Word: strives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students and staffers running these four stations--Boston College's WZBC 90.3 FM, Boston University's WTBU 89.3 FM, MIT's WMBR 88.1 FM and Harvard's WHRB 95.3 FM--say they strive to differentiate themselves from commercial and public radio stations through their music selections, organization or student appeal...
...different from that for other chronic diseases. Close to half of recovering addicts fail to maintain complete abstinence after a year--about the same proportion of patients with diabetes and hypertension who fail to comply with their diet, exercise and medication regimens. What doctors who treat drug abuse should strive for, says Alan Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is not necessarily a cure but long-term care that controls the progress of the disease and alleviates its worst symptoms. "The occasional relapse is normal," he says, "and just an indication that more treatment is needed...
...which management gurus strive to push decision making down the chain, E-mail has made it easier for middle managers to shun responsibility by bucking decisions up the ladder. A worker who would shy from seeking an appointment with the boss to resolve an issue often bats out a "What do you think?" message on the most trivial of matters...
...encouraged that Harvard's senior management and governing bodies remain convinced that this community must continue to strive to accomplish such goals," Hoyte said...
Because violence against women has such a profound impact on all of our lives, we are all responsible for ending it. We must all strive not to perpetrate violence and we must teach those around us how to recognize the effects of violence on our lives...