Word: striver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every presidential candidate, and fought with the police in Chicago. In Prague, he took to the streets shouting, "Russians Go Home!" His activities nearly canceled the Olympics in Mexico, paralyzed all of France, and created a stir throughout Germany, Japan, Spain, England and Italy. He is an international striver for liberalization of the outmoded principles of society and government: the university student...
...When Strivers do badly on an exam, they blame themselves for not studying enough, or for not organizing their information adequately. "Everyone could get good marks," they say "if they just studied more (or harder, or better)." Seniors do better than freshman, they declare, because they have learned how to study. To them, grades are extremely rational, accurate measurements of achievement. Some Strivers get all A's, some get all A's and B's, some get grades that settle around B-/C+; but a single student's grades generally do not fluctuate very much. Their patterned method of working...