Word: everydayness
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...heroic British effort in World War II. The film features a model family in which the father, mother and son make their respective contributions to the war effort. Director William Wyler simultaneously develops two themes: the devastation of the war and the reluctance of the British to forgo their everyday lives. The engrossing melodrama brings home the message of the effects of the war on the homefront...
This exhibit not so much answers these questions as it provides an accessible and viable means to address these and countless other issues about Fifth Century Athens and Greece. Gregory Crane, Associate Professor of Classics, has organized the two-room exhibit of ancient pots, coins, weapons and everyday objects with one very non-ancient device: Perseus, a computer database that sits calmly in the form of two Macintoshes beside the exhibited objects in the galleries...
...despite the example set by my jungle gym confrontation, most children who visit the museum appreciate its exhibits for what they offer: whimsical hands-on introductions to serious everyday topics, complete with an idealistic "be kind to your neighbor" spin...
Kids can peer into a cluster of miniature houses and view the lives of all different types of Bostonians. Barbie-doll sized humanoids carry on the everyday activities that typify modern life...
...tweed jacket and tie and machine gun, control an entire train under the streets of New York. But the film's humor lies in the parallel it draws between the terror of being underground in the dark tunnels of the NYC subway system and the crowded madness of the everyday life above the streets...