From the outset, he aimed at providing more lighthearted entertainment than the BBC offerings, and later, when commercial television expanded into serious undertakings, Lord Grade's end of the business was thought of cozily by Britons as the "song and dance" side.
The new space will allow the league to beef up existing programs, like its long-established program for young directors, as well as expand into new undertakings.
Science fair projects are often years-long undertakings, with one years presentation expanded and reworked, with updated results, the following year.
So, since 1960, federal spending, adjusted for inflation, has quintupled and federal undertakings have multiplied like dandelions, but the federal civilian workforce has expanded only negligibly, to approximately what it was when Dwight Eisenhower was elected in 1952.
Moreover, the development of new organizational forms and expanded tenure options have not affected the government's desire to regulate economic undertakings closely.
Thereafter, Picasso expanded.
As Facebook expanded, Zynga expanded.
Undertakings like those expand our experiences, make our lives richer, and bring us a lot of happiness -- and for most procrastinators, they get left in the dust.
"Avatar" joins the movie industry's expanding list of mega-budget undertakings; the most recent "Harry Potter," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Spider-Man" movies each cost at least $250 million.
