• Top track stars essentially work as independent contractors, seeking to balance their daily budget needs with the pursuit of gold medals and the fame and fortune they bring.

    WSJ: Menu

  • While many people tend to associate stalking with the pursuit of stars like Uma Thurman and David Letterman, researchers found that 3.4 million people were subjected to stalking, defined as a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.

    FORBES: Stalking Statistics: Will Facebook make them better or worse?

  • From child labor laws to the Clean Air Act to our most recent strictures against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies, we have, from time to time, embraced common sense rules of the road that strengthen our country without unduly interfering with the pursuit of progress and the growth of our economy.

    WSJ: Barack Obama: Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System

  • When he got around the corner with the pie man in pursuit, all the rest of the boys would step up to the truck and walk away with fifteen pies.

    CNN: Excerpt: 'Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life'

  • The problem with such inclusiveness begins on the first floor with "Pursuit, " a 1975 video by Bruce Nauman and Frank Owen.

    WSJ: Wish You Were Here | Albright-Knox | They Shuffled Off to Buffalo | By Richard B. Woodward

  • The challenge of this third meeting of the High Panel is to forge a new strategic vision for working for and with youth in the pursuit of sustainable peace.

    UNESCO: Bureau of Strategic Planning

  • Carelessness with the facts and the truth in pursuit of an argument, a sale or an elected office diminishes us all.

    FORBES: The Death of the Fact

  • The pull-out was ordered despite reports that the rebels were retreating northwards from the capital, Bangui, with the army in pursuit.

    BBC: Chadians attacked in Bangui

  • He demonstrated his willingness to make very hard choices in his negotiations with the Speaker of the House in pursuit of a sweeping so-called grand bargain that included -- had it come to fruition -- that included revenues, as well as entitlement reform.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • It draws inspiration from the Founders' belief that all people are born with an unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness.

    WSJ: Paul Ryan: The GOP Budget and America's Future

  • Ancelotti made the big call in selecting Torres ahead of Drogba and the early signs looked good for Chelsea as they took the game to United with ambition and purpose in pursuit of the goal they required.

    BBC: Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea (agg 3-1)

  • Jaden Smith costarred with his father in The Pursuit of Happyness and will star in the upcoming remake of The Karate Kid.

    FORBES: Celebrities

  • To coincide with the anniversary, Stolen is screening at film festivals in the US. It interweaves the story of the theft and also of the pursuit of the missing works with the collector Isabella Stewart Gardner's own correspondence with Bernard Berenson, the aesthete and art adviser.

    FORBES: The Greatest Art Theft In U.S. History

  • In one of them, a televised conversation between Katniss and Stanley Tucci's madcap, blue-pompadoured interviewer, Caesar Flickerman, we see the power of her beauty and honesty, and, at the same time, the ease with which she might be corrupted in the pursuit of celebrity.

    WSJ: 'Hunger Games' Has a Less-Than-Full Plate | Film Review by Joe Morgenstern

  • But with Hull down to 11 men against Bradford's 12, the game exploded into life as Sing intercepted a drifting Harris pass and sprinted fully 80 yards with Dave Halley in hot pursuit for the game's first try with Tickle adding the extras.

    BBC: Bradford 16-22 Hull

  • Although our Creator endowed each of us with the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as is all too evident, he did not guarantee us the exercise of those rights.

    FORBES: To Live In Liberty

  • Yet any review of religious texts, Friday sermons or contemporary debate on the subject shines light on Islamic finance's true intentions: infusing commerce with social justice, so that the pursuit of profit is tempered by concern for the welfare of the most disadvantaged.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Even if just now the West could do with more, not less, GDP, the pursuit of wealth for its own sake is folly.

    ECONOMIST: Two new books probe the limits of capitalism

  • She did this with the best interests of the public at heart and in pursuit of the truth.

    FORBES: Protecting The First Amendment

  • It was a clean sweep for Australia, with Jack Bobridge, the individual pursuit champion taking second place and Michael Freiberg third.

    BBC: Commonwealth Games 2010: Houvenaghel wins silver medal

  • It is a constant reminder for a journalist working in challenging conditions that, 'with persistent passionate pursuit of the best possible story, these are the heights you can scale'.

    CNN: A life-changing experience

  • Six months later, the World Conference on Education for All took place in Jomtien, Thailand with the aim of rallying the nations of the world in pursuit of universal basic education.

    UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

  • We must address the major challenges by developing sites with the resources to edit, insisting on venues where the pursuit of objectivity remains a goal, and cultivating sites that help bring together different subject matter.

    CNN: Commentary: News can outlast newspapers

  • Within five minutes, the gas station was teeming with police, who quickly took up pursuit of the stolen SUV.

    CNN: Boston bombing suspect less talkative

  • But as with BMW's ill-fated takeover of Britain's Rover in 1994 and General Motors' association with Italy's Fiat, which collapsed earlier this year, the pursuit of global reach is fraught with difficulty.

    ECONOMIST: Schrempp runs out of road | The

  • But the firm best known for saturating hues into early films like the Wizard of Oz has branched into a wide range of technical niches that only loosely connect with its original pursuit, thanks to the company's acquisition by Thomson.

    ENGADGET: The Engadget Interview: CEO Frederic Rose explains Technicolor's Qeo connection

  • Before deciding if it's worth it to buy RealJukebox Plus rather than sticking with the free version, it's a worthy pursuit to go over the features of the program -- most of which rolled out one by one since its debut in beta form.

    CNN: RealJukebox: MP3 for dummies

  • With the dour Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, who commanded the pursuit of Dillinger.

    NEWYORKER: Public Enemies

  • Was the wisdom of ancients like Plato lost with the rise of ideas like free markets and the belief that the pursuit of self interest by itself creates a better world?

    FORBES: Ancient Advice for Today's Sustainability Leaders

  • These two cross paths for the rest of the film, with Javert in panting pursuit.

    NEWYORKER: Love Hurts

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