pluckiness

• “Through their first 30 games, the Mets had shown a charming pluckiness in going 17-13, one that suggested they were capable of defying the presumption that they would finish in the bottom tier of their division for the second straight season.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Queasy Feeling in Queens as the Mets Revert to Type

• “More, the charming pluckiness they projected before the All-Star break, when they were challenging for first place in their division, is gone, overshadowed by the alleged transgressions of two superstars.”

  The Wall Street Journal: It's the Bad News Mets

• “Other than this quirky pluckiness, Victoria is very likable.”

  [review] The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason « Urban Fantasy Land

• “Gumption, pluckiness, and impassiveness were the qualities that helped my parents, part of the generation who lived through World War II, prevail.”

  Simon & Schuster: In the Fullness of Time

• “Little Orphan Annie bid adieu to newsprint over the summer, after 86 years of blank-eyed pluckiness.”

  The Washington Post: Brenda Starr exits cartoon land: another funereal toll for journalism?

• “Aside from that, I enjoyed this wholesome tribute to the pluckiness of the American spirit.”

  2008 August : Scrubbles.net

• “But apparently millions of Americans like Palin's underdog feminist saga, and her can-do pluckiness.”

  Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me

• “This story takes an idea more common to the mystery genre, wherein the story is told through the pov of the lovable feline who pluckiness manages to save the day.”

  October 9th, 2008

• “Milljöh, which renders the French word milieu into the Berlin dialect, became a half-mocking, half-affectionate term used all over Germany to convey the desperate pluckiness of Berlin's sprawling slums.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rare Works Shown in Rothko Retrospective

• “I give this review 2 out of 10 for pluckiness but a complete lack of reading comprehension and thought.”

  Possibly My Favorite (Real) Negative Review Ever « Whatever

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