Search Details

Word: strived (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Harvard really wants to let Cambridge share in its 350th revelry, then the university should strive to make a substantive--rather than stylish--contribution to the local community...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Put Substance Over Style | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

...dumping or trademark protection, but the basic questions are far less bewildering. Will America adopt a defensive or an offensive strategy in the world economy? Will the U.S. build up seemingly strong walls to protect its domestic industries against an onslaught of goods from abroad? Or will it strive to continue as a leading economic power at the forefront of technology by pushing into new markets at home and overseas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Job Ahead for U.S. Business | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...reform program that is even now being re- examined by the Chinese government. Deng, 81, and his allies are steering China through the most dramatic yet peaceful turnabout in a long, strife-laden history. The very word modernization has become a symbol of national purpose as Deng's forces strive to update Chinese industry, agriculture, science and technology, and defense--even China's way of thinking. The goal: the reshaping of the country into a prosperous and confident world power. "We are trying to compress the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution into a single decade," says Ying Ruocheng...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Revolution | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...using all kinds of plots trying to confuse the China question with a so-called Taiwan question. An early reunification of China is the common wish of all Chinese. However, we shall never, just for the sake of reunification, deprive the people on the mainland of their hope to strive for a free and democratic life. Our position is unequivocal: as long as the Chinese Communists impose the Communist system on our people in the mainland, there is no possibility for the two sides to negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Happy, Prosperous Life | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...evidence indicates that the immigrants create more wealth than they consume. Socially and culturally, the diversity can hardly help benefiting the U.S. by acting as an antidote to everything that is bland and homogenized. The sad fact, indeed, is that uniformity is exactly what the immigrants' children will probably strive for, and their grandchildren achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of America: Just Look Down Broadway | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

Previous | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | Next