Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week's federal court decision did not conclude a Facilities Maintenance worker's seven-year-old discrimination suit against Harvard, as lawyers for both sides said yesterday they would seek fresh verdicts in the case...
...almost inevitable: a TV anchor trying to play modern-day power broker, using split-screen technology to seek the deal that had eluded Paul Kirk. First pairing Dukakis and Gephardt, Koppel relentlessly bored in: "Governor, would you accept the Congressman as your running mate if he would endorse you?" Dukakis answered with characteristic caution, "I would % certainly consider Congressman Gephardt, as well as Senator Gore, along with many other fine Democrats." Suddenly Gephardt was gone, and Gore was on the split screen. "Senator," Koppel intoned, "would you accept the vice presidency?" Gore remained unruffled as he answered...
June 30: More than 200 delegates had chartered a special train to Albany to personally petition Mario Cuomo to save the party from chaos. Now they listened as Cuomo laboriously reviewed the Jesuitic logic that undergirded every statement he had ever made about running. "My resolve not to seek the presidency remains steadfast," Cuomo declared amid a chorus of groans and muttered imprecations. "But I have also always said that I do not have the vanity, I do not have the prideful stubbornness to turn my back on my party." As the applause died down, Cuomo hastened to make himself...
...friend or foe. Reason: the Kuwaitis are still buying BP shares -- with an enthusiasm that has raised suspicions in Britain. Kuwait has spent some $1.9 billion, bringing its stake in British Petroleum up to 22%, to become BP's largest shareholder. The Kuwaitis insist that they will not seek a seat on BP's board. They initially promised not to raise their stake above 22.5%, but Fauad Jaffar, deputy chairman of KIO, seemed to waffle on that pledge during a recent television interview. Said he: "If the situation changes, obviously any investor must have an open mind...
...catch on among Illinois voters, it strikes fear in the heart of Democratic Party Pooh-Bahs, who prefer a little cigar smoke swirling around the back rooms before the convention to a prime- time brawl on national television. To that end, Party Chairman Paul Kirk announced that he would seek a meeting with all the candidates after the New Jersey and California primaries on June 7 to urge consensus support behind an "inevitable nominee," a euphemism for a candidate who is not strong enough to be a full-fledged front runner but could be made one with a little help...