Word: grit
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...writers wanted a lot more on residuals and foreign sales. I bet the Writers? Guild is trying to figure out a way to say, okay, we didn?t get everything we wanted but we did get this, and here?s why that?s good. Producers are going to grit their teeth and squeeze out a few more concessions without losing credibility...
...Bears were able to plate eight runs against the Big Red in the first inning. Cornell showed its grit, coming back to score nine in their half of the inning. The Big Red went on to win 14-10, and took the second game...
...notice similarities here with the work of filmmaker Mike Leigh, director of such British working-class dramas as "Secrets & Lies" and "Raining Stones." "Breakfast After Noon" doesn't have quite the grit of those films, though. The secondary characters aren't very fleshed out, and the story lacks the complexity of the Leigh films, which are also much more political than "Breakfast." On the other hand, you don't need subtitles to get past the accents...
...course, there's something delusional in such musings, particularly when they go in the opposite direction. President Carter, for example, awarded John Wayne the Medal of Freedom as "an example of true American grit and determination," when of course Wayne had simply grown wealthy portraying such Americans onscreen...
...theme of the post-post-election period has emerged: Bipartisanship and grit-your-teeth cooperation. And George W. Bush and Dick Cheney didn't waste any time hard-selling the concept. In an attempt to create an air of unity, Bush chose Pete Laney, Speaker of the Democrat-controlled Texas House of Representatives, to introduce Wednesday night's acceptance speech (which the president-elect delivered in the House chamber). But while Wednesday's rosy images played well on television, political insiders are hardly convinced that Bush's record in Texas will have any bearing on his success in Washington...