The company moved to Baltimore, a gritty city with a chip on its shoulder that Plank seemed to relate to.
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"That's what started it all, " said Ms. Aronin, who attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and was all set, at age 18, to accept an apprenticeship at the Falmouth Playhouse, a summer-stock theater, only to be confronted by a scene that was way too gritty: A drunk roommate.
Audiences were more than willing to forget Bat nipples in favor of a gritty, realistic tale of a caped crusader.
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It's a gritty manufacturing port that has a few million people in it and it is far to the south.
Among the newcomers: Sons of Anarchy, a dark, gritty drama about a notorious motorcycle club, and Testees, a comedy about 30-somethings who earn their living as medical guinea pigs.
Although Hamilton Masakadza again showed his unfulfilled potential, belying his average of just 26.20 with a gritty second-innings century in a losing cause in the second Test.
Easier to chug than hot coffee or tea, less likely to upset your stomach than fizzy energy drinks, doing it all without leaving a gritty coating in your mouth like a 5-Hour Energy Shot.
"Precious, " a gritty film about the struggles of a teen mother, got a major boost when talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker Tyler Perry got behind the movie as executive producers after its success at the Sundance Film Festival.
But fellow Italian Mancini masterminded a gritty City win, frustrating the visitors with a packed midfield and patient approach that involved getting men behind the ball and waiting for Chelsea to over-commit in attack.
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Since moving to Asia nearly 14 years ago, obligatory family visits to a gritty city have turned into voluntary trips to a place where I can count on a relaxing weekend spent browsing bookstores and eating good food.
Chinatown Fair was one of a kind, a dark and gritty arcade tucked into a storefront on Mott Street in New York City.
Rory McIlroy, who took over as No. 1 last weekend after a gritty victory at the Honda Classic (fending off a final-round, eight-under-par 62 charge from Woods), has unimpeachable credentials as the new top dog.
The victory moves Spurs level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea, who play Liverpool on Sunday, and earned a second gritty victory in four days to revive a season that appeared to be wobbling in recent weeks.
With a gritty half century on the scoreboard, the Essex left-hander expanded his repertoire of strokes with a series of boundaries down the ground, as well as through cover.
Never fear: Littleneck sources its seafood from more pellucid waters up and down the New England coast, and is a full block away from the canal, in a gritty, rapidly developing area where live-music spots and an artisanal pie shop stand beside warehouses and a forbidding old-time social club.
It takes place in a gritty-looking, color-drained world of grays, brown and icy blues.
Crystal Palace twice came from behind to salvage a point against a gritty Gillingham side.
They did it with a gritty rally down the stretch and big shots by Clarendon, Jemerigbe and Talia Caldwell.
While Johnson busied himself in attack, Manuel Fernandes did his best to disturb Arsenal's midfield with a gritty performance.
Former England all-rounder Mark Ealham put them in that position with a gritty 83 spanning more than three hours.
Writer-director Cherien Dabis shot "Amreeka" in a gritty documentary style that reflects the often grim reality of the characters' situation.
There's a gritty attitude and expansive spirit that African takes on the genre have been missing until now, that is.
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So why, you may wonder, is our first one-day event in a gritty, depressed, financially-troubled city that seems well past its glory?
Add some gritty atmosphere, a surfeit of snappy dialogue, a dash of gunplay, and we've got cinema that leaves us wanting more.
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The building also sits at a gritty location at the intersection of TriBeCa and the Financial District, near City Hall and the courthouses.
Firmly absorbing, meanwhile, are his views of luggage-burdened pedestrians on a featureless bridge and of young people loitering on the sidewalk outside a gritty night club.
The trick is to know when to eke out a gritty, ordinary half-century, and when you are in terrific form and can take on the bowlers.
It's a gritty slice of the real thing called On the Ropes, and it airs Tuesday evening, Apr. 4, on the cable station The Learning Channel.
The Netherlands went into the match against Denmark as favorites but the Danes did win their qualifying group and they have a well-founded reputation as a gritty opponent.
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