Sentence examples for willfully pursued from inspiring English sources

The optimistic view is therefore that selection will continue to be equally effective in rescuing populations that experience high levels of stress, so that extinction rates will not exceed long-term averages except, perhaps, when extinction is willfully pursued, for example through pest eradication or overfishing.

Nor does he see the rationale for his being pursued and imprisoned as if he'd willfully committed a crime.

These are facts that Pakistanis like Dr. Mubbashar believe the United States willfully ignores as it single-mindedly pursues its own interests, as it did in the 1980s when it was confronting the Soviets.

Mr. Kasi said: "The A.P. intends to vigorously pursue its countersuit alleging that Fairey willfully infringed The AP's copyright in the close-up photo of then-Senator Obama by using it without permission to create the Hope and Progress posters and related products, including T-shirts and sweatshirts that have led to substantial revenue".

The AP intends to vigorously pursue its countersuit alleging that Fairey willfully infringed the AP's copyright in the close-up photo of then-Sen.

Before the settlement, Mr. Picard was pursuing a suit accusing the two of being willfully blind to signs that Mr. Madoff was running a scam.

* Vice President Cheney, a man who imagined himself an expert on intelligence, and willfully misinterpreted information to justify the policies he wished to pursue.

In other words, such respect gives rise to a general obligation that one not willfully destroy the social practices on which the possibility of people pursuing future-oriented projects depends.

The international community was prepared to pursue talks with Pyongyang "but not if North Korea continues to threaten and willfully flout its international obligations and its own commitments", the official added.

But in his salutary epistle to staff, Chu waved off those criticisms as being willfully blind to the larger successes these various programs delivered -- and to the nation's obligation to continue pursuing them.

The Justice Department will pursue a criminal contempt-of-court case against firebrand Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who a federal judge has said willfully defied his orders to stop detaining suspected undocumented immigrants without legal basis.