Word: strove
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BILL GATES A billionaire genius, he strove to turn the info superhighway into a virtual marketplace...
...quote Scripture about the fulfillment of prophecy. Cordell Hull, a U.S. Secretary of State during World War II, proclaimed, "There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, balances 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...
...frantic days that followed, Orange County authorities strove to reassure residents that life after the bankruptcy filing would go on as usual. Officials said the filing would have "no impact" on county police, fire and paramedic services and noted that a $2 billion emergency loan from Merrill Lynch would help meet payrolls. Yet despite the brave words, the county defaulted on a $110 million issue of bonds that had raised money for pensions...
Whether writing cookbooks or appearing in her famous television show, Child strove to spread her zeal for preparing food. Across the country "Julia-watchers" saw her in the kitchen, infectiously enthusiastic, her flour-drenched hands reaching for the inevitable glass of red wine. Through her happy, expert engagement in the practice of cooking--in stuffing sausage casings by hand, in halving a winter squash with mallet and cleaver--she made food preparation appealing, and even enticing. In her book The Way to Cook she introduces "A Fast Saute of Beef for Two" as "something to keep in mind...
...vote capped a week of daily city council meetings, as eight councillors strove to devise a response to the passage of Question 9--the ballot initiative repealing rent control that state voters approved November...