Word: strives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gardner poses the questions well enough. Though he uses the word sparingly, he diagones the contemporary sickness of the arts as decadence. Authors strive for texture, not content; they create characters to be tinkered with, not to be understood; their books foster self-hatred. Gardner's criticism of his colleagues is the most valuable part of On Moral Fiction. He deftly shows what authors like Vonnegut and Heller lack, entertaining as they are. We may be unable to swallow in the abstract the statement that the missing quality is "love," or "morality"; but leaving aside these culturally ambiguous, exhausted words...
Professor Kilson's thesis relies heavily on what he calls the "success pattern" at Harvard. To him, black students should strive for formal integration within the University context. He should be pleased, as we are, that black Harvard graduates have historically made significant contributions to society. He should also be pleased that recent black graduates appear to be achieving the type of success he values, while still having to deal with society's racism...
Most good ole Southern boys, in times of trouble and turmoil, strive to affect an air of bold insouciance. Few can match the macho mood of Bert Lance. Since his forced resignation as budget boss last September, Lance has continued to have the ear of his friend Jimmy Carter, and he is not shy in flaunting his special status to prospective business partners. He has trotted around the world flourishing Diplomatic Passport X-000065, which allowed him to bypass customs and which the White House intervened to keep for him. Earlier in March an organization called Friendship Force, founded...
...Bruins and the peerless Montreal Canadians. It you can't get tickets for this clash you can see the Bs take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 30 or you can switch sports and cheer on the Green (the Celtics, for the uninitiated among you) as they strive against the Chicago Bulls tomorrow night and San Antonio the following Friday to keep their playoff hopes alive...
Gunther concludes that "we are all of the same stuff, and we should try like hell not to hurt each other." In order not to hurt each other we have to understand each other. While in some ways we may be "of the same stuff," we must strive to remember that our experiences and struggles differ...