Word: strove
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weighing her waning options, Feinstein met privately with the president of the Fund for the Feminist Majority, Eleanor Smeal, and three prominent members of the organization's Los Angeles leadership. The four took Feinstein to dinner in West Hollywood, and through an evening of intense, plainspoken woman talk, they strove to shore up her resolve...
...Nations and told a joint session of Congress that as the provisions of the conference were carried out, "there will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, for balance of power, or any other of the special arrangements through which, in the unhappy past, the nations strove to safeguard their security or to promote their interests...
...instituted reforms such as drug programs and data reporting at Hampden. Inside the prison, early release was mockingly referred to as "unearned good time," as opposed to the traditional time off earned for good behavior. Street criminals figured that the odds had shifted their way. Prison authorities strove to deny release for high-risk offenders, such as rapists and drug traffickers. Says Ashe: "We tried to cope with a distorted process...
...producer Siedlecki defended Carleton's choices, saying the director strove for fidelity with the original script in his production...