Word: strived
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although it makes them writhe, they are called "hard edge" painters. Among artists of the New York school, the term separates them from the earlier, fast-draw action abstractionists, who painted with splatter, splash or broad-brush lunge. These second-generation abstractionists strive for a well-wrought finish, rather than a random record of trial and error...
...which accrue from it in a college which is strongly opposed to mass-production methods of education" (p. 24). One might more fully explain the meaning of such sentences as,"...there are in some fields a number of courses with 50 to 100 or more..." (p. 25), and altogether strive to give a more correct view of the College. This could have the felicitious result of halving or quartering the number of applications, and perhaps eventually even reducing the number of students. Such progress should gladden the hearts of all. David B. Garber...
...base year. Bonuses ranged from 15% to close to 50% of wages, but averaged 55? an hour on top of $3 in regular wages and benefits. The experiment's early success, following a similar showing by profit sharing at American Motors, is bound to stimulate other unions to strive for a slice of productivity or profit gains...
...blue capital letters, it blasted just about everything sacred to the Mexican art world. Damned as academismo were slavish and parochial imitations of Diego Rivera's once-revolutionary social realism. Damned as dehumanized decoration were equally slavish imitations of the abstract styles imported from other lands. "We strive," said the manifesto writers, "for an art that communicates in the clearest and most direct way possible our commitment...
Smith's tradition of social adeptness carries on after graduation. As president Thomas C. Mendenhall says, "A Smith education must remain a privilege in that no graduate can forget the public responsibilities which accompany whatever personal growth her education may bring her." Smith women do not forget. They strive to be suburban community leaders, clubwomen, PTA heads. But their social concern is not only directed along such selfless lines: the Smith woman is famous for being a good wife for an organization man. There is a story, often repeated in this regard, of the rising young IBM executive...