The ways in which they obtained these additional resources ranged from seeking assistance from others, which involved little effort, to intense seeking of pain relieving medications, which required considerable effort: "People all over the village [who suffered pain] drank it [the herb's liquid after boiling].
His approach owes more to Buddha than Barnum -- an intense focus seeking knowledge about the essential nature of things, a meticulous working method driven not by obsessiveness, but by a meditative sensibility in pursuit of clarity and mindfulness.
Stellan Skarsgard is courting Marie in Europe, and the talented and eccentric William Fichtner, who manages to vary his appearance with every role, is the awkward and intense man seeking Marty's love in America.
The Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, was under intense pressure to seek the death penalty for Mr. Taylor, especially after Mr. Godineaux was found to be mentally retarded.
For candidates, that only makes the hunt for votes more intense as they seek to engage the thousands of retirees who have flocked to northern Colorado in recent years seeking sunny days and the beckoning Rockies at their doorstep.
"Such images make me a different kind of alive," the girl says, a statement that could be spoken by any of the novel's characters about the intense experiences they seek.
Just before the leaders met, Portugal announced additional steps to cut spending and to increase revenue to reduce its deficit and stave off intense pressure to seek a bailout.
In this study, the ODS and the RP could express different forms of a general tendency to seek intense and abrupt sensations through various behaviors.
Sensation-seeking has been defined as a need to seek intense sensations along with the willingness to take risks for the sake of having such experiences.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations announced Saturday that May was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since it began keeping count in 2007 — most likely a reflection of intense fighting, as militants seek to show they can stand up to the surge in American forces and try to undermine the government of President Hamid Karzai as it prepares to start taking over security.
