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Word: strived (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forth hastily to strive, lest thou know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ...Cont. | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

...Government ought to undertake only those functions that individuals cannot perform for themselves-although they would surely interpret it differently. Certainly a decent, and especially an affluent, society must ensure some very basic rights: no one should starve, or die for lack of medical attention. Beyond that, Government should strive to improve the lives of its citizens, to the extent that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing Down on Benefits | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

Beleaguered but valuable, they strive to keep their identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fighting for Black Colleges | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...should reconsider how he wants to exploit them. Clearing a forest to heat homes for only a year may serve many, but in the long run, that forest and the ecosystem that died with it might have been more valuable to man for quality-of-life reasons. Man should strive for more than just propagating his species; he should also improve the quality of each life. To maintain our numbers and increase them, eradication of other species would probably be necessary, but in the long run, all mankind would lose the intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of the deceased...

Author: By James S. Mcguire, | Title: On the Precipice | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

...Butt. Unused, perhaps, but certainly not unfelt. Just recently the Queen let Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher know about her shock and regret over the street violence and, according to a very senior government official, expressed her clear wish that "reconciliation" be the objective that all races and religions should strive to achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic in the Daylight | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

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