Word: seek
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Patterson says it is difficult to identifytroubled students who do not seek help withoutinfringing on their privacy...
...such a highly civilized world, it may be difficult to accept that force, and not solely diplomacy, is still needed to calm troubled waters. But those who hold power will always cling to it; those who do not will always seek it. When have economic sanctions or pointed dialogue ever forced a dictator, sipping off the cream of his nation's output, to beg for mercy? Once the U.S. ascertains the willingness of Haitians--and Bosnians--to cooperate with outside parties, there should be no hesitation to use force...
...skid marks left by dozens of previous books, movies and teleplays show the terrain: innocent children imperiled by drunken carelessness; a steadfast spouse trying to understand and cope; an alarming incident that brings the victim to the edge of self-destruction -- and self-awareness; the decision to seek professional help; the terrors of detox; the fragile return to sobriety and the recriminatory rebalancing of power in a damaged family; and finally the tearful public confession, carrying with it an implicit promise of a responsible future, which offers audiences a reassuring sense that they have once again witnessed a triumph...
Camus's refusal to seek sanctuary in such abstractions marked him as an outsider while he lived and a prophet now, in an age of discredited dogmas. Reviewing Le Premier Homme, Paris' Le Monde asked, "Can we now rediscover Camus without political and historical prejudices, in his quest for truth?" The answer will spread with the translations, and it seems...
...resolution also will seek action againstManaging Editor Joe Mathews '95, the head of TheCrimson's news board, who approved the officeentrance...