Word: strives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Factual Spirit. There had been disappointments, Vandenberg conceded, and there was reason for legitimate and necessary criticism; the "impact of Communist aggression in the Far East" could not be ignored. "These are essential subjects for judicial congressional survey in that same factual spirit which must continue to strive to put our country first in our consideration...
...Dunster men attribute the friendly cohesiveness of the Funsters to their isolation. Funsters, themselves, admit there is something to this. Geographically, however, Dunster is no father from Sever than Eliot. It is removed, however, from the bulk of the Mount Auburn Street pinball havens, and hence, Dunster men strive to make their community the self sufficient entity a House is supposed...
...novel is best when it is describing the everyday life of the two transplanted families as they strive to maintain an English civilization of tea and tennis against the veld. Major Elliot pulls up the fever trees to build a formal park and garden around his house; Mrs. Ashburn holds a "musical evening" for the two families every Wednesday. In the portrayal of the subtle tensions and affections of their family life, the author shows fine perception...
...author protests his belief that the continued separation of the three doctrines is desirable, he insists that "the values for which men may properly strive" exist independently of what God is, or whether God exists at all. He explains neither how these values are derived, nor how any religion would maintain its individuality after surrendering many of its "historic trappings...