Word: strives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with so many conflicting commitments and considerations, can never be formulated successfully according to hard and fast moral doctrines. Rather, it is to be hoped that the Carter administration will continue to press the issue of human rights in principle, deal with each case on its own merits, and strive to make public the elements involved in each case so that the American people can judge if the government is fully living up to promise to make human rights a top foreign policy priority. The problem is crucial, and warrants continued public skepticism regarding both the nature and the necessity...
...rising. But a closer examination of the relevant facts proves that placing the blame for increasing college costs wholly on OPEC, government grant cutbacks and inflation is the easy way out for the administration. A University committed, as Harvard claims it is, to seeking a diverse student body should strive to limit the economic barriers facing many students...
...Governor of Tennessee in 1978. Promising to serve as party leader through 1980, Brock maintained: "You can't take this job if you are interested in your own candidacy." Even so, only Baker's withdrawal sealed the victory for Brock. The winner promptly declared that he would strive to bridge the ideological split between the two warring wings of the Republicans. He got some strong support from Richards, who confessed that he had been getting ready to vote for the Tennessean himself. Added Nofziger: "We have no problems with Brock. He's a good conservative...
...upcoming series of confirmation hearings is, therefore, an important test of character for the liberal Democrats in the 95th Congress. They can strive for an extended honeymoon with the Carter administration and acquiesce in all his legislative initiatives. Or, profiting by Phil Hart's example in the Eastland case, they can remain friendly but true to their convictions, rejecting Cabinet nominees and policies, that they cannot accept...
...political struggle. We have learned that political struggles establish a firmer base of unity than economic struggles. One of the cheapest things Harvard can give away is money. Developing a firm, committed political unity directed against the objective conditions of sexism, racism and national oppression is what students should strive...