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Bellows was a member of the Ashcan School in the early decades of the twentieth century. As the name of the school suggests, Bellows and his colleagues depicted the grit and filth of the city landscape, developing a new form of urban realism...
...played with a lot of grit tonight,” said freshman Julie Chu. “We were never disrupted by Northeastern’s efforts...
...saying that Hollywood should keep its mitts off Asian films. A decade ago, Quentin Tarantino did a cool twist (Reservoir Dogs) on a Hong Kong crime story (City on Fire). The challenge is for Western directors to transform the Eastern originals with all the grit and glamour at their command. The alternative is to settle for making blown-up dupes of movies like The Ring. And that prospect is really ... scary...
...oppose a high-cost invasion of Iraq, who are concerned about more serious threats to our long-term security—such as the spread of AIDS to India, Russia, and China and global food and water crises—do attend demonstrations, even if we must grit our teeth during the occasional chant. Stay home, and be counted among supporters of military action...
...largely given Sharon a free pass - equating Israel's war against Palestinian terror with the U.S. struggle to defeat al-Qaeda. After the two leaders meet today in Washington, you'll likely see them shake hands and slap backs and hear renewed admiration for the other's resolve and grit. But behind the scenes, there's good reason to believe that Bush will attempt to strike a hard bargain with Sharon - before the Israeli Prime Minister's policies derail the Administration's effort to build support for a war against Iraq...