"300,000 service members transition out of the military annually and many of them already have the most difficult skills to teach or acquire: grit, a growth mindset, leadership and management experience, deep social and emotional intelligence, composure, professionalism — the list goes on". At the end of the day, diverse hiring comes down to one thing: intentionality.
The first step to acquiring "true grit" is focusing on your outlook: view your goal as a marathon, not a sprint.
The opulently dissipated Kiki DuRane — a sixty-something lounge singer who tours ad nauseam with a doleful accompanist named Herb — has gone in the opposite direction; she is a fictional creation who has acquired the grit and the glow of the real.
Versteeg, acquired for his grit and willingness to play in the toughest areas, deflected a shot off the crossbar and was in perfect position, unchecked, to poke the puck home at 2 01.
Costanzo's voice is still very much in its prime, but since the time when he first dazzled audiences, at the Met in 2011, it has acquired a touch of grit in its lower reaches, and a bit of a wild edge on top.
Most of them were able to turn the qualities they had acquired from their privileged upbringing - grit, self-assurance, sangfroid, a sense of duty - against the system that bred them.
— On the eve of the N.H.L. trade deadline, the Boston Bruins loaded up for the playoffs by acquiring Jaromir Jagr, and the Rangers, desperate for scoring and grit and now ninth in the Eastern Conference, acquired forward Ryane Clowe from San Jose.
In another, they muse over some recently acquired doll wigs, flecked with dirt and grit.
Acquire sandpaper, any type will work as long as the grit is between 180 and 220.
Goslings' gizzard would accumulate grit from feed when other grit could not be acquired.
Mr. Goldman has acquired a motley zone of modest buildings in Center City, an area with just enough grit -- porno movies, bars, vacant buildings -- to deter most people from investing.
