Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making life brutish or short for his wives. Chairman Mao, who, when visited by the muse, commanded the largest audience for poetry in history. Poet Leopold Senghor, former President of Senegal. Poet Jose Sarney, current President of Brazil. If political leaders happen not to be poets, they can always seek one's company, so that he may write them into immortality or simply decorate a hard, unlyrical business. John Kennedy had genuine affection for the work of Robert Frost, but the poet's presence at Kennedy's Inaugural -- the poem flapping in the wintry wind -- also served to give...
...called simultaneous press conferences there and in Warsaw to deliver a stunning announcement: the organization was moving back aboveground and would openly campaign for recognition. "We do not want to act clandestinely," said Solidarity Chairman Lech Walesa in announcing the formation of the Temporary Council of Solidarity, which will seek to persuade the government to permit independent trade unions. "It is necessary to work out and agree upon a new model of open and legal activity," Walesa added...
...school also is considering relying more heavily on qualitative measures other than test scores and grades in admitting students. The goal would be to identify applicants "with the broader range of interests we seek" in addition to traditional strengths...
Growing confidence in the job market prompted members of the Harvard Class of 1986 to seek out a wider variety of jobs, and more of them entered public service than previous graduates, according to a survey released this week by the Office of Career Service...
Kennedy, who received 52.4 percent of the vote, said he would seek a seat on the Armed Services Committee if he wins his general election battle against Republican Clark...