Word: strived
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when it is noted that it is three times that of the Soviet Union with its much larger population. It is the result of free choice. No governmental decree forces men and women into work that is repugnant to them. And because people do work that they like, they strive to excel, and so become competitive and more productive...
...will be an era of change . . ." As if to get that era on its way. he announced that "the Western powers are ready to advance some overall plan of European security which would give the Soviet Union substantial additional reassurances." His closing plea was based on hope: "Let us strive together ... so that when this Assembly meets at its 20th session, it will look back upon the decade that now begins and call it the healing decade of true peace." Smiling & Unyielding. Next day Molotov rose to state the Russian position...
...books: "You don't use dirty language in someone's home. When a reader holds my book, we are in an even closer relationship than a guest's." Pinpointing his own faults, he says: "I overwrite. I fail to achieve the standard of excellence I strive for, and fall into mediocrity." He reads and rereads Shakespeare, but Dickens is his all-time favorite author ("He could create reality with a stroke...
...most cases, concentration of production "appears to be accompanied by keen competition." In a changing and uncertain world, "the only safe thing to do i to study consumer tastes and trends, to f ish research, and to strive vigorously to grew." Mere size alone is no indication of how rapidly a company will grow. Between 1935 and 1953, for example, the giant U.S. Steel Corp. increased sales 397%, but smaller Bethlehem Steel grew 980%, and Jones & Laughlin 880%. In rubber, General Tire grew 1,225%, Firestone 750%, while the two biggest companies, Goodrich and U.S. Rubber, increased far less. "Certainly...
...loyal to the spirit of the United Nations and dedicated to the principles of its charter. I can solemnly pledge to you here-and to all the men and women of the world who may hear or read my words-that those who represent the United States will strive to be thus loyal, thus dedicated...