Word: grittiest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Apparently, the work is at its grittiest now. For Radcliffe, financial independence means the freedom to develop some of the programs which suffered from 1971 to 1977, years Harvard had control of the purse strings. But financial freedom entails responsibility, too, and the Board is now saddled with the obligation of raising its own funds for endowment and capital improvement...
...marking off the boundaries behind which cameramen and reporters strained to watch the buses roll in and out. The streets aren't spotless, the houses aren't beautiful, and many buildings are boarded up. But for a week every March, when things would normally be at their grayest and grittiest, Southie changes her clothes. And with the green of the leprechauns and the shamrocks the neighborhood starts to smile, and by St. Patrick's Day, begorra, it's a full-fledged grin.CrimsonLisa C. Hsia...
...expression turned to one of total seriousness, her own pride stretching to its grittiest with the extension of her jab, and another, backing her sparring partner (who maintained the most tolerant of all smiles) into a corner, jab, jab, thump. "Beat the shit out of "em" a punk yelled. And she split before she could get too serious...
...other hand, if a live rendition could never approach Spector's "wall of sound," why not speed it up and inject it with soul? But without doubt, everyone got off on "Honky Tonk Women," complete with razzle-dazzle choreography. Then "Come Together," sung in Tina's fiercest, grittiest voice. Next came their version of Credence Clearwater's "Proud Mary." For two verses, it was kept very soft and lifting, but when exploded into hard-driving rock with the rhythm just tightened-up enough to sound black. It was a perfect showcase piece for their art of withholding, easingly, and then...