Word: strived
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three singers strive to connect themselves to old, grand traditions. They use Celtic imagery, and Keineg sings one song, the stately O Iesu Mawr, in Gaelic; O'Connor quotes William Butler Yeats on the liner notes of her CD, and O'Riordan pays him tribute in the song Yeats' Grave. This awareness of a particular past helps distinguish their songs from the typical rootless algae of pop music. In his poem A Coat, Yeats wrote, "I made my song a coat/ Covered with embroideries/ Out of old mythologies/ From heel to throat." As modern women conscious of an Irish heritage...
While the famed Spanish artist sometimes worked in black and white, dining services chefs strive every night to balance the vibrant hues of, say, savory baked tofu against the harsh monochromes of the pasta...
...every professor can break into Bach in the middle of lecture. But more might strive to enliven their pedagogy with this most potent of forces...
...parents who tried to save the field are the only ones who see clearly, who treasure their homes, who have shame. But they strive against something much larger than they are, something which engulfs them and renders their actions all in vain...
John Graham, director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, suggests that people should strive to keep the perils posed by dioxin in perspective and remember other threats that are more easily averted. "Phantom risks and real risks compete not only for our resources but also for our attention," Graham observes. "It's a shame when a mother worries about toxic chemicals, and yet her kids are running around unvaccinated and without bicycle helmets...