Word: gritting
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...style,” Clayton said. “He played into my strength, my speed, allowing me to break him down mentally.”The raucous Michigan crowd and a controversial call on Clayton’s last 5-4 match point forced him to display his grit and mental toughness in taking his second singles match of the weekend.“There were hecklers and whatnot,” Clayton said, “but I kept my cool, my teammates were cheering me on.”No. 5 Dan Nguyen also pulled through...
...ECAC) finally broke as No. 6 St. Lawrence (20-5-2, 12-4-0) scored with 50 seconds left and then held on the victory. The loss was the first at home for Harvard this season.“I think we just needed more grit,” co-captain Julie Chu said. “They didn’t run us into the ground, they didn’t run circles around us. Maybe that little extra grit is what we needed.”A day later, the Crimson edged the Golden Knights after managing just...
...Abhishek, though, has the grit and charm to bring Gurukant to life. Just 30, he plays the character from his early 20s to his 60s and is persuasive for most of that span, though I wouldn't have minded if his dad had taken over in the later scenes. (Amitabh wouldn't agree. He said recently: "My father [the poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan] wrote in his biography, ?When a father loses to his son, it is his greatest victory!' I've lost to my son! And I'm the happiest father alive!") Early in the film, Abhishek uses his dimples...
...goes into a meeting. She's decided beforehand what's possible and what isn't." Daniel Ayalon, ex-Israeli ambassador to Washington, who has been friends with Rice for 10 years, adds, "She has gravitas. She's grown into this job in a magnificent way. She has toughness and grit...
...opinions of the war in Iraq. Anti-war activists loudly mourn the senseless loss of life. Passing 3,000 is a prime opportunity to plumb the depths of their own angers about how the war was planned, sold, and executed. Hawks mourn the fact that America has lost its grit. After all, they point out, 3,000 dead is still less than half the annual toll in the worst years of Vietnam. And amid either World War I or II, an America with a far smaller population suffered larger losses on some afternoons in the Pacific or in Europe than...