In his equations Dirac strove for an orderly beauty above all else, believing that nature prefers elegance and simplicity.

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"We strove for quality and said, 'Let's see what we can do to get films into the marketplace, '" he said.

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But it was Davies's older brother Andrew who was often the guiding force as he strove for a career in football.

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And that's what he always strove for: common ground for common good.

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Instead of artificial means she strove for mental fitness and in the process developed a method that enabled her to succeed on her own merits.

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Each program strove for maximum diversity, which resulted in unexpected juxtapositions.

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Both batsmen played and missed as Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami strove for wickets with the new ball and Gunawardene was dropped on eight and 18.

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With this juxtaposition of the painting and its sources in African art, viewers can judge for themselves how Johnson strove for a union of the formal concerns motivating many Western artists with his understanding of African traditions.

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In his native Poland, Casimir Pulaski strove to secure sovereignty for his country.

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Namely, the central banks and other sundry monetary authorities strove to hoard gold, to collect it like they had a fetish for it.

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