Abrasive?

Grit is Good

We need grit!

I admire your grit.

I admire your grit.

Wow! They have grit!

There is more grit on the horizon.

It was that kind of hazy, abrasive and unsure day.

Also the abrasive effect of the storm damages young crop plants.

She was the New Englander and abrasive, and he was this courtly fellow.

Grit is the tenacity to keep going in the face of challenge.

Grit is a concept developed by Dr. Angela Duckworth from the University of Pennsylvania.

The episode garnered criticism from a number of conservatives, who found the depiction of homosexuality abrasive.

But Haldane s conclusion is that, overall, markets are less stable as a result of the sharp rise in turnover, and that grit in the wheels, like grit on the roads, could help forestall the next crash.

Its acolytes deplore the grit and relativism of politics and issue futile appeals for moral revivals.

Impressed by Preetha s guts and grit, Inji contacted Preetha and wrote about her on Global Voices.

But I'm not kidding about some of this, and it gets a little bit to the grit issue.

And if you want an example of perseverance, grit and strength in a beautiful, little package, it is her.

Though many feared his abrasive personality would be a problem, he worked well with his teammates and then coach Rick Adelman.

This contrasts with his previous abrasive approach in Mother's Milk , as well as his dry, funky and more docile arrangements on Blood Sugar Sex Magik .

It's got to focus very narrowly and clearly on that little seed and be able to pick it out against that background (the grit).

Released in 1989, The Iceberg Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say established his popularity by matching excellent abrasive music with narrative and commentative lyrics.

For many, the grit, guts and determination of the women symbolized the spirit of Fukushima and the desire to rebuild following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.

I think the simplest way to think of it is to imagine a bird trying to feed on a seed against the background of grit or pebbles.

So, the next time you find yourself struggling with a decision, or worrying if you're on the right path, I want you to get your grit on.

Non abrasive cuts are normally 0.007 to 0.013 (0.178 to 0.33 mm), but can be as small as 0.003 (0.076 mm), which is approximately that of a human hair.

Later years 1974 1979 Soon Over Babaluma from 1974 continued in the ambient style of Future Days , yet it regained some of the abrasive edge of Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi .

The album Nightmare at Maple Cross , released in July of the same year, marked for the band the return to the sound of Hit and Run and to their trademark abrasive lyrics.

Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

The Swarovski Group also includes Tyrolit (makers of abrasive and cutting tools) Swareflex (reflective and luminous road markings) Signity (synthetic and natural gemstones) and Swarovski Optik (optical instruments such as binoculars and rifle scopes).

Adams repeatedly asked Benson to, in Benson's words, make the sleuth less bold ... 'Nancy said' became 'Nancy said sweetly,' 'she said kindly,' and the like, all designed to produce a less abrasive more caring type of character.

Exercising any muscle for the first time takes dedication and grit, and it didn t take me long to realize that along with a civics program in schools, this country also needs better journalists and reporters.

It's what Hilary A Benn, but not a Bennite Benn said on radio and TV this week as the boy scout in him struggled not to admit that Corbyn's appointment of abrasive John McDonnell as shadow chancellor was a bad idea.

Phrases like sand in the machine and grit in the oyster, which were pejorative in the prelapsarian days of 2006, are now used to support regulatory or fiscal changes that may slow down trading and reduce its volume.

But when we fail to give our best, we simply haven't met the test, of giving all and saving none until the game is really won of showing what is meant by grit of playing through when others quit of playing through, not letting up.

Based on this research, in 1840 he presented to the Geological Society of London his paper On the character of the beds of clay lying immediately below the coal seams of South Wales, and on the occurrence of coal boulders in the Pennant Grit of that district.

2001 ISBN 1 57062 768 1 Transformations of Consciousness Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives on Development (co authors Jack Engler, Daniel Brown), 1986, ISBN 0 394 74202 8 Spiritual Choices The Problem of Recognizing Authentic Paths to Inner Transformation (co authors Dick Anthony, Bruce Ecker), 1987, ISBN 0 913729 19 1 Grace and Grit Spirituality and Healing in the Life of Treya Killam Wilber , 1991, 2nd ed.

The de facto export ban on rare earth elements often referred to as industrial vitamins struck a terrible blow to Japanese companies, which rely on China for 97 of their supply. Among a variety of rare earth elements, neodymium and dysprosium are widely used as a magnetic material for motors in environmentally friendly vehicles and home appliances, while erbium is used as a dopant in optical fibers and cerium as an abrasive for polishing liquid crystal display (LCD) glass.