Her piercing intelligence, endless curiosity and a capacity for friendship drove her on right up to the evening of her death at the age of 92.
We learn how a rift opened between them through the present-day perspective of Conrad Senior, a former student of Mendel's whose obsessive efforts to write a book about the friendship drive his wife from the house and bring him to the verge of an early midlife crisis.
The "Restoring Friendship" drive to raise funds to repair the Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha, where Christians believe Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish, had a goal of about $13,000.
Path's "Find your Friends" feature has now ripped apart friendships, driven apart investors and founders and made Robin Wauters leave TechCrunch (okay, just kidding on that one).
"The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts.
Passion and friendship drive the indie artist, and thanks to innovations like Kickstarter, they can continue to thrive just a few steps outside of the mainstream.
The story of these kids is one of triumph over odds — how friendship is driven by passion, motivation and love.
At the heart of the film is a friendship, between this abrasive, driven woman, whom a previous colleague described as more frightening than the war they were reporting on, and the laconic, seemingly unflappable Conroy.
Into his 90s, he spoke on all matters of Swiss concern and British-Swiss friendship - and still drove a car.
It's a competition that will challenge the boys' friendship and eventually drive a 15-year-old Pikelet into the arms of Sando's taciturn wife, Eva, a crippled ex-freestyle skier.
