That's roughly what Freund's photographs suggest too: her attempt to inoculate herself against the vicissitudes of time through the lens of a camera.
The terrific young cast, particularly Emily Bevan as Amy, deserve far better than to die not once, as has happened already, but twice, through the vicissitudes of the Beeb, with a stakeholder through the heart.
His advice has carried us through the past decade, through the vicissitudes of raising a family -- watching two daughters grow up to attend college on the East Coast; watching a son outgrow a wicker bassinette, kick a soccer ball, reach double digits.
The duo kept regular office hours, which meant that they developed their distinctive style through discipline and application, rather than through the vicissitudes of "inspiration".
They stood by him through the vicissitudes of his last years, and lent him money to help send Scottie through Vassar.
Through many vicissitudes, including the Biafran civil war of 1967-70, Achebe sustained an enviable artistic serenity.
"He has learned through those vicissitudes that every day is Election Day in Washington and everyone is writing history in ten-minute intervals," Axelrod told me.
But the mood of those who gave Sir Anthony this splendid start was not managed skilfully enough to ensure continuous support through the vicissitudes which followed.
But through the vicissitudes of reality TV, she gained a voice denied to almost all women of her class and background.
A unified Mongol nation came into existence as the personal creation of Genghis Khan and, through many vicissitudes (feudal disintegration, incipient retribalization, colonial occupation), has survived to the present day.
