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Sean Maloney grew up in gritty South East London, last in a line of six kids, and got kicked out of school at age 15.

In studying a particular topic, try to understand the big picture and avoid getting stuck in the nitty-gritty of it.

They are a team in every sense of the word, a really good team, a smart, resourceful and gritty team.

Do not know nitty -gritty without investigation, also do not have right to speak.

She was regret that told him the nitty-gritty when she wake up to the intention of this man suddenly.

She did know not the nitty- gritty details of the problems being experienced by their technicians, the actual users of the software.

Prince William and his wife Catherine arrived in the gritty Skid Row area on the last day of their North American tour.

A tenderness she might have conveyed petered out in a shiver as she stood the glass on the gritty surface of the metal table.

If you're not sure you're ready to dive into this depth, take a look at my not-so-nitty-gritty overview.

The "urban nitty-gritty, " as it were, seems like a virus that has undone black artistic standards and a black meritocracy.

Limo drivers, ultra-marathoners, vagabonds, and a distraught novelist-to-be populate the pages of these gritty stories.

But it is the gritty crayon strokes that captured my attention, as if they were some illegible script, or alphabet.

So, you can sort of see the evolution of my focus here and now it's getting down to the nitty gritty of focusing.

He got there thanks to his fine saves to deny Lucas Neill and Carlton Cole and the gritty defending he's come to expect from his team-mates.

Still the host nation was unable to break a 1-1 deadlock against the gritty Uruguayans and eventually crashed out on penalty kicks, 5-4.

But those gritty realities seem to have escaped most of the actors in the drama which is unfolding inside and outside the Greek parliament.

The White House, however, seems intent on not becoming embroiled in some of these nitty gritty disputes.

There will also be an art area, featuring the plant's giant chimneys as a reminder of the city's gritty past.

He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.

It's the name of his latest movie, another gritty Euro action-thriller, this one set in Berlin.

If he's a head banger, take him to a local dive bar for some gritty rock and roll.

It is characterized by stain marks and dull color on the surface or by a rough gritty appearance.

In this article we'll delve further into the nitty-gritty of jealousy, when it begins and how it can quickly get out of control.

The briefings, which take place about once a week, belie the agency's gritty image.

China's media watchdogs already keep gritty programming involving crime, violence and social issues off the air.

In London this week, Sotheby's and Christie's put on solid performances in their new gritty genre.

Judged from her impression , she can't have known the nitty- gritty .

Follow along with John Zukowski as he describes these changes and provides the nitty-gritty details to get you started fast.

In an endnote Mr Wilczek warns that the nitty gritty of quantum field theory is not fors issues . Nor is th is book.

The nitty gritty details are a little bit hidden, but [Sylvain]'s work is awesome enough that I just don't care.

Serving as an icon of democracy is hard enough, without having to deal with the nitty-gritty of everyday political life.

cultural production came to be dominated by "social realism, " a gritty, political style associated with left-wing radicalism.

Full of road-weary travelers with secrets to keep and lies to tell, a gritty tour bus follows a sun-baked desert highway.

Sometimes, in fields where they have experience, they can advise managers on the nitty- gritty just as well as a venture-capital firm would.

However, any increase in surface build-up of gritty dust and dirt should be a warning for taking protective measures.

It is just a short walk from downtown Flint, a gritty struggling Michigan city.

He sat across from her and gave her gritty fingers a squeeze.

The team agreed that the commando's world and his motivation must be gritty and realistic.

He doesn't get into coding issues and a lot of nitty-gritty details. He gives you enough material to be literate about Agility.

His first world headquarters was a shed he rented in 1974 in a gritty Taipei suburb called Tucheng , which means Dirt City in Mandarin .

She still remembered the cool breezes that caressed her skin as she lay on the gritty sand.

Until monetary stimulus translates into activity, those trading commodities should tune out the Fed-watchers and focus on the nitty gritty.

Frank Lampard feels Chelsea once again answered their critics with a gritty victory over Valencia.

"Securing the City" is a gritty, down-to-earth work; a very American book about a very American city.

Fiber Fusion Daily Cleansing Fiber gives you a tasty, non-gritty way to help fill your daily fiber requirement and keep things moving!

Innumerable town squares and pocket parks have been created or beautified, even in gritty places like Detroit.

The museum's cavernous halls would embrace one of Bilbao's gritty industrial-era bridges.

These are not just theoretical conundrums; they play themselves out on the gritty streets of Labour's heartlands.

And is prior service in the IMF, and dealing with the gritty realities of emerging markets crises a necessity?

An article by holistic nutritionist Mary Reed highlighted what your cuticles say about your health down to the nitty gritty details.

The chocolates made by Fry and Peter were ground using granite rollers, but still had a gritty texture.

Host nation New Zealand was crowned champion after the end of a gritty, hard-fought Rugby World Cup final on October 23.

From glitzy Shanghai to gritty industrial centers like Wuhan, tens of millions of Chinese have poured substantial savings into stocks.

Shanghai then was a gritty, industrial city filled with low-rise buildings.

Compared with vague fantasies about achieving great things, grappling with the nitty-gritty realities of action is hard.

With gritty determination and good humor, she served the crown and the country as a Duchess , royal consort and Queen mother.

Accordingly, Mrs Clinton has focused on gritty economic matters, insisting her campaign is about "jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs" .

The "Occupy Wall Street" signs in New York's Zuccotti Park may be catchy, but they tell little about the nitty-gritty of the rank and file.

Let's stop talking about long-term plans and get down to the nitty-gritty to work out the details.

I understand the basic idea behind book keeping, but I don't really get the nitty-gritty details.

The nitty-gritty stuff turns out to be more important.

Clearly, we will not have time to cover the nitty-gritty details of every topic.

The nitty-gritty of the job is what I enjoy the most, not the title.

Patent-pending True Dispersion Technology for fiber that mixes easily with no gritty taste or clumping.

There's no Magic and no Bird, but we have Kobe and KG and another gritty Boston team against a flashier bunch from L. A.

That's an old fashioned, hard, gritty, physical stunt.

Grape-Nuts, a gritty "scientific" formulation that had neither grapes nor nuts in its cereal mix, appeared in 1898.

An assistant is involved in the nitty-gritty of a company's operations.

Introducing a technique that will let you avoid the nitty-gritty details of serializing Java objects.

Haunting narrative will keep you on your toes and immerse you in the gritty sci-fi world.

Studies show that gritty people obtain more education in their lifetime, and earn higher college GPAs.

Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties.

Sipping muddy coffee sweetened with gritty sugar, served by a sullen waiter at a greasy table, you are discussing the future with friends.

He studies and writes about management, innovation , and the nitty- gritty of organizational life .

A gritty wind can howl for hours, and "dust devils" (funnel-shaped whirlwinds) will appear without notice.

Sandy trails, cool grass, gritty sidewalks, warm pavement, puddles, pebbles and such.

Realists recorded in often gritty detail the present-day existence of humble people.

I'm not into games that are too gritty or take themselves too seriously, nor am I into themes that are too pandering or sickeningly sweet.

The gritty suburbs of Paris are getting a taste of the glamorous Cannes Film Festival.

Before we get into the nitty gritty, let's start with the most basic of features and simplest of tasks.

The hard, nitty-gritty bargaining is about to begin.

A return to gritty, more down-to-earth wear; a rebellion against flashy silk dresses and banker suits.

Read on for all the nitty gritty on Synergy, developer support, and plenty more photos.

Deep inside I feel I've got two real gritty years left in me, the years in which I can affect things.

Those frustrating days of tetracycline and gritty soaps left my face not clean and glowing but red and raw.

A third layer engages in the nitty-gritty of improving existing products within business units.

Such gritty reality, when combined with the models, should bring some clarity to the problem of clouds.

A gritty nation, the Tibetan people warm and cheerful, expansive and imaginative.

It's a funny combination, this deeply gritty look at immigrant communities with the fanciful aspect of speaking to the dead.

We like seeing Mickey teaching the snootier characters some gritty life lessons.

But the exact nitty-gritty origins of mutations and variations in biology are still uncertain.

They are too often highly theoretical in their outlook and too distanced from the nitty gritty of managing a company.

Hopes seemed impossibly high, and the nitty-gritty of forming a new constitution, electing a parliament and other matters still lie ahead.

Rock 'n' roll joints, pool halls and the most ostentatious restaurant in the whole of Beijing make this gritty area a must-see.

Stories of gritty players overcoming adversity to triumph on the field were printed "almost ad nausea, " says Crepeau.

Baking soda's finely gritty texture makes it an excellent, gentle abrasive cleaner.

The clockmaker stood in front of a boarded-up body shop, and the gritty sidewalk was deserted.

Before going any further with the nitty-gritty details of BHO, there are a couple of points I need to illuminate further.

More is at stake than the nitty-gritty of bank regulation.

The structure of the Sanlu Group, which keeps its headquarters in this gritty industrial city, is a case in point.

We also only hinted at the nitty-gritty details of how stack overflows work.

Loudspeakers (chosen for their gritty static) played an endless stream of recorded industrial noise.

You should not drink the wine with a gritty sediment.

The new battle will be fought in the nitty gritty of policy, and the protests that matter will be political ones.

Sooner or later, the current angst will surely lift, giving way to a gritty optimism.

Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, a gritty industrial city near Chicago.

The gritty practicalities of addressing it tend to get obscured.

Part 4 really gets into the nitty-gritty of this application.

He illustrates how to find these villages cut off from today's rush and discusses the nitty-gritty of staying healthy and clean on the road.

The scientific nitty-gritty appears in the journal Neuron this week.

Development topics more than nitty gritty.

Bagehot headed this week to Hampshire, a southern county that is home to gritty ports and ex-factory towns as well as leafy villages.

Mr Blair is not a politician who relishes the nitty- gritty of technical disputes in areas such as fishing quotas .

The past few weeks I've focused on personal development topics more than nitty gritty sales.

Cui Zhen fact appeals to police ransack nitty-gritty , but at job of no help.

Twice have drowned, thrice let knives rake my nitty-gritty .

October tone light, but with a kind of gritty cannot change.

As for workers, many of whom seem all too keen to share gritty personal details with colleagues, maybe it's time to dish about pay.

We'll cover these nitty-gritty details two columns from now.

Nitty-gritty after all can be He Ricai opened?

Public-sector reform is gritty work.

Let's stop this nonsense! 21. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.

By William Gibson. Perhaps my favorite sci-fi writer of all time, Gibson is gritty, dreamy, and ultra-cool all at the same time.

In the nitty-gritty , my ignorance and stupidity would tell me no lies.

But more than that there is a cultural divide for foreign experts schooled in a tradition of gritty Boston Consulting type logic.

What they need is a concrete nitty gritty blueprint that is going to cater for their lack of skills, time and resources.

The air in China may be gritty and the censorship irksome.

Hongkou is a gritty place now.

The good news is, if you aren't particularly gritty now, there is something you can do about it.

Then, in the ensuing centuries, came sagas such as Sindbad's voyages, and tales of gritty urban life.

But there is a long, gritty tradition of Indian cinema.

This is the time to negotiate the nitty-gritty of numbers and benefits.

The air in China may be gritty and the censorship irksome. Conference calls with head offices in America at 4am are tedious.

"Laura, you should know better than that, " Adama said. Unlike those programs, we're gritty and we're serious.

AGanZhengChuan is a person of self-improvement, simple and straight and work hard for his ideal in the movie. I like his gritty character.

Let's get d have to the nitty-gritty. I like to Listen what happens near.

it ' s a world apart from dongguan ' s gritty shoe factories where migrants sleep in crowded dormitories and line up for canteen meals

Supervision over the Course of the Sinking of the Intensive Prestressed Pile Groups in Gritty Earth

Real locations in Paris were used to model many of the games'enviroments to make them feel extra gritty

On the New Technology of Producing Gritty Oxidized Aluminium by Using Baier Mode

Citric acid anhydrous, gritty, extra pure

you have been aware of ways to become someone useful who can help others lead better lives, with gritty will and through great efforts;

a wine with a gritty sediment

When your nose is in the nitty gritty

and nitty gritty dirty little freaks

The Gritty City, by John Harvey

But remove goals from the picture and look at the gritty details of how work gets done and accomplishments happen: