Word: seek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...People seek autonomy as a result of being weaker and disadvantaged. It is a consequence of society," he said. "Separatism is nothing more than an inarticulate quest for social unanimity...
...acclaimed restaurant is the The Elephant Walk, serving traditional French and Cambodian cuisine to an eclectic and nonnative crowd. Masters expresses anger at a comment she heard about the restaurant: "Finally there's a place to go in Union Square,"--a comment that demonstrates the gap between those who seek the cosmpolitan and those who are sick...
Wing-chair psychiatrists who seek character traits will need a full hour to analyze the Treaty Room, which now serves as the President's home office. George Bush had it done in pale green, with much English chintz; ranks of miniature soldiers marched across the marble mantel. Clinton asked for a masculine, library-like room, and, says Hockersmith, loves the deep red simulated-leather wallpaper, massive, specially designed bookcases and his easy chair and ottoman from the Arkansas Governor's mansion. Nine major treaties -- most recently the Arafat-Rabin agreement of last September -- were signed on the circa-1867 table...
...only three cases were reported in the Four Corners region in the past month, none of them fatal. Increased public awareness and a drop in the deer-mouse population may have helped stem the spread of the disease. But researchers fear that cold weather will cause mice to seek shelter inside houses, exposing people once again. So a major multilingual public-information campaign, set in motion in the spring, will continue. And in January Army scientists will begin testing a vaccine developed to fight the Asian version of the virus, which may prove at least partially effective in halting...
...Israel swore it would seek revenge following the massacre of 11 of its athletes by members of the P.L.O. at the Olympic Games in Munich. Last week a former Israeli director of military intelligence official revealed just how effectively that retaliation was carried out, when military censors finally allowed an interview he gave a year ago to be broadcast on national television. The official, Aharon Yariv, said between 10 and 15 Palestinians involved in the Munich attack had been assassinated by Israeli agents...