Word: strivings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finally, with all other Americans, strive to bring a just and lasting peace to the world...
...march will proceed down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, and according to its sponsors, "it will demonstrate our unity with the embattled children of the South who strive heroically to defend democracy in education...
...only do they wish to defend you against dangers lurking along the way; they are also active at your side with a word of encouragement to your souls as you strive to ascend higher and higher to closeness to God through Christ...
...System as Servant. Because the actual trick-taking value of a hand depends on how the other cards lie, the bridge player must strive to 1) infer the contents of the unseen hands, and 2) convey the picture of his own hand to his partner. In these tasks, a bidding system is an indispensable tool-but so are attention, memory, psychological perceptivity and clear thinking, plus that obscure talent called "card sense." In addition, a really good bridge player has a talent that Charles Goren defines as "the ability to make sound decisions under pressure." Rules, he warns, are made...
...happens all too frequently, those who approved did not phone. With the field left to themselves, the complainants gave network program directors a discouraging view of the audience they strive to please. "We just plain don't care to hear or read about the mess," wrote a Texan to NBC. Added a CBS fan: "What good does it do to make so many of us give up the only pleasures we have-our daily TV programs? Besides, it creates unrest and worry to thousands...