Word: strove
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...Indian National Congress, which claimed to represent Indians of every religious community, finally had to admit that Mohamed Ali Jinnah spoke for the Moslems. Left-wing groups left the Congress, Communists led by Puran Chandra Joshi threatened the placid order of the agricultural, home-industrial India which Gandhi strove for. The Congress leadership (since 1941 Gandhi has ruled only from the sidelines) passed more & more to a group of well-to-do conservatives bossed by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...
...Navy's agonized pleas that it would mean a reduction of 82,000 men below authorized strength. But the cuts did not come easy. The truth was that Harry Truman had made most of the easy ones himself in his budget message. But chief G.O.P. axman John Taber strove manfully...
...well-heeled strove, in various ways, for contentment...
...years ago Communist power meant the Red Army. After V-E day, Communist power meant Molotov, who in U.N. and in the Council of Foreign Ministers strove to freeze into international acceptance (and, where feasible, to extend) the Red Army's conquests. Now that the Russian diplomatic drive had been checked, it was Molotov's turn to fade into the background, making way for the next-and the most serious-phase of the Communist effort to control as much of the world as possible. Propaganda and organization, reaching into every field of human activity, characterized the new emphasis...
...Albert was on hand to welcome the bejeweled and tail-coated guests: Princess Faiza of Egypt, Couturier Jacques Fath, Cartoonist Roger Wild, Mlle. Constantinesco, Fred McEvoy, Mme. Audemars and a safari of minor movie officials, businessmen and actresses. Gallantly, the sprinkle of oldtimers and pleasure's eager neophytes strove to revive the tradition of flaunting frivolity. But something more was missing than Gérard, who had retired to a sumptuous château near Biarritz which he had bought with tips. The world had changed; even Paris had changed. And one must be so careful these days; Maxim...