Word: grit
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...here one of our party's soldiers showed his grit. "If anyone refuses to go I will make them," he said, using his finger to pull an imaginary trigger aimed at a reluctant driver...
...Baghran, saying "if you paid me $500 I would not give you a vehicle, so badly damaged would it be." His stories panicked some our drivers and fixers, sparking a heated debate on the merits of continuing. It was here one of our party's soldiers showed his grit. "If anyone refuses to go I will make them," he said, using his finger to pull an imaginary trigger aimed at a reluctant driver...
...have good resumes--one co-wrote Can't Buy Me Love, the other co-wrote (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction--and both have kept in practice as working musicians over the years. While Mick's new tranquillity gets old fast, it turns out that Paul actually has the grit to pull...
...Taliban, they are also searching for ways to satisfy their children's curiosity. Ellis' starkly realistic novel, billed as the only children's book out on the subject in English, is expected to have almost 150,000 copies in print by year's end. The novel has the grit of a survivor's tale, which it is in part. Ellis based the story on the daughter of an Afghan woman she met while working in a Pakistani refugee camp...
...sacrifices of the Greatest Generation, those who went through World War II. I will follow their example. On Sept. 11, we were given lessons in courage and heroic love. I will take them as examples. Those who are working in the rubble teach us daily lessons in true grit. I will learn them. In the name of the fallen, I will walk justly, fear no evil and continue to sing America's songs. JUDITH P. AUSTIN Arlington...