Word: sought
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According to the Globe, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino's administration initially sought a number of restrictions, including limiting the attendance to 10,000. The Suffolk Superior Court, however, turned down Menino's move on Wednesday, citing freedom of speech as the reason for the ruling...
Last year, numerous alumni, led by H.A Crosby Forbes '50 protested to these very changes. They sought to maintain the "integrity" of the Union, to preserve old architecture because it was old. They recalled their student days with such fondness that they sought to petrify it. They did not recognize the need for structural change, and mistakenly placed their priorities with Harvard's ancien regime...
...sought to continue using mines in Korea and to withdraw from the agreement in times of war. It had delayed the vote on the accord by 24 hours, to engage in an ultimately futile round of last-minute lobbying. The Oslo conference is expected to formally ratify the accord Thursday, following which it will be presented to governments for ratification in December...
...boyfriend then took the purse and ran up Plympton Street to the Quincy House courtyard, where he sought refuge, police said...
This was No. 20--the 20th suicide attack on Israeli targets since the day in September 1993 when the Israelis signed a peace accord with the Palestinians. The 20th time fanatical Palestinians sought to kill and maim as many Israelis as they and their weapons could reach. The 20th time men opposed to peace have tried to drown the process in pools of blood...