Word: grit
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...What do you get when you mix the swagger of Antonio Banderas, the elegance of competitive ballroom dance, and the grit of the big city? Liz Friedlander’s new movie, “Take the Lead...
...safety; Sidney Lumet's Find Me Guilty, in which Vin Diesel's mobster acts as his own defense lawyer; and Spike Lee's skillfully orchestrated story of a bank heist, Inside Man. None of them require the audience to embrace heavy-duty fantasy or comic-romantic fatuity. They have grit, wit and style, plus a semblance of reality--things popular American movies regularly used to have. Is this a trend? One might hope...
...puck luckily bounced out to me.” And with the puck in her hands, Raimondi netted her 12th goal of the season. “The [situation] is exactly what you want at the end of a game and it came from grit and determination,” captain Carrie Schroyer said. “Raimondi got the puck, looked up and sees this hole in the net next to [Clarkson goalie] Kira Hurley.” After falling behind in the first period 2-0, the Crimson had used the entire 44 minutes and 59 seconds that...
...Raimondi nailed the puck into the net. Raimondi, who has been the center of the Crimson offense all season, beat Hurley on the only Harvard shot during the extra frame. “That is exactly what you want at the end of a game, and it came from grit and determination,” Schroyer said. “She got the puck, looked up, and saw a hole in the net.”The result was a far cry from what the opening period revealed about the two teams. Clarkson dramatically outshot the Crimson by a tally...
...Source” magazine. The two “sides” to which Cublunk refers are the underground hip-hop scene—the world of MCs with wordy lyrics and cult followings—and the street-hop scene—the grit-obsessed world that dominates mainstream...