"Grand Budapest" was unexpectedly tragic in a way that Anderson hasn't strived for in quite some time, but it still paled in comparison to the rest of his CV, and none of those films really made major impacts with Oscar voters.
Mr. Kirk said his musical tastes haven't changed much; he still strives to find records by his favorite early punk bands.
"If you haven't had that success, you keep striving to get it".
For absolute proof that City Hall has not stopped striving for a better New York, even in these times of layoffs and budget cuts, one need only turn to the Giuliani administration's recently released "Management Report".
Elite faculty, on the other hand, generally perceive only at the end their careers--and to their intense disappointment--that decades of single-minded striving have not won a perch in the "pantheon".
We have not encouraged our own children to strive for the Ivy League, largely because it appears that perfection is now required for admission.
Each and every one of us had our moments of jubilation and unfortunate tribulation, but that hasn't deterred us from striving towards our goals.
Had I not strived to serve my teachers with almost manic obsession?
If we've strived for anything over the millennia, hasn't it been for this?
While the music business is striving to make downloading itself illegal, that hasn't happened yet.
