Word: strivings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even for those who want to pursue traditional professions. Bok stressed the importance of looking for new or unusual challenges. Lawyers and businessmen for example, should strive to improve relations with the government and with foreign countries and tackle social issues, he said...
...narrative, which starts out like a detective story, is a tease: Dawn never arrives at a stunning moment of self-realization; instead, the treatment just winds down haphazardly and stops. Worse, Rossner cannot seem to decide what kind of book she is writing. At moments she appears to strive for the heartfelt tone of Judith Guest in Ordinary People; a few sentences later she lurches into smug social satire reminiscent of Fran Lebowitz's Metropolitan Life...
...dailies, except sober Nikkei, are viewed by readers as lively, even racy, but generally are accurate, cover serious news, and strive for objectivity (Yomiuri is, however, a zealous cheerleader for its own holdings). A typical Page One of Yomiuri will include consumer-oriented Japanese news as well as reports, especially human interest, from abroad. Inside are an editorial page, sports, business and women's news. The paper diligently covers crime, but stories are rarely explicit about sex or gore. All Japanese newspapers are privately owned; indeed, none sells shares on a public exchange. At Yomiuri, as at its rivals...
...where you start. It's where you finish." Finally, Miss New Zealand, Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, is proclaimed Miss Universe. The alien reads the data sheet Downes filled out before the competition. "Occupation: model. Hobbies: dance, regular workouts at gym, swimming, tennis, jogging. Life ambition: to strive for a good quality of life, and to be appreciative of what I accomplish in my life." He attends a press conference in the bedroom of a hotel suite the next morning. In her pink nightie and with her eggs Benedict cooling in front of her, Miss Universe describes her plans...
Once the disturbances had ended, Harold J. Berman, Ames Professor of Law, in his keynote address, stressed that the U.S. and the Soviet Union should not be satisfied with maintaining the current detente but should instead strive to become allies. Only then he argued, can the countries end the threat of nuclear war and redirect their energies to help Third World countries...