The phrase "and tenacity in the face of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's determination or persistence when confronted with challenges or difficulties.
Example: "Her success is a testament to her courage and tenacity in the face of adversity."
Alternatives: "and perseverance in the midst of" or "and resilience when confronted with".
But Mr Harper was thinking of their reputation for aggression and tenacity in the face of much larger predators.
Her ambition and tenacity in the face of adversity demonstrated that education can be an irresistible force for change.
Now housed in a beautiful, airy heritage building downtown, it has become a Canadian literary landmark, renowned for its quality and tenacity in the face of the big chains.
The study found that while entrepreneurship is seen as a "masculine activity," women are, overall, more nuanced risk-takers, with greater ambitions and tenacity in the face of an often uneven playing field.
Indeed, as someone who has studied mass nonviolent civil insurrections in dozens of countries in recent decades, I know of no people who have demonstrated such courage and tenacity in the face of such savage repression as have the people of Syria these past 10 months.
The writer and I had covered a lot of ground -- two hours' worth -- about darkness and resilience and Catholicism and tenacity in the face of rejection, so it was strange to see the piece lead with this emphasis: Dugan is a late bloomer.
The criteria at the time that I was accepted to MHC was to demonstrate high motivation and ferocious tenacity, in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity across time.
He wrote recently on his Web site, an erratically updated collection of observations called Stonezone.com, "I must admit she has demonstrated true grit and Nixonian-like tenacity in the face of adversity".
Brown uses dance, theater, comedy, video, and animation to explore black entertainers' tenacity in the face of reductive stereotypes, and the larger theme of humor as a survival tactic in a white supremacist world.
"It took a lot of work to get Pathmark to the 125th Street location, and they have shown a lot of tenacity in the face of a lot of adversity there," Ms. Daglian said.
He has a good sense of humor about it though and I give him him props for his tenacity in the face of antiquated technology.
