Word: strived
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Asian companies will likely take on more outsiders as CEOs and directors in coming years as they strive to improve management and compete on a global scale. But the process will be painfully slow. Many major Asian firms are controlled by families or a single dominant shareholder, patriarchs who feel little pressure from minority shareholders to bring in fresh blood, no matter how badly the company may be performing. Sony is an exception?its directors and senior executives hold just 0.12% of the stock, which is widely traded in Tokyo and New York...
...unfamiliar. But I have tried to provide points of access for you into them.” And indeed he did: the characters that populate his films, in spite of their inhabitation of a distant continent during a remote century, are comprehensible, relatable, and accessible. The HFA should strive to makes its screenings the same...
Beneath all the clever clangery is a moral. For a celebrity world that venerates tummy tucks, frozen faces and bosom enhancement--where the rich and famous strive for their own metallic solidity and sheen--Robots has an old-fashioned message: "You can shine no matter what you're made of." In other words: Why be new when you can be the very best you? That's a notion even humans can profit from. --By Richard Corliss
...into Harvard without the coaches (not me). Golly, some of them are even friendly (like me, or so I like to think). If friendliness or even simple non-aggression toward others are attributes of the “little bitch,” by all means I will continually strive to be a “little bitch.” Little bitches, unite...
...trust within Arab societies will allow us to more effectively carry our message of liberty, justice, and democracy. Instead of rebuking Syria, we should negotiate and try to reconcile political and economic contentions. Instead of criticizing the unfair election processes in countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, we should strive to help them build a competent electoral infrastructure. Instead of killing more insurgents in Iraq, we should begin economically rebuilding the country. Ultimately, faith-building measures are necessary to win the hearts of the Arab people. When these societies possess optimism instead of disillusionment with American policy in the region...