Word: seeker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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HOSPITALIZED. PAUL TSONGAS, 55, ex-Oval Office seeker; for a bone-marrow transplant from his sister to fight infections brought on by his lymph cancer, now in remission; in Boston...
...KICK OUT OF DANGEROUS sports like skydiving and whitewater rafting? Do you jump eagerly from job to job or even get a thrill from rearranging the furniture? If so, you are probably what psychologists call a "novelty seeker." The exact origins of personality types have eluded scientists for years. But it now appears that a craving for exciting new experiences can be credited, in part at least, to a single gene...
Until Forbes' recent shift on immigration, there was nothing about his message or campaign that suggested the politics of division. He avoids the hot-button social issues harped on by his rivals: he would not ban abortion, gun control or affirmative action. He is a sincere seeker of answers, a man genuinely concerned about social pathologies. He cites Kemp's policies of enterprise zones and tenant control of public housing as partial solutions to inner-city devastation...
Eisenhower privately explained his method in words we may eventually learn that Powell too has used among friends. A potential candidate, said Ike, needs to retain an "aura of mystery" about his future. "The seeker," he astutely observed, "is never so popular as the sought. People want what they think they can't get." Embracing detailed positions, Ike added, would "alienate more strength than it would develop." Specifics, he said, should be avoided for as long as possible: "A premature consumption of all the ammunition in a battle is certain to bring defeat." Or, as Powell puts it near...
...group, these shows are a celebration of the nonexistent, a feast for the eyes and ears of the gullible. While some TV executives privately acknowledge that many of the subjects presented are pure hokum, they argue that the shows are entertaining and do no harm. "There's a seeker born every minute," puns Bradley Anderson, producer of Encounters. "The people who watch paranormal programming are looking for something to believe...