Word: strove
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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That we bonor and praise the courage with which he persistently strove to obtain a collegiate education in the face of obstacles which would have discouraged a less determined student...
...life he fought for noble causes. He fairly respected the rights of his opponents and, though falsely accused by the ignorant, he never wavered in his work. In judging Lessing we must take into consideration the circumstances under which he wrote since many of the reforms for which he strove, have now been established. But although his works are not now of the same value as they were, their effect on German life will never cease. Although Herder's effect on German literature will be less lasting than Lessing's, still the nation is his debtor. Prof. Francke regretted that...
...committee of four graduates, only one of whom had rowed in recent years, was appointed to take charge of boating matters. Naturally enough they strove to inculcate in the crew those principles with which they were most familiar, viz., those which pertained to the English or Bancroft system of rowing. Despite the fact that the method introduced by Storrow had brought about the over-whelming defeat of the Yale giants in '85, despite the manifest adoption by Yale of the essential feature of this method, and her consequent successes and despite the marked improvement in the speed of the boat...
...were the first to conceive the idea of perfect unity in dualism and to reason it out to its fullest extent. They recognized the truth that physical soundness is the basis of mental and moral excellence. They saw in a person's gait a key to his character, and strove to realize that beautiful symmetry of shape, which for us exists only in the ideal, or in the forms of Divinity, which they sculptured from figures of such perfect proportions.' Early in the history of their civilization we find that they bestowed great care upon the culture of the physical...
...excitement became intense. Both nines were nerved up to their best, and batsmen were retired in quick order. The spectators held their breath as one nine after the other strove to bat out a run. Harvard proved the more fortunate, and in the fourteenth inning won the game. Wiestling hit safely, made a daring steal to second, took third on a wild pitch, and scored the seventh and winning run on Smith's drive to right field...