Word: strived
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Guild cannot close a single newspaper by striking alone." On the eve of the I.T.U. convention in Washington two weeks ago, top officers of the typographers and the Guild met to try to patch over some of their differences. About all they accomplished was to agree vaguely to strive for better communication between the unions and to meet again this month. Meanwhile, the Guild unit at the New York Times has voted to strike if a "satisfactory" contract has not been reached by Sept. 12; the Herald Tribune and Journal-American Guildsmen have also voted to strike but have...
...realm of social problems he said, "the formula of integration and desegregation is inadequate." The issue of integration in the sense of a racially homogeneous restructuring of the community is "irrelevant," he continued. Rather, the movement should strive for a second, more realistic situation "in which the individual has the opportunity to make the choices he wishes...
Today, gold and its equivalents are viewed somewhat differently, and the souls that strive for them are not necessarily exhausted. Quite a number of the stories in this issue deal in one way or another with getting and spending. The U.S. and WORLD BUSINESS sections, of course, are most immediately concerned, notably in our accounts of the stock market gyrations (One for the Bulls), and of a small nation paradoxically in a jam because of its natural wealth and high per-capita income (Trouble in the Garden). One of the most encouraging stories explains that it is still easier...
...other people were getting into the act. Among them was British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, so far a staunch defender of U.S. involvement. At a Commonwealth meeting in London last week, Wilson proposed that a delegation of Commonwealth Ministers go to Washington, Moscow, Peking, Hanoi and Saigon to strive for peace. Everybody was very polite about the idea; even President Johnson professed himself to be "delighted." But for a variety of reasons, the mission would probably never get off the ground...
Both at the U.N. and in Arab conferences, the 55-year-old Mahgoub has proved to be a quietly effective moderate. "I strive for the possible," says Mahgoub. "I seek the compromise that everyone can accept, even though nobody may be particularly pleased. Often, compromise is the only road to progress...