But he appears to have taken another position in 1992, when he was seeking the N.R.A.'s support of his run for governor.
General Raymond, trained in Mexico, was appointed chief of the Haitian Army late in the elder Duvalier's life, when he was seeking to reinforce the transfer of power to his son.
SHE traveled in the late 1990s to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the casino magnate Steve Wynn's private jet when he was seeking inspiration for a casino design.
Bush's lawyers assert the commander in chief has an "inherent authority" to act despite the law when he is seeking to defend the nation's security during wartime.
Mr. Simmons said he came up against this when he was seeking new partners and met with Showtime's president, David Nevins, and Mr. Nevins's boss, the CBS chairman Les Moonves.
It also raised concern that the foundation risks being viewed as an extension of the mayor's political operation, at a time when he is seeking to establish it as a professionally run, major philanthropic force.
The usual story is that he wrote The Prince as a job application, when he was seeking work as an adviser to Florence's first family, the super-wealthy Medici.
The letter threatened to undermine Mr. Brown's international stature at a time when he is seeking to project himself as the architect of global recovery from the financial crisis and as the central European player in the fight against the Taliban.
Still Mourinho's go-to man from the bench when he is seeking to shut up a contest, but a bit-part role throughout.
In 1979, the elder Mr. Cotter held a campaign fund-raiser for Mr. Bush when he was seeking the Oval Office before being named as Ronald Reagan's vice presidential running mate, John Cotter said.
