Word: gritting
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Showing their true grit, the Crimson bounced back from the aforementioned loss to beat Holy Cross 3-1 in the second contest...
...passion for things military is already intense: in high school in Clover, South Carolina, she became the group commander for the Air Force Junior ROTC, helped organize her high school's first military ball and spent the summer in rigorous ROTC training at Fort Knox. "She's got grit," says Harvey Messer, who adds that he is nevertheless worried about the reception she will receive this week. "She's still our baby. We want her to be O.K." Nancy Mace, 18, is the daughter of retired Army Brigadier General J. Emory Mace, Citadel class of '63, who remains the school...
...Elizabeth Dole seem to have true grit in word and deed. If we were to elect Bob Dole to the presidency, the media would have to report on issues and solutions instead of the never-ending soap we have now. I like the idea of fewer little dinner parties and more shared thoughts and ideas. CONNIE SIMPSON Steamboat Springs, Colorado...
...Grit and determination epitomized the Crimson's play. For example, in the first game--after an extra long shift--Adams finally headed towards the bench completely exhausted from skating down a puck in the St. Lawrence zone. Right before he jumped onto the bench, Adams turned his head as if fighting an urge to stay on the ice for a few more seconds. Luck finally went Harvard's way as the puck bounced right onto his stick...
...public space in front of their houses. The unraked-leaves strike force emerged this month after a winter of discontent, when the city with one of the nation's highest tax rates ran out of money and stopped providing some basic services. The streets are almost never clean (grit and cigarette butts blow up from littered gutters on K Street), only 40 of the 104 garbage trucks function, and during the winter's snowstorms some city buses made up their routes according to which streets were passable. (Only 1 in 3 plows worked.) Now that it's spring, there...