Word: endeavorment
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...movie metaphor of malevolence underlying the pretense of normality. The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola's directorial debut, although not a modern-day investigation of suburban life, explores this theme of banality and the darker side of the '70s two-car garages and fertile green lawns. Her first cinematic endeavor taps the similar suburban malaise of recent critically acclaimed indies The Ice Storm and Welcome to the Dollhouse, that attempt to show the reality of suburban dysfunction...
...Icon is a creative endeavor that uses the possibilities afforded by today's technology to bring something new to the art of storytelling. Part magazine, part gallery, part forum, Icon is a participatory space where the power of stories is given a new freedom and saddled with a new responsibility...
...this endeavor actually hurt the female students, or did it provide them an opportunity to study and learn without the often overpowering presence of boys? While the relative academic merit of separate girls' schools is in itself a subject of much debate, the ACLU wasn't interested in educational theory in this case. Their concerns were motivated primarily by what they considered disturbing echoes of racial segregation and discrimination...
Although having a baby is a highly personal endeavor, those whose fame requires them to announce their pregnancy in a press release have got to expect some interference. MADONNA, who disclosed last week that she is pregnant with her second child, has already been the subject of public debate on whether she should marry the baby's father, British director GUY RITCHIE. And while a London paper has speculated that a baby boy will be named after Rupert Everett, Madonna's co-star in The Next Best Thing, there are other obvious choices. Since her first child, Lourdes, shares...
...author's utopianism is balanced by her pangs of practicality. Mendelson, whose credentials include a husband and a son as well as a Ph.D. in philosophy and a J.D. from Harvard Law, is the most unimpeachable source this side of Janet Reno for such a girly-girl endeavor. Most of the book works on a sliding scale, giving tips for compulsives and slackers alike, such as the following memo to would-be floor cleaners: "Vacuuming every day is best for your floors. I feel obliged to say this even though most people, myself included, are unable to do this...