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Word: strived (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What I strive for and to a degree achieve as a craftsman wood turner has its roots in the idea expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This feeling cannot be abandoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 12, 1982 | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...yearning for peace is not allied with a sense of justice, it can become an abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless. To build peace on reciprocal restraint; to suffuse our concept of order with our country's commitment to freedom; to strive for peace without abdication and for order without unnecessary confrontation-therein resides the ultimate test of American statesmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RANDOM REFLECTIONS | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

What you should strive for in no-salt cooking is contrasts in flavors and textures. When you cook green beans or asparagus, for example, they should be slightly undercooked to keep their "bite"-what the Italians call al dente...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tips from an Ex-Addict | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

...most recent affirmative action policy requires the Review to consider throughout the selection process an applicant's optional personal statement on the "economic", societal of educational obstacles he has overcome. The membership committee will now strive to choose a crop of incoming editors that "significantly represents historically underrepresented groups in the student body "But at the same time, the Review has warned the committee, it should choose only those applicants who "can adequately perform Review work" and only minority applicants with grades "close to" those of other students. Many professors appreciate those new caveats...

Author: By Michael F. P. dorning, | Title: An Affirmative Response | 2/26/1982 | See Source »

...acquiescence. Under last February's plan one-fifth of the new staff would have almost inevitably been minorities. The revision later that month meant the Review would use one-fifth of the slots as tools with which to balance the staff. Now the membership committee uses subjective standards to strive to meet a highly abstract goal-whose meaning itself under several limitations open to much interpretation...

Author: By Michael F. P. dorning, | Title: An Affirmative Response | 2/26/1982 | See Source »

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