But it did seem strange that on the day Americans celebrated their emergence as a people, the people could not reach enduring symbols of the country's claim to be a beacon for -- how did Emma Lazarus put it?
A yearlong effort to reach an enduring accord with Iran to dismantle large parts of its nuclear infrastructure fell short, forcing the United States and its allies to declare a seven-month extension, but with no clear indication of how they plan to bridge fundamental differences.
To put the contrarian argument more succinctly: if the stock market did reach an enduring low in late March and early April, it would be the first time such a trough was recognized almost immediately by the majority of newsletter editors.
Yet the company has suddenly done an about face, saying Thursday that it had reached an "enduring agreement" with Disney following "detailed negotiations" and would be showing the film after all, from March 5. Disney went ahead with the glitzy U.K. premiere of Alice on Thursday night, ironically enough at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London.
And yet, given the enduring reach of the Civil War, if he is re-elected it would not redeem the tragedy at the core of American history.
But Syria's presidential elections of June 2014 revealed the enduring reach of the Assad regime.
But more than anything, maybe he reaches us with his enduring attitude of wonderment at the clamorous richness of life.
This is also a day to examine our lives and consider what more we can do to help – to reach out to people enduring conflict, disaster and hardship.
If they do it, they will take an unusual place in baseball history and become the third team to reach the postseason despite enduring a 10-game losing streak that season.
This year's theme 'People Helping People' marks the achievements of workers standing on the frontlines of humanitarian crises and aims to inspire everyone to examine their own lives and consider what more needs to be done to reach out to those enduring hardship.
Artists' activities ranged from the enduring and far reaching, such as using a jackhammer to bury a mysterious time capsule on the grounds of PS1, to the more subdued: Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir mentioned the occurrence of a lot of poetry reading, discussions and singing.
