Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dramatization by John Barton of a segment of Homer. The cycle is presented as a trilogy: "The War," "The Murders" and "The Gods." Its purpose: to show the turbulent destiny of the doomed House of Atreus in chronological order. Barton, master builder of this endeavor, likes to work on the grand scale. In previous years he was celebrated for The Wars of the Roses, a panorama adapted from Shakespeare's dramas. Here he presents the antecedents, history and consequences of the Trojan War. His actors perform in and out of the chorus and move easily from one major role...
...waited for my guide in the lobby of the Lower School, children ran past, negotiating their routes with the case of children not visually handicapped. Students in the Upper School operate and stock a snack bar under supervision, an endeavor for which they receive credit towards graduation in sales management...
...inform the public will continue to deteriorate. Understanding of science will diminish. And most unfortunately, appreciatior for science will terminate. Scientists may well have the capability to unlock secrets of the universe, but no one--neither governments nor societies--will have any desire to support or tolerate such an endeavor...