Word: strives
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...critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds...
...Coca-Cola logo to it. Zeng Fanzhi's 2005 Chairman Mao with Us looks similar to many of the show's large-scale paintings in which the Great Helmsman marches through fields with peasants (Chairman Mao Inspects the Guangdong Countryside by Chen Yanning) or waves benignly in his bathrobe (Strive Forward in Wind and Tides, by Tang Xiaohe, which commemorates the aging leader's famous 1966 swim in the Yangtze River). And all the happy, smiling faces - of peasants, soldiers and political leaders - are reminiscent of the toothy smiles of the current art sensation Yue Minjun...
Anonymity is an odd thing for a brand to strive for, but not if you are a "no brand" brand. The goal of Yasui's team is to define Muji by design: to create and refine products toward ultimate simplicity and functionality. Muji is characterized by neutral tones and a bare-bones chic infused into everything from food to beds to bicycles--even a house. Muji ("no mark" in Japanese) screams minimalism to anyone who has entered one of its 433 locations in 16 countries...
Objectivity is something you can strive for, but you'll always fail in making a movie because it's a personal expression. One of my goals was to never apologize for Richard Nixon or David Frost. But certainly with Nixon, who has been so vilified, deservedly so in many ways, I also wanted you to understand what made him tick...
...attendance. I began to learn, as you say, what blacks have "to show America and the world." This time the fire is like flames from coal: strong, quiet, productive energy. Your article rings true with my experiences: Obama is not the wave; he rides it. He represents what we strive for in ways that transcend race. Gerald Remington, ORANGE CITY...