds claim high or medium involvement, while only 55% of the parents of 14-year-olds...
...then they will vote their interests." Officials at the Million Man March said that as many as 150,000 voter registration cards were filled out. Farrakhan -- who indicated that his group will offer an agenda, not form a political party -- says he will personally never seek office...
...march was so historic and so memorable because black men met to atone for their shortcomings and pledged to heal their communities. Spiritual rededication was an important theme. Part of the mission statement of the march emphasized that black people should "meditate on and seek right relationships with the Creator, with each other and with nature...