The Queen herself followed the 70's Britcom (starring Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith) about the Leadbetters, ever striving for material success, and their neighbors the Goods, who are determined to live off the suburban land.
Mr. Bush's necktie and suit jacket come and go, and his spaniel, Spot, darts in and out of the frame as the would-be president teeters between images of engagement and disengagement, authority and levity, ever striving for the perfect balance.
Death makes life meaningless because everything we have ever striven for ceases when life does, and it makes life meaningful, too, because its presence makes the little we have of it indispensable, every moment precious".
But most of the administration's attention has centred on something else Mr Bush announced soon after taking office: America's supposed "energy crisis".The idea that America can ever strive for any form of energy independence is bogus: though it sits on just 3% of the world's oil reserves, it consumes a quarter of global oil production.
He declares that "the only places on earth that have ever strived for a clean environment all share two characteristics: free people and free markets".
One translation renders it as, "We will ever strive for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; We will unceasingly seek to quicken the sense of public duty; We will revere and obey the city's laws".
For those for ever striving to regain the intoxication of having been a gilded god at 18, a cabinet post shines as the equivalent of election to Pop, and the prime ministerial job as the ultimate combination of head boy and victor ludorum.
The team lost only two matches during the tour, with Wisden saying, "No travelling team ever strove harder for victory or more completely subordinated all personal considerations to the prime object of winning matches.
He never strove for that.
In drama the most radical innovator was August Strindberg (1849 1912), and from that day to this, drama (forced to compete with the cinema) has become ever more experimental, constantly striving for new methods, materials, and, especially, ways to establish a close relationship with the audience.
