Word: seeks
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...Mobutu's demise took him completely by surprise. Once he achieved power he didn't know what to do with it." It was his failure to clamp down on Hutu rebels using eastern Congo as a base from which to attack Rwanda that prompted Kabila's erstwhile sponsors to seek his ouster. "When Kabila last week began recruiting 12-year-olds to fight off these seasoned, well-trained, well-equipped fighters, it was clear that he had little chance of holding the capital," says Mutiso. The good news: Back in Lubumbashi, Kabila can now restart his career as a professional...
...legal rights are for ordinary folks, not the man elevated to the office that transmutes a lifetime of ambition, dealmaking and supercharged hormones into a symbol of dignity, power and promise to serve the greater good. Starr felt he had an obligation to seek the President's testimony before sending his report to Congress, and he was convinced that Clinton would not be able to hide behind the Presidential Seal. As a former White House official says, "the worst thing he could do is start using the constitutional powers of the presidency to protect himself...
...More girls are competing in sports than ever before, and they have a strong incentive to seek any edge they can. Since 1972, the Federal Government has required colleges and universities to expand women's athletic scholarships to reflect more closely the number of women athletes. The number of full scholarships grew from 0 (yes, zero) in 1972 to nearly 20,000 in 1997. According to Charles Yesalis, a professor of sports science and senior author of the Penn State report, many young women view steroid use as a straightforward investment in their future. "Most of the time, after...
...efforts of transgender people to gain security and support at home, on the job and in the larger community [SOCIETY, July 20]. Transgender people, those whose deepest awareness of their sexuality doesn't correspond to the physical parts they were born with, are one of the most underserved groups seeking health care today. Fearing hostility at the doctor's office, they may not seek medical care. Or they may obtain hormones and sex-reassignment surgery on the black market, often with disastrous results. Health providers must educate themselves, so they can offer patients the nonjudgmental care they deserve. DEAN LABATE...
Which is it now -- the cool, smart Microsoft or the arrogant, petulant one? We'll find out Monday, when the software giant will seek a summary judgment to have all charges against it dismissed, and will request its trial be delayed until such a judgment is considered. Following a hearing today, the company said that evidence uncovered in discovery will rebut each of the five key points the DOJ and the states must prove to make their case...