Word: seek
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...film stars Zbigniew Zamachowski as the over-grown boy of a man, Karol Karol. Like "Blue," the first movie in this series, "White" begins with the ending of a marriage. In the case of "Blue," Julie's husband and daughter are killed and she must seek and define her own sense of liberty. In "White," Karol's wife Dominique (played by the stunningly beautiful to-die-for Julie Delpy) divorces him, claiming their marriage has not been consummated. With Karol's pathetic, meek confirmation of this fact, he ends his marriage and loses everything: his wife, her love...
...sorts from the traditional role which assigns women the role of using sex for power. Here the usual is reversed and a new story unfolds. Karol cannot maintain his marriage because of his impotence. He is not allowed to stay with her. So he uses his sex to seek his revenge...
...decision to seek delay, rather than dismissal, is a political one. "Arguing that Jones' claim should be thrown out for good would be a public relations disaster," says a Clinton adviser. "Postponement permits her to go forward later and affirms the principle that the President is not a king, that + nobody is above...
...reckless in permitting a captain with a history of drinking to command the Exxon Valdez, the oil tanker that ran aground five years ago in Prince William Sound and caused the nation's worst oil spill. The verdict against Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood enables local residents to seek $1.5 billion in compensation and $15 billion in punitive damages...
...violence, child abuse and car accidents," he says. "It's easier to take out your aggression on a neighbor, your spouse or your children. And driving fast or carelessly makes people feel powerful." Those most at risk for early death are, in most countries, the ones least likely to seek or get medical treatment. Says Dr. Erika Saska, an internist at Budapest's St. Emeric's Hospital: "The people for whom prevention would be useful are too busy to leave work and have their blood pressure taken." One of the few who did is Marika Toth...