The declaration allows the state's Congressional delegation to seek federal emergency appropriations for the state's shellfishermen.

Yet most delegations sought realistic compromises, with host Brazil working hard to broker differences.

The four-member delegation will also seek $50 million or more for a special government fund to encourage small business.

The plan calls for less logging than loggers and the state's Congressional delegation have sought, but more than environmental groups deem acceptable.

Whereas the delegation originally sought interviews with 48 persons, it eventually saw 15 hospitalized and 12 discharged patients.

The delegation sought to understand the reasons behind this violence.

Publicly, the delegation has sought to present an image of camaraderie and shared suffering.

The French delegation to Slovenia is seeking five female bears to be let free in the mountains above Arbas next spring.

Maguire's stature was such that a delegation from Gerry Adams sought his support in 1986, but was rejected.

Instead, delegations from 97 countries seek ways to notch down everyone's tariffs and remove other obstacles to trade.