Her novel's characters "spurned and were terrified of the darkness, striving mightily for the light".
The new play "Oliver Parker!" at the Cherry Lane Theater might qualify as offensive — certainly it strives mightily for that dubious laurel — if it were not so patently artificial.
Unlike many negotiations cases, which concern the strategizing of two or more powerful players, this case describes the evolving strategy of a small, marginal player, striving mightily for a seat at a negotiating table dominated by several powerful interests.
Confusing ends and means, the Obama administration strives mightily for shows of allied unity, good feeling and pious concern about Iran's nuclear program -- whereas the real objective is stopping that program.
These are symbols of a growing city striving mightily for a larger presence on a regional stage.
Another leader, Zaid Shakir, who just a few days ago led the memorial services for Muhammad Ali a person who strove mightily for the human dignity of all people, in his Facebook post failed to condemn the bigotry or spare a single sentiment of solidarity with the only subgroup in America who today suffers from legalized discrimination.
As Republicans strive mightily — and perversely — for a health-care system that would increase the uninsured by 22 million people, they should ponder the impact on a particularly deserving group — veterans.
Once the affair is out in the open, you will strive mightily to justify yourself.
The judge proceeded to quote Shakespeare on the proper comportment of legal adversaries, who "strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends" and noted the "famous disregard" that newborns have for schedules.
The rhythm of the scene has never really been improved upon — Griffith even found space for some dreamy, drifting closeups of Gish, in her dead faint — and there are filmmakers working today who strive mightily to match him.
