To his credit, Barack Obama, who has shown more concern for criminal-justice reform than any President before him, has sought to do something about the problem.
But Teuscher has sought to make something positive of it, writing to the powers of American swimming with suggestions for a fairer, less unilateral method of selecting relays.
Each year since, Isner, a 6-foot-10 former NCAA all-American with a booming serve and a blazing forehand, has sought to achieve something so great at a Grand Slam that it would relegate his part in that memorable feat of endurance to a career footnote.
The organizer of the donations, and one of the chief givers, was Jon S. Corzine, the Democratic contender for the United States Senate, a rookie candidate who has sought to create something of an insta-bloc of support at the grass roots by raining his and his friends' money on local party treasuries in New Jersey.
Perhaps most important, the governors called for federal action to cap soaring wholesale prices for electricity, something Mr. Davis has sought, with no success, for weeks.
"If the business community is really serious," says Mr. Reich, "it should combine the China trade deal with legislation that would give labor a ban on the permanent replacement of striking workers, something labor has sought for years, and it would also treble the fines against any company that illegally fires workers for trying to form unions.
Mrs. Clinton also indicated that the Obama administration might suspend deportation orders for 30,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States, something Haiti has sought because of the money Haitians send home and because it says it could not cope with the returnees.
Durrant identified the need for a stronger mental state to allow him to challenge for the bigger titles - something he has sought help for since his semi-final defeat by Adams.
Such a system will give the government unprecedented access to Americans' internet activities--something it has sought for years through a multitude of channels.
After winning a regeneration grant from Hackney council, their organisation, Something and Son, has sought to replicate the 'DIY culture' of urban farming that they discovered flourishing in the US.
