And he said several times last year that this year he was really going to be seized with this effort to cut the deficit.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

With his firm in tatters and his U.S. property to be seized--and with overwhelming evidence against him--Dreier had nothing to lose by skipping out of the country, he said.

FORBES: Magazine Article

But no one who has been to Bruges will fail to appreciate what may be its foremost achievement: the insight with which Rodenbach has seized upon and expressed the elusive essence of an entire city, as though it had a human heart.

WSJ: Georges Rodenbach | Bruges-La-Morte | Incarnating the World Within | Masterpiece by James Gardner

Pols and power bureaucrats have been seized with the notion that the generation of electricity can be free of bureaucratic oversight but that the transmission and distribution of power must remain in a regulatory straitjacket.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

The delay will be unwelcome to foreign buyers, who are ready with their bids for the seized assets on December 15th.

ECONOMIST: Thailand

Obama seized on that, blasting McCain for attacking him for suggesting it could be beneficial to sit down with the leader of Iran.

CNN: Obama-McCain flap a taste of what's ahead?

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled . nor will we proceed with force against him . except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

BBC: Magazine