Word: strove
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister of Austria-Hungary; of heart disease; in Vienna. Minister in Bucharest at the start of the War, he later dictated the peace terms to defeated Rumania, aided in forcing the treaty of Brest-Litvosk on Bolshevik Russia. Foreseeing ultimate defeat and consequent disintegration of the Dual Monarchy, he strove for peace, was made a scapegoat for his pains...
...Room is a rather bleak expanse which suppresses rather than fosters congeniality, the dining room with its undershot alcove has a bit of the steamship about it but is an interesting architectural device and serves its proper purpose. Confronted by the Statler-like dining room of Standish the designers strove mightily to transform it into a presentable library and, to the astonishment of all, succeeded admirably. The walls are done in two tones of green while the furnishings are in red. It is reputed to hold the third largest collection of books in the House Libraries, somewhere around...
Bitter enemies, former Premier Sun Fo and former President Chiang Kai-shek strove like two men in a swiftly turning whirlpool to grasp what straws of Power they could...
...woman. The sparkling of the gems as they caught the light was like staring at some inverted heaven. Even as he looked the lights dimmed and the curtain went up on Lammermoor, the story of a Scottish clan unraveled in the best possible Italian. For fifteen minutes the Vagabond strove concientiously to construct the story. He tried to recall his Scott to know avail, he tried to resurrect his Italian--with dire complications. At last he gave up and the better to pass the time looked hastily about him. Heigho, here was something better than trying to follow the Opera...
Hundreds of U. S. painters strove for the 30 open places. For days the U. S. committee of selection-Artists Randall Davey, Jonas Lie, Eugene Speicher. Ernest Blumenschein, Charles Rosen-sat in a bleak gallery while porters propped up more than 1,000 paintings before them. The 30 that were chosen took their places among the 466 that were invited to be judged by an international committee...