Word: strived
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happy but exhausted (and possibly hung over), jealous that everyone else's trip was more fun and exotic than ours. A good number of us will also head into vacation with that usual chip on our shoulders, feeling that we deserve the best time possible and that we will strive to any extent...
...Harvard has always offered its own ordeal, its own version of 'reality,' its own way of giving form to freedom--the contests in the classroom and elsewhere, where children of wealth compete to prove their excellence. Nobody who's 'got it made' has to strive for A's at Harvard, or go out for the varsity, or try for the lead in undergraduate plays, or 'comp' for the Crimson, or do much of anything except get by and get into the Porcellian Club. Everything is optional, as most things always will be for these children of the rich." Nelson...
...strive to please our voracious jazz fans," Boceart says. "We all want to do jazz, but, in order to make money, we have to play other kinds of music...
...role of governments has to be redefined. As their ability to influence business activity is increasingly constrained and their margin of maneuver shrinks before the overwhelming power of financial markets, governments are under pressure to enlarge their roles in two key domains: on the one hand, they must strive to provide through their policies the most propitious environment and framework for economic activity, for knowledge generation and for greater competitiveness; on the other hand, they must equip their citizens with the skills and expertise needed to face the unrelenting pressures and requirements created by globalization...
Children must be taught at a young age how to manage large amounts of homework. Hard work is what made Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison what they were. Edison coined the saying "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." I myself, a high school student, must strive for good grades and often spend evenings doing projects and writing reports. Yet when I'm done, I feel good about myself. People who work hard can do great things. ANNA COLMES San Jose, Calif...