Word: strives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the leader of the world's most populous country speaks, people listen--though it isn't always easy. Jiang Zemin, President of China, gives speeches loaded with fusty rhetoric, like "the primary stage of socialism" and "We will strive unswervingly to resolutely uphold Deng Xiaoping thought." His slicked-back hair, enormous spectacles and cryogenically fixed smile smack of the old-fashioned apparatchik. So wooden a leader is often in danger of being upstaged by his own podium...
Flag-burning, school uniforms and V-chips seemed trivial to New Yorkers in the face of the big beefy issues of municipal bankruptcy, urban decay, and criminal danger lurking around every corner. Where campaigns beyond the Hudson strive for a vanilla homogeneity that does not offend or alienate any potential voters, New York politicos have never been afraid to muddy themselves in the racial, ethnic, and social divides within the electorate...
...strive to work with, instead of simply working for, com- munities," Arnold said. "While some organizations focus on weaknesses in a community, we want to build on the strengths already in the communities...
Moreover, Okasi said the awards show will encourage student organizations to strive for excellence. Too often, she said, student organization leaders become inactive after their election...
During the one-and-a-half hour services, the rabbi spoke about the need for Harvard students to strive for self-fulfillment rather than a stringent idea of success...