Word: seeks
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...only are candidates for our highest public offices at the mercy of corporate and union behemoths, wealthy bankers, lawyers and Hollywood types who seek the influence and favor of the United States government, they have to be considerate of the criminal element as well...
...presidency itself is not the American immigrant's final frontier. It is simply the right to seek that office and then, possibly, to fail in that attempt, which stands out as the holy grail in the immigrant's quest for equal status. Until the time when that right is granted, the antiquarian presidential qualification will continue to gnaw and prod at the effort to end immigrants' second-class-citizen status...
Robert P. Gittens, president of the Boston School committee, says that the public school system would continue to improve and seek ways to be even better and fairer...
...from attaining a broader base of knowledge, and exposure to more diverse approaches to knowledge. The field of mathematics is the one glaring hole in the Core today. It is important to remember that the way mathematicians work is quite distinct from the method of scientists. Mathematics does not seek to describe the natural world, and hence can always be perfectly logical and perfectly accurate within its framework. Learning this type of methodology can be useful not only for math or science, but more generally in constructing logical arguments for papers. Beside just the methodology of math, a familiarity with...
Even more necessary today is the ability to understand statistics. The present QRR test seeks to ensure this, but to most students, this is not a very edifying or enjoyable experience. Instead, there could be a new Core course on statistics, in which practical applications are emphasized. But most of the new classes need not be so practical. They should seek to show students the beauty and power of mathematics, and analytical approaches to problems...