Word: sought
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G.I.s say a throng--including many women, children and old men--had sought protection under the No Gun Ri bridge from an earlier, perhaps errant, U.S. air raid. They had been pinned down for three days. U.S. forces at the bridge came under repeated enemy attack. The G.I.s regularly fired bursts over the heads of the cowering civilians. "But then we were ordered to kill them all," Edward Daily of Clarksville, Tenn., then a corporal in the 7th Cavalry Regiment's 2nd Battalion, told TIME. "So I lowered the barrel and kept firing...
...Christian. and I am a first-year. When I came to Harvard, I, like every other first-year, sought out people who shared my same interests and beliefs. I saw publications and sports, theater groups and a cappella ensembles that cater to every taste and interest. In addition, I was excited to find Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic student organizations among others uniting people of similar heritages and beliefs...
...decided that she wanted to move on from the School Committee, and sought election to the Governor's Council...
...answer sought was that characters in TV shows are static, unchanging, while characters in novels are dynamic, evolving. People in TV shows (and especially in sitcoms) are threatened by change but rarely succumb to it unless the show is on its way out. While characters in novels are supposed to be real people, a good TV character is an effective caricature. That's why TV shows can't last forever: the premise will wear out. That's the first reason why "The Simpsons" is suffering: it's been on the air too long. And I think the writers know...
...each allowing patients to sue their HMOs for uncovered medical costs, but in varying degrees - added to the general legislative tangle that has been the story of Capitol Hill this summer and fall. Things got complicated Tuesday when House GOP leaders did an about-face, gun-control-style, and sought to undercut a popular right-to-sue bill with a watered-down version of their own. That bill had Democratic backing and enough Republicans aboard to pass the House; now it?s mired in what the Dems say is GOP trickery. And as the debate slogged on, Clinton...