Roman Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 76 138) is said to have sought peace through strength or, failing that, peace through threat.

He actively sought disconfirmation.

I would also like to pay tribute to the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, who has pursued those noble objectives with tenacity and farsightedness.

And as others like him pursued their own version of the American dream, white flight became common in the South Bronx and in many cities around the country.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sought to achieve this in Libya before the ongoing fighting in that country broke out.

No, because the City Council rode him. Coincidence, in other words.

In 1751, Pierre Louis Maupertuis veered toward more materialist ground.

The perspective he tried to enjoin on us there seems to me a right perspective to take.

The new approach sought to end the cycle of reschedulings.

The problem of anti personnel mines is far from being solved, but at least the international community has sought a global response through the Ottawa Convention.

Sure. Sure, he asked for it.

And he has sought to forge closer trade and transport links.

The new society, whose motto was God and the People , sought the unification of Italy.

Yet King David sought God's forgiveness, and said, You can restore my soul.

Both Putin and Khrushchev sought to use Solzhenitsyn for their own purposes.

Terrorists have always sought leverage to penetrate international power and influence.

In southern Africa, we are on the verge of achieving the goal the international community has always sought, namely, dismantling apartheid and putting in place a democratic and non racial Government in South Africa.

Be careful. He goes for you, he'll suck your bones dry.

A medic ran over to him.

He was entitled to a soldier's death. He asked for that.

For more than a year, Cornwallis sought out Mi kmaq leaders willing to negotiate a peace.

As a result of this potential irregularity, the Panel sought to verify the particulars of this transaction.

Since then, Putin has sought to expose the bankruptcy of America s policy of isolating Iran.

Since its inception, nearly 1,400 staff members have sought the assistance of the Ombudsman's Office.

It's only the last few hundred thousand years modern humans have been pursuing technology and civilization.

Now you listen to me. You asked for this.

Four hundred years ago, explorers sought the legendary Northeast Passage across the north of Europe and Russia to China.

He instead rhetorically transformed American soldiers from fratricidal killers into liberators of their ancient fatherland.

Since first coming to power, Putin sought to cement Russia s status and its global standing on the basis of superior economic performance.

Fretilin at first sought to fight the decision through non violent means.

For most of the previous half century, the North sought relentlessly to impose its will on the South.

Both sought to undo the work of their successful predecessors, Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin.

That is why some people have sought to sum up this approach using the terms new issues and out of the box issues .

The country has sought to attract FDI for many years, establishing special economic zones for foreign investment.

No more shooting. He asked for it.

You asked for it, and if you don't get out of

He was drawn to the flames, he chased the flames, he was like a moth to the flames. Something of an adrenalin junkie.

He rightly sought to maximize the options open to the first President of the year.

Later, I joined the World Bank, which sought to fight such poverty by transferring aid from rich to poor countries.

He was drawn to the flames, he chased the flames, he was like a moth to the flames.

But it is also true that as the price rose, a growing number of naïve investors sought to buy in.

Instead, Koizumi appealed to an electoral majority comprising urban and suburban swing voters.

The independent evaluation also sought to determine why some participants were unable to complete the programme.

During the recent campaign, he had endeavoured to visit most of the missions in Vienna that were members of the Board.

But, above all, he has tried hard to secure Republican support for his efforts to prevent the economy from disappearing into a deep recessionary hole.