Maybe it was because we just didn't have the steeliness.
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Such implicit steeliness limits the comic potential of Ms. Sarandon's performance.
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Each one brought something different to the role — steeliness, bewilderment, detachment.
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Strahovski nails the subtlety required to communicate Serena Joy's mix of vulnerability and steeliness.
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The pressure began telling on the city leader once lauded by Xi for her steeliness.
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The pressure began telling on the city leader once lauded by Xi for her steeliness.
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"In this respect, and in her steeliness, she is somewhat reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher," it said.
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But among the people he negotiated with, Mr. Trump had a reputation for both steeliness and finesse.
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Herlitzius's voice is not conventionally beautiful, its steeliness verging on harshness, but it delivers the musical goods.
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It's a stark contrast to Haenel's steeliness, which is no less interesting, if less obviously Oscar bait.
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As the concert progressed, though, the musicians settled into something like a compromise: steeliness in a plush coating.
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In interviews she suppressed it with steeliness, just as she guarded her words and herself from meddlesome intrusion.
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The presence of Dylan and Felix allows Maia to finally garner the steeliness she needed to display far earlier.
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They trust her to have the steadiness, the steeliness, and the demeanor to be the leader of the free world.
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This is definitely (ha!) the point where starry eyes narrow and prepared steeliness replaces the carefree abandon of the early game.
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In the face of such decay, Emily maintains her New England-bred steeliness and acts as a doctor for the women.
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Not only are they similar in age, but Anna could pull off the steeliness of Conway like no one else can.
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Her steeliness as she held her sister's gown was magical, and her Alexander McQueen bridesmaids dress became the subject of much discussion.
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Thatcher, who governed from 1979 to 1990, Ms. May, 59, has won a reputation for steeliness in her tenure as home secretary.
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Nonetheless, their 2-0 win over Belgium showed that they've lost none of the steeliness on which their national team has always thrived.
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Gertrude Stein wasn't part of Rich's pantheon, but stylistically, they were kin: They shared steeliness, transformative rage and the self-confidence of genius.
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That's why Nathaniel, played by Jonathan Hogan with a nice combination of steeliness and flickering warmth, can't ignore the damage to Fanny's reputation.
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Sure, there was a backstory—Faith was too troubled to truly connect with people—but what I first saw, and envied, was her steeliness.
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He likes tough people—and at 78 her steeliness, recently displayed in the short shrift she gave to a brief leadership challenge, is undiminished.
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Portman plays all the angles of this character, expressing Jackie's steeliness, her sense of style, her undisguised emotion and her frustration at being underestimated.
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Her conduct, from smiling and shaking hands with supporters to clasping her hands in prayer while greeting Michelle Obama, showed an admirable steeliness and resolve.
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But if the symbolism on May 29th was friendly, the meeting itself hinted at an inner steeliness to the 39-year-old French president and diplomatic novice.
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I'd be feeling sorry for Saul just about now, except that there's a steeliness about him, a chilly reserve in the presence of Dar that's very familiar.
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Yet all is not lost, for the opposite is true of Joely Richardson, who hints at the steeliness inside Tina's fragile frame, and of the redoubtable Vanessa Redgrave.
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Taking the transitions in too showy a manner might prove deadly to its overall designs; wisely, Mr. Dudamel built to the passages of pandemonium with a gratifying steeliness of purpose.
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Mr. Bennington's worldview could be bleak and his lyrics self-lacerating, but his honesty and the steeliness of his vocals on tender subjects bred fierce loyalty in the band's listeners.
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She imbues young Tonya with an emotional steeliness that lends even further depth to Robbie's interpretation of the skater in her later years — and she was a complete pro on set.
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There is a quiet steeliness to Mr Moro, who locked up a string of political and business heavyweights for corruption, including Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a still-popular former president.
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But if he is to meet the expectations some have heaped upon him, Leo the Lion will need to demonstrate deeper reserves of political steeliness than Ireland has yet demanded of him.
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But that confidence, that steeliness, that unflappable professionalism — to the white male senators hearing her testimony, and much of the audience watching the hearings — that made Hill an aberration, and a threat.
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Clinton projected steeliness throughout the debate and did not seem fazed by her loss in Michigan, taking comfort in her accumulation of more of the delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.
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Yet, if nothing else, Mr Macron's show of steeliness in the face of the longest disruption so far to his young presidency will have shown that, when properly handled, reform in France is possible.
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When asked how he would respond to threats from Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos invoked the steeliness of the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in the heat of its coverage of the Watergate scandal.
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Yet thanks to her hard work and Trump's fecklessness, Clinton ended up displaying all the traits that men are traditionally supposed to have for the presidency—the steadiness, the unflappability, the steeliness under pressure and assault.
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I generally like her as an actress, but her strength for me has always been in the steeliness of her charisma, and I don't think the vulnerability this role requires was a good match for her.
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"I think his steeliness of purpose and more importantly his logical mind, clarity of thought is precisely what we need in a prime minister, particularly in this very difficult period," lawmaker Michael Fabricant told BBC television.
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As Elena, Witherspoon angles her Tracy Flick brightness so that it's beaming out over something brittle and middle-aged and wounded, and Washington mingles her Olivia Pope steeliness with Mia's maternal tenderness until the combination feels vicious.
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Each of these actresses makes their heroes her own, just like Robbie does — Smollett's Black Canary is instantly likable despite her steeliness, Perez gives Montoya a relatable weariness and indomitable dignity, and Winstead's Huntress is delightfully awkward.
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Successful political leadership also depends on a kind of inherent dignity, a steeliness in the face of challenges and threats and foes, a sense that when the crisis comes you will not be easily dominated or bent to another's will.
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Joel Kinnaman, looking far more cleanly handsome than he did in AMC's "The Killing," portrays him with an undercurrent of soldier-boy steeliness that feels like it could turn from all-American dad to American sniper in a flash, if provoked.
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But it took steeliness that is unusual in the current crop of politicians nonetheless, as Rubio faced a searing cross-examination from relatives and friends of those who lost loved ones, and defended policies hewed from the orthodoxy of the National Rifle Association.
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On the spectrum of elderly female novelists, Brit division — with twinkly old dears at one end, as Lively has suggested, and formidable cranks and grandes dames at the other — she is somewhere in the middle, friendly and polite with just a hint of steeliness.
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The pro-Europe crowd booed the introduction of Patrick Reed, the reigning Masters champion who earned the nickname "Captain America" for his steeliness in the 2014 and 2016 Ryder Cup matches; he responded by playfully cupping his ear with his right hand to encourage the crowd to boo louder.
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About 10 years ago I read his three autobiographical novels, which are just not like anything else: There's a gossamer delicacy of feeling that teeters on the edge on feyness, but it's never precious, because there's also a steeliness in the writing, a detachment in his willingness to confront real emotional strangeness.
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" In an interview earlier this year with the BBC, reporter Fergal Keane asked Suu Kyi whether she thought that people in the West had misjudged or mischaracterized her, "expecting you to be this sort of amalgam of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa, for example, and actually maybe you're closer in your determination and steeliness to someone like [former British Prime Minister] Margaret Thatcher?
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Andrew Quint of The Absolute Sound described the sound as "vivid, highly detailed, and dynamic" as well as avoiding "digital steeliness". Quint called the front-to-back layering outstanding. John Sunier said the recording's "rich surround sonics" bring together excellent performances and "first-rate fidelity". He also noted the lack of audience interference, suggesting either good behavior by attendees or subtle work by audio engineers.
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Hassan thought Lynsey's "steeliness" helped her break free from Silas. Lynsey realised Silas was the one who attacked her, after she heard his voice which "triggers a flashback" to the moment of the attack. Hassan added that when nobody believed Lynsey, it "makes her want to bring Silas down even more. She's determined to find the evidence she needs to expose him for what he is".
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Sopal expressed her delight at joining the soap and deemed the role "a dream come true". Jon Sen, the show's executive producer, commented that Sopal provides "a unique blend of steeliness and charm" to the role. Following the introduction of her children in 2019, it is revealed that Suki is terminally ill and wants to reunite with Ash, who left the family following Suki's disapproval of her sexuality and abortion. Sen deemed it obvious that the Panesar children were "under the shadow of an overbearing matriarch", which leads to Suki's arrival.
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In 2017, it was revealed that Les Misérables would be adapted by Andrew Davies into a BBC mini series directed by Tom Shankland and starring Collins alongside Dominic West and David Oyelowo. Collins starred as Fantine, a young woman in Paris who is abandoned by her wealthy lover, forcing her to look after their child, Cosette, on her own. They began filming the series in February 2018 in Belgium and Northern France. Critics and fans praised Collins' performance as Fantine, Alexandra Pollard of The Independent wrote that "[Collins] plays the tragic Fantine with steeliness and grace", in a "magnificent" performance.
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All of this while being looked at with pity by her family. Her family loves her, but they are all convinced she is a dumb, soft-brained, and savage child with the intelligence of an animal who will never learn anything. She is barely pacified with candy when she throws a tantrum, and is headed toward mental institutionalization in an asylum when Anne enters her life as Helen's parents' last-ditch effort to avoid the inevitable. Plagued with vision problems of her own and orphaned at a young age, Anne has the right mix of steeliness, empathy and patience to turn her young student's behavior around and teach her language.
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Polastri has been described as a competent professional going through "a bizarre, uncontrollable awakening" and as an "awkward, smart, not entirely self-aware woman with an impressive mass of curly hair". Though Polastri initially presents as if she were a comedic supporting character, her "steeliness" and other strengths manifest, even in situations in which Villanelle has the upper hand. Her "instincts and resolve have to make up for her inexperience and her tendency to scream like a terrified child in the face of danger". Polastri "remains bound to the notion of being right and doing right", and is much more down to earth and approachable than conventional crime-solver characters.
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