To that end, he strove over and over again to encapsulate the way that light danced over the Thames at Westminster, the cathedral at Rouen, the water lilies on the pond at his home in Giverny, and the nearby haystacks – all at different times and in different weathers.
Alerted to the threat, Microsoft strove over a period of approximately four years to prevent middleware technologies from fostering the development of enough full-featured, cross-platform applications to erode the applications barrier.
But whilst most of his individual incidents in Monaco and Montreal can be rationalised in this way, the fact that he's having such a string of them does pose the question of whether his frustration is taking his competitive striving over-centre, whether he is currently somehow out of equilibrium.
The Quinlans, he said, "believe that the earthly phase of Karen's life has drawn to a close, that the time of life striving is over, and that further treatments merely hold her back from the realization and enjoyment of a better, more perfect life".
The flame of creative striving over adversity and bringing humanity together flickers on.
Sure, funny and stirring things happen on Facebook and Twitter, but their protocols, which stress accountability and striving over anonymity and play, tend to make social exchanges routine.
This is a man who does his utmost, striving over the weeks and months to do the best for the community.
The judge concluded, for instance, that Microsoft had maintained its monopoly power over operating software through anticompetitive means, ruthlessly striving over four years to crush any potential threat to its domination over operating system software.
The secretary general of the International Red Cross, Elhadj As Sy, who visited Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, said: "Much more needs to be done to support communities to survive and strive over the coming months.
In these writings Rorty argues that while "truth" has various important uses, it does not itself name a goal towards which we can strive, over and above warrant or justification.
All the participating artists have strived over the years to remain relevant, often expressing greater interest and passion toward their latest creations than revisiting past glories.
