Word: strived
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...director and screenwriter, Lee ventures where no man has been--he probes the problems of intra-racism in the Black community and the difference between the privileged and the underprivileged. These divisions are clearly demonstrated in the movie by the split between the Mission College students who strive to emulate the larger white society and those who accentuate the look and essence of their Blackness...
...frenzies. Whether it be through endless, meaningless commentary on unimportant happenings in the early stages of the Democratic primary, or in gloss, hype, and up-close-and-personal interviews with sports celebrities who weren't famous yesterday and won't be tomorrow, every four years the national media must strive after a task worthy of the Creator himself: the creation of something out of nothingness...
...trade gap. The two leaders agreed that reducing the trade imbalance was a "top priority," but took only a few modest steps in that direction. Takeshita made new proposals to give American construction companies greater access to Japanese public works projects. He also promised that his government would strive to hold down interest rates, which could help stimulate Japan's economy and boost demand for imports from the U.S. Both men said that the dollar's three-year fall against the yen had gone far enough...
...economy out of a recession in 1988. After five years of economic expansion, American consumers may begin to slow their spending, especially in the wake of October's stock crash. But foreign demand for U.S. goods could keep American factories humming and boost capital spending as companies strive to increase their production. Many economists think the U.S. is on the verge of becoming the sort of export- driven economy that West Germany and Japan have been over the past quarter- century...
...passionate beliefs. They just happen to believe exactly opposite things, as two emotional speeches demonstrated anew last week. "I make a solemn vow," Reagan promised at an Organization of American States (OAS) meeting in Washington. "As long as there is breath in this body, I will speak and work, strive and struggle for the cause of the Nicaraguan freedom fighters." Specifically, Reagan pledged, he will fight for $270 million in renewed military and humanitarian aid to the contras to enable them to continue battling the Sandinista regime. The next day, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly...