Like many midsize American cities, Memphis has craved greater renown by pursuing major league sports.
"By contrast," the brief continued, "states were enacting predatory lending laws and pursuing major national lenders for predatory lending practices.
Infielder Munenori Kawasaki and pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada of the SoftBank Hawks are other free agents thought to be interested in pursuing major league careers.
At times, Chinese companies have undertaken what amounts to their own foreign policy, pursuing major pipeline or hydropower projects, with all the stature of a sovereign power.
Mr. Xi increasingly looks to be a staunch Dengist, meaning he believes in pursuing major economic reform while maintaining the unchallenged rule of the Communist Party.
Ms. Fine, who billed her time at $225 an hour, anticipated facing that obstacle in pursuing "major targets" for satellite betting.
The Justice Department has generally had more success prosecuting small mortgage brokers and borrowers for mortgage fraud than it has had in pursuing major financial institutions.
NHS bodies in at least 17 parts of England are pursuing major reconfiguration plans, many of which are being opposed by MPs from all the main parties.
