Word: gumption
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...surprise, something did. Some of us can forge ahead on instinct or gumption, while some of us—Rupert and I included—need a kickstart in the right direction to get going. When I really thought about doing Teach For America (TFA), I began to wonder how I could do anything else. After a life of excellent education, of incredibly loving and supportive family members, of the best friends anyone could ask for, after four years of Harvard—with its ancient historical duty to its country and its world to send its graduates into service...
...such talents as Dianne Wiest and Scott Cohen (“Gilmore”’s Max Medina) in supporting roles. If this is the kind of setup that gets dumped after a measly three episodes, I don’t know how anyone gets up the gumption to write situation comedy in the first place.“Jezebel James” wasn’t without its flaws. The characters were histrionic, the laugh track was grating, and some elements just didn’t work (Ambrose’s character needed some development, and fast...
...entirely without purpose now that she is pursuing a Republican-style race gambit, questioning Obama's 20-year relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah "God damn America" Wright. Democrats will soon learn how damaging that relationship might be in a general election. They'll also see if Obama has the gumption to bounce back, work hard-not just arena rallies for college kids but roundtables for the grizzled and unemployed in American Legion halls-and change the minds that have turned against him. The main reason superdelegates have not yet rallied round Obama is that the party is collectively holding...
...parents, grandparents and great-grandparents when they immigrated. And not just that. Ask yourself, of these three groups--today's legal and illegal immigrants and the immigrants of generations ago--which one has proven most dramatically its appreciation of our country? Which one has shown the most gumption, the most willingness to risk all to get to the U.S. and the most willingness to work hard once here? Well, everyone's story is unique. But who loves the U.S. most? On average, probably, the winners of this American-values contest would be the illegals, doing our dirty work under constant...
...make any sense? Surely the villain will have had more practice, and with more live targets. Surely he will not wait for a sporting opportunity to murder. Yet there he is, at the wrong end of Main Street, about to be perforated by the unerring trajectory and superior moral gumption of the man in the white...