Word: strived
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Punjab, and political autonomy for Punjab except for the central government's retainment of control over foreign affairs, defense, currency and communications--all these demands constitute extreme difficulties for a central government that must maintain its neutrality with regard to rights and interests of all the Indian states and strive for the continuation of India as a cohesive, united whole. The failure of negotiations to solve the most important issues should not be so readily attributed to the obstinacy or lack of long-term political analysis on the part of Gandhi, but rather to the inherent, almost insurmountable nature...
...federal calendar set one deadline: the Government began a new fiscal year last Monday and needed fresh authority from Congress to continue spending money. The legislators had fixed a second deadline: they agreed to strive for adjournment Thursday so that they could go home and campaign full-time for reelection. Religion posed a third deadline: Congress decided not to legislate past sundown Friday, the beginning of Yom Kippur, in deference to its Jewish members...
...trend." He also addressed himself directly to the military. "In the seriously deteriorating international situation," he warned, "we must strengthen our national defense. All officers and men of the Chinese People's Liberation Army must be alert at all times, constantly improve their military and political qualities, and strive to gain knowledge and capacity for modern warfare...
...Waterbury, Conn., town green, he was highly visible but almost invulnerable. His handlers continue to limit his contact with insistent journalists and give him vague, breezy speeches to deliver to friendly crowds. His upbeat rhetoric in Waterbury was quintessential Reagan: "We say America should shoot for the stars, strive for the best and, like our Olympic athletes, go for it." The strategy seemed clear: keep people smiling, and avoid potentially unbecoming wrangling with Mondale on matters of substance...
...film is, of course, valuable not simply as a murder mystery, but also as a penetrating examination of changing attitudes of both Blacks and whites-the former beginning to strive for his equal place in society, the latter, begrudgingly, beginning to accept it. Armed with intelligence and confidence, Davenport represents the changing American Negro-the connection between the scraping and subservience of the past, and the pride and self-satisfaction of the future...