Word: seek
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...ordered his lawyers to file suit against French agents, whom he claims drugged, bound and abducted him from Sudan. In Paris the Justice Ministry is vowing to open old files that could compel Carlos to stand trial at least four times. Meanwhile, Berlin's attorney general is threatening to seek extradition for a 1983 bombing. In the Middle East, Arabs are bracing for shocking disclosures, since Carlos is "a walking encyclopedia of terrorism," says investigating magistrate Bruguiere. An East European diplomat in Beirut admits that "a lot of people would like him to have a heart attack very quickly...
...their safety. Also poised to move in are soldiers from the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front. "We want to occupy all Rwanda," Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu declared on Thursday. "Indeed, for the credibility of the government, we have to occupy all Rwanda." Although Twagiramungu pledged the army would not seek revenge, his remarks only deepened the alarm of Hutu inside the enclave. The fears of those camped in the French zone intensified on Friday when Zairean paratroopers shut down the border, choking off the flow of refugees attempting to make it across the rusty bridge before the escape hatch closed...
...President? Dole candidly acknowledges that even if he decided not to seek the presidency, it would be advantageous for him to carry on the tease. For one thing, it helps as he campaigns and raises money for this year's crop of G.O.P. candidates. "People will turn out to see what this guy ((who might run in 1996)) is like...
...committees, health-care reform finally moved to the center stage of the Senate floor, with no one certain of the outcome. As formal debate began on his compromise bill, Senate majority leader George Mitchell told his colleagues, "We will undertake no more important task in this Congress" than to seek "the well-being and peace of mind that Americans should have with respect to their health care...
Shostakovich did not seek to achieve much more in the "jazz" medium, even after chinks in the Iron Curtain let the real music flow in. These pieces reflect, more than anything, the excitement of a young composer experimenting with something beguiling, mysterious and rather unknown to himself...