Word: seeks
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...Coordinating Committee acknowledges that victims of sexual harassment may hesitate to seek help. The faculty can only overcome an apparent lack of trust and confidence by demonstrating and publicizing its responsiveness. In practical terms, that means acknowledging real problems and reporting that offenders have been disciplined appropriately...
...middle-class citizens who resent having part of their earnings transferred to the poor through taxes and social spending. The revised letter contains new passages noting that "many working people and middle-class Americans live dangerously close to poverty." The bishops made it clear that they do not seek a radical redistribution of income from the middle class to the poor. Instead, they primarily advocate higher taxes on the wealthy...
...direction of the school board, McCalip, who has a law degree, asked the county attorney to seek an injunction against the waste dump. "The county counsel told me that I wasn't playing ball, that I had teed off all the county officials. He said, 'Hey, Ken, this isn't the way we do it in Santa Barbara County.' " There was little sympathy from county officials who investigated. "The wind kicks up," McCalip explains, "and the fumes are gone. They think you're crazy." Out-of-town acquaintances were dubious...
...young man, who has been living in Chicago with his older sister, is now legally free from his parents' efforts to have him returned to his homeland. If anything, the Steinmetz High School senior has become even more adamant about remaining in his adopted country. He plans to seek citizenship and will register shortly for the draft. "I'm an American," he told the Washington Post. "I got nothing to go back for. My life is here in America. There is nothing--nothing--I miss in the Soviet Union...
Cambridge Peace Commissioner Jeb Brugmann hailed Dukakis's order, saying, "It offers a freer atmosphere for refugees in Cambridge to go ahead and seek services they need...