Word: gritted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...yourself that it is best to strike a balance each semester between the familiar and the unfamiliar, be prepared for the regret you will feel in a few years after taking intellectual shortcuts on your way to your Harvard degree. Instead, take the long view over the short view, grit your teeth and be vigilant in seeking out discomfort. Adam R. Kovacevich '99 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...focusing simply on these superficialities would belie the importance of the true measure of victory, the paramount qualities of grit and mettle that buttress more dimensioned performers. Neither Morisette nor Manson ever maximized their potential in either of these areas, and the supreme entertainment value that each of them brought to the concert couldn't mask these weaknesses. The audience loved Morissette and Garbage for the pomp and rarity of embracing a mutual moment with cultural icons, but the relationship never cut deeper than the shared hype...
...solid performance piece with a clever story, jazzy songs and nothing too controversial or risque, unless your town is likely to be offended by dice games and chaste kisses. It's also weathered the years far better than most other golden age American musicals, with much more grit and character than, say, Oklahoma or South Pacific, which can really test the patience of even the most adoring parents. Plus, high school kids can be cute when wearing loud checkered jackets and faking exaggerated "Nu Yawk" accents...
However, the Crimson will lose some size and grit as 6'6, 215 lbs. freshman Kyle Clark separated his shoulder in practice this week. Junior forward Trevor Allman will also not make the trip to attend to a family matter...
Huan Song arrived in a Chicago suburb two years ago unable to speak much English, but possessed of as much grit as a 14-year-old can muster. The child of divorced middle-class parents in China, she had been sent by her father to live with an aunt and uncle. "I could have had a comfortable life in China, but my father thought I'd have a better future and a more exciting life in the U.S. He made a great sacrifice to let me come here to have a good future...