Word: gutsing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They've ripped out his guts and substituted bile, have transformed his rhetoric into rant. No longer the liberator of a stage, he has been bound into its conventions, becoming a plaything for experimenting youngsters and a typical "serious" theatre audience in wire-rims and leotards.
Powlison was especially down on swimming last winter after the Dart-mouth meet. "I cared so much, and I tried so hard," he recalled. "I literally swam my guts out more than I had in my whole life." Nevertheless, he lost the 1000-free, and later in the 500-free...
"The headmaster hates his guts," one classmate asserted. "He doesn't recognize him as an alumnus. He wouldn't even write him a recommendation for Harvard." Another said, "O'Leary mentions him as often as possible in a bad light. He doesn't like to have him in the school...
Real Guts. American Can Co.'s new headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., also shows that the company takes its responsibilities to the community seriously. Instead of tying into the local services, it dug its own wells for water and built its own sewage plant. In addition, American Can conserved 45...
The architects did even better. They designed two strikingly handsome buildings, and hardly disturbed the rest of the site. One is a lean, elegant little concrete and glass container for top management. The other, says Gordon Bunshaft, S.O.M.'s partner in charge, "has real guts." From the main approach...