Word: seeks
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Should the United States seek nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union? Or is superiority a dangerous chimera that we must not pursue? Americans must ultimately decide. Events of the day, though, remind us of the potential for White House strategists to circumvent the wishes and expectations of the American people. It is incumbent, then, that we make our decision clear...
...disdained the often subtle maneuvering that makes for a constructive relationship between the White House and the Hill. Baker is the consummate insider. In three terms as a U.S. Senator from 1967 to 1985, he mastered the art of political compromise and cajolery. In all likelihood he will actively seek help outside the White House as he attempts to get the presidency back on track...
...fate would have it, Baker, 61, agreed to go to the White House just as he was preparing to announce his candidacy for next year's presidential race. Baker, who launched a halfhearted presidential campaign in 1980, did not seek re-election to the Senate in 1984 so he could mount a more serious run for the presidency. Before he received the phone call from Reagan, Baker said, "I had pretty much made up my mind...
Egeland hopes for a more immediate benefit from her work. "Too often," she says, "personal embarrassment and social stigma are associated with an illness whose cause is beyond the control of the individual." That stigma should be lessened and more people should be encouraged to seek treatment now that scientists have confirmed the source of manic depression can indeed be im blut...
Furthermore, we might inquire as to why the hundreds of resentful "strictly academic students" who apparently graduate from Harvard every year have not put forth a similar effort into recruiting their own kind. Introverts don't recruit anybody because introverts don't care about other introverts whereas extroverts seek out other extroverts and generally tolerate introverts. Harvard puts up with a few hundred "pure academic students" every year to ensure that those who lock themselves up in their little libraries or laboratories and eventually do make a contribution to mankind through a lifetime of uninterrupted self-application can make...