Word: seeks
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...mental state that prompts suicide, usually some form of depression, is often treatable. Psychologists contend that suicide must be discussed more openly and viewed without shame so that potential victims will seek treatment. Werner Spitz, a professor of forensic pathology at Wayne State University, regrets that "people are ashamed to admit a relative committed suicide, seeing it as a blemish on the good name of the family." Since suicide can be contagious, many families rightly fear that a son or daughter, a brother or sister, may be inclined to imitate the act of self-destruction. But "depression is a disease...
Such benefits are traditionally uniform for all Harvard staff, and according to Robert H. Scott, the University's vice president for finance, Harvard's unions do not seek different agreements...
...said that as HUCTW writes out theformal language of its contract this month, Local26 will be able to claim some other benefits. Hepointed to free use of the athletic facilities andinclusion in the University's $50,000 fund for daycare scholarships as benefits enjoyed by HUCTWthat Local 26 might seek to acquire...
When he begins his tour of Poland and Hungary this weekend, President George Bush will seek to certify a new era emerging from these convulsions. For Poland and Hungary are where the cold war began 42 years ago. And when historians write about the implosion of Communism in the late 1980s, they will note that it likewise began when those two satellites meandered from the Soviet orbit...
...restlessness of the military became public last February when the army issued an ultimatum to el Mahdi: Seek peace with the rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, or resign. In response, the Prime Minister formed a new coalition government and made overtures to the SPLA. A cease-fire followed, but the two sides failed to reach agreement...