Word: endeavour
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Think Americans stuck in airports have to wait a long time for a flight? Try 22 years. That's how long astronaut Barbara Morgan, 55 - who blasted off Wednesday aboard the shuttle Endeavour for a planned 11-day mission - had to cool her heels before she got her first chance...
Sounds like a success story, and in some ways it is. But in the service of what? This is the 119th flight of a space shuttle, the 20th for Endeavour and the 22nd overall to the ISS, a still-growing orbiting outpost that is more or less the only reason any of the shuttles fly anymore. The Endeavour crew will be delivering a two-ton truss segment that will help hold solar arrays and will require three risky spacewalks to install. If the ISS were doing good science at an arguably reasonable price, those risks would be worth taking...
...only four parts, each actor plays a vital role throughout the show. Despite any qualms they may have about doing the play justice, one sentiment is overwhelmingly prevalent among the cast members: a sense of awe at the chance to be a part of this unique endeavour. Nicholas says vehemently, “This is the best theater experience I’ve ever had.” As Wilner describes a particularly moving and well-acted scene he saw in a recent rehearsal, he expresses a similar appreciation for the collective accomplishment of the cast and crew...
...Toronto home owners because the rampant critters nest under their homes, claw into their garbage and treat TV antenna towers as a ladder. "The airline is elegant and upscale, so why go with a Disneyesque marketing approach?" says Barry Avrich, filmmaker and president of Toronto ad agency Endeavour, who on a recent Porter round-trip was one of six passengers...
...actors in this, which was pretty crazy because the week before we shot I had to go to SAG and get all their paperwork done, as well as building the fake Torah at night and going to the synagogue to make sure everything was there. It was a crazy endeavour...