Word: sought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Curtatone has sought to establish himself asthe anti-Capuano choice, Buonomo has set himselfup as the former mayor's heir apparent...
When Kevin went back to work, he filed a complaint that he had been denied the leave solely because of his gender. Then he sought help from the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued the state on his behalf. Last week a jury sided with Kevin, awarding him $375,000 in the first-ever sex-discrimination case brought under the federal act. The state argued that Kevin did not alert the right people to his wife's condition and failed to prove that he was the primary care provider. "It was never a gender-based issue," says Maryland assistant attorney...
...group had sought to perform "body worship," a form of worship that sets hand motions to religious music. Group members describe body worship as unique to the Asian American Christian tradition...
Most Crimson swimmers tapered minimally for the event and didn't step down their training in the preceding days. Yale, on the other hand. approached the competition by fully resting and shaving in fear of the Harvard powerhouse. Yet despite this clear advantage, they failed to claim the sought after trophy...
Other interests eagerly crashed the party, seeing the banana dispute as a chance to settle old scores. U.S. pork producers, suffering through a severe price slump, sought to block the import of Italian hams like prosciutto. "The E.U. has closed off much of its market to us," reasoned Nick Giordano, a lawyer at the National Pork Producers Council. "We're looking for reciprocity, and one way to get it is nicking them on bananas." The council got pork added to the hit list. The hog farmers pushed to nail Dutch and Danish ham producers. But because those two countries...