Word: grind
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...good weekend,” Grillo said. “I was able to keep it together even when I didn’t feel like I was playing my best. I was able to grind...
...Sailing in New England is an unparalleled experience,” Himler said. “We compete against the top competition in the country every weekend. The season is a real grind, but we put in a lot of time in order to perform well and achieve the best results possible...
...sing karaoke, wows them with her own skills, and then tries to explain why she never "made it." Ms. Rowan's self-confident shell falls away and you see the kids absorbing the fact that all the promise in the world can be worn down by the grind of just trying to be noticed. It's a nice dose of reality in a slick, prettily photographed, highly produced cinematic world...
...idea of genius without succumbing to elitism. Rather than maintain the illusion that with due diligence anyone can be a superstar, we should argue that any of us could be the one harboring that hidden genius potential. Who knows who might be considered a genius retrospectively? Probably not the grind with the flashcards...
...power of Congress and its individual members goes to a larger truth. With power distributed between three branches of government, and between Washington and the states, the U.S. has a distinctly fragmented political system, one that has many pressure points available for those with an ax to grind or a proposal to advance. (Think health-care reform.) By comparison with other democracies, that can make for a messy system of government, in which you can never be quite sure how things will get done, or what players hold strong hands. Moreover, because the U.S. is so powerful, its national system...