Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several of the projects, including the Kennedy School addition, will seek ways to avoid the city requirement that new buildings provide parking spaces under or next to them. The Zoning Board may decide that these developers can compensate for the lack of parking by paying a fee or providing space for cars elsewhere...
...best protection against disaster is choosing the right doctor. Despite an abundance of qualified plastic surgeons, the $250 million-a-year industry has attracted numerous charlatans and quacks working in "chop shops." Doctors advise prospective patients to seek board-certified surgeons who have admitting privileges at reputable hospitals. Says Dr. Carl Korn, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Southern California: "Choosing a surgeon is tricky, tricky, tricky. Walk into the office and look around at the others there who have had work done, and then only go in yourself if you like what...
...naval forces, which since July 21 have been providing protection to eleven reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers. At the same time, the U.S. denounced Tehran's dilatory tactics in responding to a July 20 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. The Reagan Administration even briefly threatened to seek an international arms embargo against Iran...
...Casey ignored his aides' objections to using outsiders, such as retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord. The director also relied on Iranian Manucher Ghorbanifar as a middleman, despite CIA warnings that Ghorbanifar had been shown to be "dishonest and untruthful." When George learned that Casey nevertheless intended to seek Ghorbanifar's help, he took the rare step of telling his boss, "Bill, I'm not going to run this guy anymore...
...newly published collection of the Pontiff's statements on Jews and Judaism. While the letter was ostensibly routine, its language was heartfelt. "Christians approach with fearsome respect the terrifying experience of the extermination, the Shoah, suffered by the Jews during the Second World War," wrote the Pope, "and we seek to grasp its most authentic . . . meaning." He went on, "Before the vivid memory of the extermination . . . it is not permissible for anyone to pass by with indifference...