Word: seeks
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Today the industry as a whole is feverishly developing silver bullets for boomers that, like Viagra, seek to rewrite the physical and mental decline genetically programmed into each of us. Among the latest life-style-enhancing remedies...
Panelists also discussed the perception that men seek power while women seek influence...
Speakers questioned the necessity of using the land behind Gund Hall, saying Harvard could seek other, larger areas for expansion...
...banks see themselves as acquirers, and others see themselves as, well, acquirees." On the day the Travelers deal was announced--creating a giant with $42 billion in equity--vice presidents at still independent Goldman Sachs nervously fingered their E-mail with questions about when the famously private firm might seek a public offering to raise more cash in order to boost its size. Technology and deregulation have--even for a firm with profits north of $3 billion--turned the competitive heat way, way up. "In five years this firm may be run by a software guy," Goldman CEO Jon Corzine...
...that say 'shy' or 'outgoing' or 'happy' or 'sad.' Genes are simply chemicals that direct the combination of more chemicals." What genes do is order up the production of proteins in organs like the kidney, the skin and also the brain. Thus, Hamer speculates, one version of the novelty-seeking gene may make a protein that is less efficient at absorbing dopamine. Since dopamine is the chemical that creates sensations of pleasure in response to intense experiences, people who inherit this gene might seek to stimulate its production by seeking out thrills...