Word: seeks
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They made only superficial efforts to solicit the views of any wider segment of the student population. They made no effort to seek the advice of the Undergraduate Council, the only arguably representative body in the College. Nevertheless, Undergraduate Council Chairman Brian C. Offutt '87 and other council members were aware of the 350th planners' intentions almost every step of the way, and they betrayed the people who elected them by failing to raise objections...
...state could take over local authorities that do not implement the regulation or impose a freeze on filling vacancies. But sanctions would not be imposed, even if goals are not met for years, if communities in good faith seek minority tenants. No tenants will be evicted to make room for minorities...
Giacalone says she "does not seek convictions for the sake of convictions, as if scoring points in some game. It's a balancing act between the claims of justice and civilized society's proclivity for compassion. You don't lock someone up because you can." But the woman who once walked to school along 101st Avenue does not have much compassion for the men who hung around the Bergen Hunt and Fish Club; she wants to lock up John Gotti not because she can, but because he deserves...
Like the calibrated give-and-take over summitry and alleged spying that dominated Washington and Moscow, the gathering in Riga dramatized a basic principle of superpower relations: even in the worst of times, the two rivals seek to maintain competitive engagement in diplomacy rather than let their antagonisms get out of control. The reason is simple. In the nuclear age, the breakdown of diplomacy and the resort to war is not an option. Precisely because last week was a tense moment, it was a good week for the U.S. citizens who traveled to Riga...
Independent, college-educated women appear to become sexually active later than other women, the Associated Press reported last week, because college-educated women are less likely to seek security through...