Word: strive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Competition reigns in the central market of Budapest on Tolbuhin St., as peppers ripen and vendors strive to attract customers. Built during the glory days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Tolbuhin market exhibits an atmosphere of abundance. Although Hungary has long existed in the shadow of the Soviet Union, the indoor market reflects none of the food shortages and the long lines that are characteristic of many Eastern Bloc countries. In the pictures shown, food vendors hawk their wares of sausages, eggs, peppers and tomatoes...
...cultural unity which Jews strive for does not always come easily. In his sermon, the rabbi reminded us that it has often been difficult for Jews to maintain their religion and culture due to destructive and often catastrophic influences that have occurred through out history. In particular, the rabbi referred to the outright war against Judaism known as the Holocaust...
...whether health- care providers should help the disabled commit suicide. In July a paraplegic in Michigan successfully petitioned a court to have his respirator turned off. Some officials denounced that action, saying it set a dangerous example for the handicapped by encouraging them to end their lives rather than strive for a meaningful existence. In McAfee's case, Judge Johnson has exonerated anyone who helps the patient carry out his plan. John Banja, a professor of medical ethics at Emory University, notes that hospitals have no clear mandate for "treatment discontinuance," and the role of doctors and nurses in these...
...that the past decades have wrought no change in our society, then the traditional approach to the study of Western civilization is seriously flawed. By removing those thinkers from our characterization of Western civilization, we are defining ourselves as we were, not as we are, or as we should strive...
...quarters on the near side of the moon constructed out of lunar metals and used as a base for mining oxygen-rich moon rocks; then, sometime during the 21st century, a manned mission to Mars, at least a yearlong, 35 million-mile voyage. "It is humanity's destiny to strive, to seek and to find," declared the President, "and America's destiny to lead...