But Ms. Walls has packaged Lily as a gumption-packin' ranch gal whose pluck never quits.
Out of that debacle grew the idea of Mickey Mouse, an insouciant creature whose pluck and autonomy must have been appealing in the wake of disappointments (those traits also found resonance with the temper of the times).
He was aided by Reine and Renee Paillassou, local schoolteachers now in their 80's, whose pluck is still evident, and by the tough, pragmatic members of the Jewish organization.
There was also, it is only fair to say, a most encouraging debut in the main draw from Heather Watson, whose dynamism, pluck and wit provided Romina Sarina Oprandi with a really searching examination before she ultimately succumbed 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Given how empty the sea is, it was a miracle that his distress signal, transmitted to the ever-watchful Falmouth Coastguard, was picked up by a Chinese supertanker whose crew plucked him from the water minutes before his boat sank.
She performs obscure songs a century old and commits to a maudlin Bowery waif character whose mix of pluck and innocence belongs to another time.
But by then Ms. Malarkey has given us a savory, intimate dose of Africa and a main character whose combination of pluck and despair make us want to have as much of her as possible.
The law created an oversight committee to watch for positive depictions of these ills, along with crime, theft, hatred, debauchery and acts "liable to undermine morality" among the young.Taken literally, the law suggests that an ideal comic-book hero would resemble an overgrown boy scout, whose adventures involve pluck, fair play, restrained violence and no sex.
The harpsichord, whose strings are plucked when the keys are pressed, required a different touch than the piano, whose strings are struck.
The Seattle Public Library, a beloved civic trophy in a book-loving city, whose directors are plucked away for plum jobs by presidents and philanthropists and whose buildings are often beacons of design, is closed all week — yet again.
He joined with President George W. Bush and Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, on Veterans Day 2008 in a ceremony on a Hudson River pier aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, formerly the ship whose helicopter had plucked him to safety.
