Word: grit
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...true that in dry weather, a passing car or truck will kick up clouds of dust that settles over the house and coats our lives with a soft, fine grit, like beige baby powder. And it is true that in March when the ground thaws, the mud on the road used to get so deep you had to put the car in second, and overrev the engine, bulling, bucking, half-surfing and jounce-bouncing hub-deep along the ruts through obdurate goo. If you stopped, you sank, and it took a tractor...
...make it to their destinations on time - it can be financially ruinous. Even with new video-conferencing technologies, many companies prefer to send their employees to meet clients face-to-face. That humanizing touch can be a deal-maker, but there is a risk involved: It requires employees to grit their teeth through countless airport disasters, often arriving four or five hours late at their destination hotels, and slogging through the following, critical workday on just a few hours? sleep...
...which saw the elected leftist regime of Salvador Allende as a threat to its regional interests. But the U.S. is no longer in the business of sponsoring coups. And that means the Chilean military - and the former U.S. officials that backed its grab for power - may simply have to grit their teeth through any court proceedings. Indeed, Pinochet is still under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for the 1976 car bomb attack in Washington, D.C., that killed former Allende official Orlando Letelier and an American aide. But even if they did decide to prosecute, the Justice Department would have...
...also perilous in a place like New York not to show a little grit? Lazio's greatest vulnerability may be the perception that he remains, even after eight years in the House, a lightweight. This doesn't hurt him among regular Republicans, who love him to pieces for staying close to his roots, remaining polite to his elders and not rocking any boats. His supporters admire him for straddling factions, sticking with Speaker Newt Gingrich through a failed coup to depose him while staying cozy with insurgent leader Dick Armey, who led it. In a safe seat, it's fine...
Fifty years after they penned their first song, their exuberant music is still everywhere, blasting out of the radio on old records and new CDs, jiving up TV commercials and lending grit to movie sound tracks. Their song collection, Smokey Joe's Cafe, became the longest-running revue in Broadway history, toured Europe and Japan, and is now playing Las Vegas and Seoul...