Word: strive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...signals the end of dinner and the beginning of the sixth hour. Most dancers are now showing the effects of all the dance hours logged. Our feet hurt and our leg muscles beg for mercy, but like the climber who tackles the mountain "because it's there," we valiantly strive onward. Donna Summer's "Finger on the Trigger (Love is in Control)" propels us forward, though the minutes tick by more and more slowly...
...goals of the U.S. and Israel often diverge and sometimes clash directly. That does not mean that compromises cannot be explored or accords worked out. What it does mean is that the conflicting objectives make it incumbent upon both countries to be especially scrupulous about maintaining ties and to strive harder to understand each other. That has not been the case over the past two years, and both the U.S. and Israel have suffered as a result...
...missile issue. Their major concern: that U.S. rigidity in negotiating an arms control agreement with Moscow would mean almost certain deployment of 572 U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe beginning at the end of the year. Bush's task is formidable. He will strive to present a "flexible" U.S. commitment to arms control while asking the Europeans to support the original U.S. bargaining position, President Reagan's controversial zero option. Under that proposal, NATO would not deploy any new missiles if the Soviets agreed to dismantle completely their total of 333 SS-20 missiles already...
...hall during exam period. But it is echoed without conviction. Harvard students accept their role on the assembly line. We do not see evidence of inequity and oppression in the policies of University administrators. We do not translate our self-doubt into a political ideology of dissent. Instead, we strive to overcome doubt with methodical academic workmanship. We define our accomplishments within existing parameters and rarely question those limits...
Conscious of the redundant coverage given Montana and others, the magazines also offer articles which strive to be different. Lou Sahadi's Pro Football Annual unveils "secret ratings on every quarterback" from the "private files" of one of the league's most respected personnel experts Goal Post Football offers a "New!! ACCU-RATE Power Rating System" for the National Football League's 28 teams. And Game Plan Pro Football employs the "Stat-Key System" for the same purpose. "The Stat-Key annual enables the fan to estimate point differences between the scores of opposing teams. The Offensive and Defensive ratings...