Search Details

Word: strives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...visionaries behind the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In one of his last messages to Congress, he said their creation "spelled the difference between a world caught again in the maelstrom of panic and economic warfare, or a world in which nations strive for a better life through mutual trust, cooperation and assistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain Courageous: Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...stupid, isn't he? He never learns from past mistakes. It wasn't very long ago that the tragedy of Kosovo occurred or that the Bosnians were butchered. Russia must be stopped from killing innocent men, women and children. All people have a right to express themselves and to strive to gain their independence. Haven't the East Timorese made progress in obtaining their freedom? Why not force the Russians to give freedom to the Chechens? SUMAIRA DADA Karachi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 1999 | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...century. About a quarter of Americans live alone--and many of these are widowed, retired or both. There are also more single parents. The new breed of communes is more likely to have members named Ozzie and Harriet than Mad Dog and Rainbow. They keep a low profile and strive for respectability. They're just folks who simply found life in the atomized suburbs lonely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle-Class Communes | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...CLOSER Patrick Marber's bruising drama about relationships is weakest when it tries most to shock (a cybersex scene). But as a portrait of the way modern urbanites strive and fail to connect, it makes an impact. The Broadway cast of this British import, headed by Natasha Richardson, could hardly have been bettered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Theater of 1999 | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...this exhibition game, between a top college team and a top international team, will be a good benchmark of the potential of women's hockey as a sport. For the Harvard players, however, it is an opportunity to face tough competition and improve its game as it continues to strive for another national championship...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Showdown: U.S. v. Harvard | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next