So is their growing battle-hardened resourcefulness and, for that matter, their commitment to feminist revolution.
Rather like the germs that help build immune systems, autonomy in child rearing can develop resourcefulness.
Dressing for her growing girth has required resourcefulness and creativity, said Ms. Taylor, 40, who stars with Frank Langella and Lauren Ambrose in the film "Starting Out in the Evening," in limited release starting Friday.
For Mr. Coran, "growing up" had always meant resourcefulness.
Such resourcefulness, he said, comes from growing up on a farm in Iowa.
In the early 20th century, Chester Carlson developed his own resourcefulness as a science student, high school journalist and tinkerer while growing up in an impoverished health seeker family in southern California.
Growing up, both of my parents were entrepreneurs, so I've always been exposed to the hard work and resourcefulness required of a business owner.
This question of resourcefulness can also point to a more general ethos of recycling, reminiscent of the empty shopping trolley, put to an imaginative range of uses, that shows up with growing frequency in contemporary Greek film, art, and even a promotional video for Piraeus Bank.
Both men underestimated humanity's resourcefulness as well as its scientific and technological acumen in figuring out how to provide for its growing numbers.
And as the times become more uncertain, her resolve and resourcefulness seem only to grow.
