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...matter what you do in life you should try to be the best. I don't care if it's hockey or Ec 10," he continued, "always try to be the best. That doesn't mean you always have to be the best, but you should strive...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Billy Cleary's Winning Ways | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

Cambridge Superintendent of Schools William Lannon last night pledged that his staff would strive to coordinate citywide educational planning and racial balance programs, as well as work to involve parents in more of the school system;s decisions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Superintendent Submits Outline Of Cambridge School Plans | 1/23/1980 | See Source »

...often the case during periods of startling revelations, discoveries not only advance knowledge, but they also raise many new questions. Indeed, there are several basic physical problems that astrophysicists must strive to unravel in the 1980s. But the creation of additional queries should not cause dismay or frustration, for this is precisely how science operates. Each discovery that adds to the storehouse of information generates a host of new questions that eventually lead to more discoveries and so on, thus causing a rich acceleration of basic knowledge. It was the great rate of discovery that seems to have made...

Author: By Eric J. Chaisson, | Title: Exploring the Invisible: Astronomy in the 70s | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

Whenever they kindle a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it. And they strive to create disorder in the earth, and Allah loves not those who create disorder.-The Koran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Islam Against the West? | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...wanted to limit his tenure in Seoul's presidential Blue House and lead the country's transformation to a genuine democracy. In an acceptance statement to the electors in the capitol's cavernous municipal gymnasium, he said: "I will observe the constitution, safeguard the nation, and strive for increased freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Park's Man Takes Power | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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