| 单词 | plucky |
| 例句 | “Read this! Those plucky women are going after the legislature now!” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I call that plucky!” and young Mr. Lamb turned an approving glance upon Amy, wondering what his mother could be saying to make the girl look so red and uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A plucky little bird of complete mischief that steals your tortilla from your very hand if you are not watchful. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, there are hundreds of them and they seem quite plucky.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Slow Club is playing, a band I like, all plucky and bittersweet and kind of offbeat. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Chins went up, heads tilted back, the crowd below followed the ascent of the plucky Jess Squirrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dandelion took up his cue with the same plucky readiness that he had shown in the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She is often described with all those "Y" words – gutsy, ballsy, plucky – that in a man would just be plain old confidence. Mindy Kaling: 'My biggest challenge is being frequently underestimated' 2013-03-22T14:00:00Z She took work on a French cartoon series, voicing the part of a plucky cowgirl in French. Jennifer Jason Leigh: ‘I've been at this precipice so many times' 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Subtitle: A plucky lawyer takes on a corrupt system. Perspective | A cover story: The art of the pointless subtitle 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He also praised Checks and Balances as “a plucky watchdog blog” investigating Sentara with “a shoestring staff and budget,” and reiterated what he told The Post: His firm doesn’t “own” the news site. The new journalism — and the PR firms behind it 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Her plucky major label debut, “Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame,” dropped in 2006 on Big Machine, around the same time that the aptly named record label was launching the career of one Taylor Swift. Sunny Sweeney sings country songs about addiction and heartbreak. And those are the light ones. 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z He drew us through the delicate curlicues of figuration in the first movement and into the plucky Scherzo, with its quotations of comic songs. Pianist Stephen Kovacevich’s deft hands still have a solid grasp 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z More surprising, perhaps, is the fact that we're very clearly meant to side with them, rather than our plucky heroine. "Emily in Paris": Why it’s so hard to admit love for the show despite it being so popular 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z He focused on inspiring stories, from a plucky young woman with incurable cancer to a couple in Idaho, both in their 90s, who fell in love in an assisted-living home. The TV Watch: Katie Couric Has Debut on ABC 2012-09-11T00:28:50Z As plucky as the project seemed, it was also doomed to failure. Artist of the Week 87: Janice Kerbel 2010-05-12T16:27:00Z She was a bright, plucky, high-spirited woman, twice divorced and once widowed, while raising six children “on the modest, downhill side of Laurelhurst Playfield” in Seattle. New caregiving memoirs: wrestling with love and loss 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Sensible though she be, this plucky visionary is more of a rebel than any wild carnival carouser. Two plays in contrast: a misogynist Don Juan and a feminist Greek hero 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z But one day his supremacy is challenged by plucky newcomer the Ron Swanson Gif. Internet memes that most deserve their own movie 2013-05-30T15:29:10Z But from winter into spring, the snowdrop is almost alone in its plucky defiance of the cold. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The show, “Shucked,” is about a plucky small-town woman who leaves home in search of someone who can figure out why all the corn in the county keeps dying. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Witherspoon, best known for playing a plucky attorney in the hit "Legally Blonde" films, is one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses despite a mixed record at the box office. Reese Witherspoon engaged to Hollywood agent 2010-12-28T22:49:38Z But you couldn’t find a better underdog than the plucky Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, which last year released their most enchanting and ambitious film yet. Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z But the editions are well-designed and plucky, and flush with ideas — a little gift to home cooks who get their hands on them. Review: Short Stack Editions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z And while "kidneys in red wine" certainly sounds tastier, was this really what plucky British families set themselves up with before a night of fire-watching in Bethnal Green? A taste for words 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Her “plucky performance” won her the admiration of the officers who patrolled the theater district. For one wild era, walking was the nation’s No. 1 spectator sport 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z In the course of those books, we see a plucky schoolboy, torn by adolescent doubts and confusions, grow into an epic hero, kin to King Arthur, Luke Skywalker and Spider-Man. Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Explores the Power of Time 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The tone never entirely gels in Reisman’s grim, plucky, decidedly talky dialogue, but it’s a vivid vision. Review | Solas Nua stages ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ on an Anacostia River pier 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Spears rose to prominence in the late 1960s with a string of up-tempo, socially conscious songs portraying plucky survivors. Billie Jo Spears, Country Singer, Dies at 73 2011-12-17T06:13:37Z If you come to the book “expecting to meet a plucky Sally Field desperate to be liked, you will not find her,” Sean Smith writes, reviewing it. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z These stories of plucky newcomers echo with the performers on this show, a self-awareness typical of their brand of comedy. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z The plucky underdog got a title shot and blew it. So long, "Lights Out" -- you coulda been a contender 2011-04-05T14:01:00Z Common to all the campaigns was their backers’ belief that attention was merited, and also a plucky, hope-springs-eternal attitude of “Hey, you never know.” The Art of the Oscars Long-Shot 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Playing the plucky Navy nurse Nellie Forbush in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” which opened in 1949, Martin overwhelmed critics and audiences, as Kaufman’s vividly detailed account of the musical’s history recalls. Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Like many of her fictional heroines, she overcame adversity with plucky self-reliance. Mary Higgins Clark, best-selling author of suspenseful tales, dies at 92 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z They prefer plucky individuals who battle evil empires, fight aliens or explore new worlds without government interference or military oversight. We crashed a science-fiction writers convention to ask about Trump’s ‘Space Force’ 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The plucky Amore Opera often seems to fill gaps in the city’s season, and so it is with this production of Puccini’s classic love story. 5 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Her plucky rejection of the usual “cancer story” sentiments becomes a potent form of sentimentality in its own right, and her brave refusal of self-pity ensures the audience’s infinite sympathy. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Sets Out to Make You Cry 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It pulled at every populist heartstring, from the plucky woman warrior in a bright silk robe to the backdrops of peony branches and a red sunset over the Great Wall. Arts Playground Sprouts in China 2010-08-03T14:27:00Z Her latest collection spotlights a comic voice that is growing sharper and more engagingly offbeat, whether she is rendering “snack realism,” menstrual huts or plucky Icelandic ponies. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Mrs. Levinson, plucky American that she is, encourages the group to throw a makeshift indoor picnic instead of a fancy party. Downton Abbey Watch: A Wedding and Some Unexpected News 2013-01-07T13:30:23Z The use of microphones for some lines is a mistake – leaning towards sensationalism, but the scenes played without them, in Lucy Gough's plucky adaptation, are darkly gripping. Wuthering Heights ? review 2011-03-22T19:00:00Z Addie was the plucky daughter of immigrants who escaped starvation and violence in Russia to settle in a tiny Boston apartment. Book review: ‘The Boston Girl,’ by Anita Diamant 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Hirshey’s psychological insights into Brown’s childhood, as well as the book’s treatment of Brown’s long partnership with her husband, deepen and complicate the plucky image that Brown projected in public. Was She a Feminist? The Complicated Legacy of Helen Gurley Brown. 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Japanese animated film practically teems with plucky, inventive girls, but pictures depicting emotionally credible young women are relatively rare. Review: In ‘Miss Hokusai,’ an Apprentice to the Artistic Life 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Then, of course, there was Brie, who was billed as the series lead and is similarly wonderful as the insecure yet plucky Ruth. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘GLOW’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z She’s your standard plucky, stainless teen who, as in the Grimm fable, escapes the Queen’s death sentence, plays house with seven dwarfs and seals her destiny with Prince Charming with a perfect, reviving kiss. Mirror Mirror: A Snow White That Wants to Be Funny, and Isn't 2012-03-29T19:53:17Z But Omotoso keeps Giannis’s plucky vigor front and center, and directs the film with a warm, earnest wholesomeness that perfectly suits the disposition of its charismatic subject. ‘Rise’ Review: To Be Giannis 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The film, starring Ella Hunt as Anna, a plucky high-school heroine who confronts zombies with songs and a baseball bat, has been on the festival circuit, where it has received strong reviews. After a Director Dies, Friends Finish His Life’s Work: A Zombie Musical 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z It boasts a familiar but enticing list of ingredients — an orphaned hero, plucky sidekicks, shape-shifting monsters, hidden worlds, magical peacekeepers, foul deeds, fateful destinies — whisked into a story that is fast-paced, funny and sometimes surprising. A Tale of Twinned Cities 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Nowadays, tales of the city’s slow recovery tend to focus on plucky hipsters from Los Angeles or Brooklyn colonizing abandoned spaces, opening pickle companies or tilling little urban agriculture plots. The Lights Are On in Detroit 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Hoffman stars as the plucky if insomniac Princess Winnifred, the heroine of “Once Upon a Mattress,” the 1959 Mary Rodgers musical based on the story “The Princess and the Pea.” Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The Met will have a fellow shortly, when the plucky Opera Philadelphia launches its own paid streaming app. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in October 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z But it contains a contradiction of sorts, attributing the decline of the manufacturing sector to macroeconomic forces seemingly beyond anyone’s control, while pinning the hopes for reversing it on small-scale successes and plucky individuals. Movie Review: ‘American Made Movie’ Ponders U.S. Manufacturing’s Decline 2013-09-06T00:58:41Z Miranda, 36, worked with musicians from the South Pacific to create original songs for the movie about a plucky teenage girl who sets sail on an epic journey to help save her tribe. A Minute With: Lin-Manuel Miranda on 'Moana' and 'Mary Poppins' 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z His moral landscape emerges from this space – frail, plucky humanity holding the gap between an indifferent nature and a punishing God. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z Unlike its umbrella act, however, funk influences have steadily encroached Gov’t Mule’s live shows; the plucky “Countdown Jam” will surely make a midnight cameo. Songs and Laughs for the New Year’s Eve Countdown 2012-12-27T23:59:25Z Hasbro Studios is developing an animated film based on the 1980s toy line of plucky multicolored ponies and the magical world they live in, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to The Times. 'My Little Pony' movie in development at Hasbro 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z As in a lot of films in which plucky, determined women form an alliance, the bonds of sisterhood eventually trump internal rivalries and old grudges. Movie Review: In ‘The Hot Flashes,’ Brooke Shields Leads a Team 2013-07-11T21:14:48Z And in its structure and dialogue it is neither quite daring enough to succeed as a bold experiment nor conventional enough to be a plucky little crowd pleaser. | 'The Memory Show': Forgetting of Things Past: A Duet Off-Key 2010-08-26T22:46:00Z They often touched on scholarly topics — Etruscan archaeology, 19th-century Italian unification — and featured plucky heroines. Barbara Mertz, Egyptologist and Mystery Writer, Dies at 85 2013-08-14T03:34:38Z Cole has evidently managed to craft another feelgood ensemble comedy about plucky underdogs with universal appeal, in the vein of his previous Calendar Girls. The Film Council's finest hour? 2010-09-16T10:48:00Z Beautifully written, a generous, loving tribute to a plucky father and the gritty world that shaped him, My Father's Fortune begins and ends with the father's smile. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z He’s not a completely strong technician, but he’s a plucky one: The acceleration he brought to one spinning horizontal path across the stage into the wings was exciting. Suzanne Farrell Coaches Pacific Northwest Ballet Balanchine 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z They're presented neither as voracious predators nor as plucky battlers against oppression. Tales of the unexplained: why these Monsters are entirely alien 2010-12-06T11:57:00Z So let us drink the palliative medicine of warped cheerleaders, plucky escorts and locked-up youngsters. The Lifetime movie turns 30: Escape reality with a marathon of nannies, cheerleaders & kids in peril 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The new “Lion King” tells the well-known story of the plucky cub Simba through computer-generated imagery designed to look like live action. In summer movie season, superheroes and a king may set movie... 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Two segments explored “Gay Heritage in Art Song,” with works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Griffes, Britten and others; another took the audience on a plucky exploration of drag. Music Review: A Program of Personal Significance 2010-12-01T16:19:00Z They’re those plucky, resourceful ragamuffins — preferably orphans — whom America once embraced in movies like the Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys series and musicals like “Oliver!” and “Annie.” Theater Review: ?Newsies the Musical,? by Alan Menken and Harvey Fierstein 2012-03-30T02:00:00Z The record’s song is plucky and mesmerizing, as is the movie; its end, frank and poetic at once, is the end we will all meet. The Screening Room: “(Otto)” 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Enough of the plucky and the lucky emerge from the rubble to organize a counterattack. We are the empire: Military interventions, “Star Wars” and how we’re the real aliens 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z If you like plucky and articulate heroines, sepia-seeped aesthetics and folklore, try this. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The plucky Opera Hong Kong did itself proud. Opera Review: Hong Kong, Not Beijing, Sees an Opera Laced With Revolutionary Zeal 2011-10-18T13:00:19Z The self-consciously epic history series tackles the war of independence, the story of how a plucky proto-nation threw off the shackles of a bullying superpower. America: The Story of the US 2010-09-06T05:45:00Z That plucky tone also informs Stoudt's approach, starting with the fact that at around 28 minutes long, this documentary is appreciably shorter than the press conference that inspired it. "Four Seasons Total Documentary" captures the Trump campaign's emperor-has-no-clothes moment 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Producers of "Annie" said Monday that the revival of the musical about the plucky redhead will move into the Broadway theater being vacated by the musical based on "Priscilla Queen of the Desert." Producers of 'Annie' find a Broadway home for fall 2012-05-21T17:23:08Z The plucky orphan, “whose only friend was a cat,” gets bossed around by “two lazy and homely step sisters” — but no wicked stepmother. Cinderella Review: Disney Rekindles Old Magic 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" brings the battle to a head, as the massed forces of Voldemort and his Death Eaters confront the plucky defenders of Hogwarts, and Harry faces his nemesis in a showdown. Malfoy actors talk good, evil as Potter saga ends 2011-07-07T11:55:08Z One of the curiosities of her troupe, the State Ballet of Georgia, is its dual existence as a plucky start-up operation and international attraction since Ms. Ananiashvili revived the floundering company in 2004. Dance Review: Nina Ananiashvili?s Troupe at Jacob?s Pillow Dance 2010-06-24T20:41:00Z “Hand to God,” the plucky underdog in the best play category of the Tony Awards on June 7, is a fresher and more forward-looking work. ‘Hand to God’ Melds Gore and Giggles, Each Often Elicited by a Puppet 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z One reason is that she doesn’t play the stock girl, teary and needy or plucky and needy, but rather a woman who can go joking round for round against men. | 'Friends With Benefits': It?s Just Sex. We?re Just Friends. You Know the Rules. Etc., Etc. 2011-07-21T21:25:09Z It’s a novel “about our gorgeous and distressing human confidence, the way we march around, plucky protagonists in our minds, armed with horrifyingly partial knowledge of the motivations of those around us.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Hazanavicius said making "The Artist" was itself like a film - one in which the plucky hero triumphs against all odds. Silence is golden in Hollywood homage 'The Artist' 2011-05-19T16:46:05Z Thanks to plucky Norman Wisdom, it's now OK to fail | Stephanie Merritt Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95 Wisdom's longevity was incredible. Norman Wisdom's funeral open to all on the Isle of Man 2010-10-22T13:37:00Z But not much feels whimsical except the chipper punchlines landed by the plucky young actors playing the kids. Review | ‘Finding Neverland’ musical at National Theatre needs a better hook 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Barber’s earlier books feature persistent, plucky outsiders who strive to change the world, and he finds two more likely subjects in the men who brought zeolite’s lifesaving properties to light. A Fight to Save Soldiers, From the Lab to the Battlefield 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z During a pandemic, a plucky middle-class gal can still “have it all,” as long as she can manage job and children simultaneously, from the floor of a lawless living room. Mommy Is Going Away for a While 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Well, the trailer dropped for Bindi's new movie – Return to Nim's Island, in which our heroine plays a plucky 14-year-old defending her island home from poachers. Bindi Irwin powers her way to world dominance 2013-02-07T18:41:45Z But it appeared on Apple TV+, which not enough people know how to watch, so it now has the luxury of being a plucky underdog. Tired of rewatching Fleabag? Here are 30 TV hidden gems to stream 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Unlike the Allmans, however, funk influences have steadily encroached Gov’t Mule’s live shows; the plucky “Countdown Jam” will surely make a midnight cameo. Pop Music Choices for New Year?s Eve 2011-12-29T23:59:04Z It's in the that he now takes plucky tourists down to a maximum of 610 m. Explore the Ocean Depths in a Homemade Submarine 2011-04-14T14:15:00Z With many other friends and acquaintances, though, I became aware, in a way they never quite articulated, that I was supposed to be plucky and brave because that would serve some need of theirs. We enabled Lance 2013-01-21T20:59:00Z Then there’s the moment when the plucky Roxanne materializes out of the darkness amid a battlefield of starving soldiers as a Beyoncé-like goddess, in an immense gown that transforms her into a walking cornucopia. Review: A Nose by Any Other Name in a Hudson Valley ‘Cyrano’ 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z They play with dolls and compose torrid stories of backstage dramas in which plucky blue-eyed heroines save the day. Zadie Smith’s New Novel Takes on Dance, Fame and Friendship 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But 10 years ago, a plucky early-music ensemble rang in the New Year with an even older choral masterpiece, full of pomp, glitter and moments of deep contemplation. After a Decade, a Monteverdi Masterpiece Flies Free 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Leaning heavily into the familiar narrative obsessions of Hill’s father, Stephen King — plucky kids, feckless parents, creepy clowns and their accessories — “The Black Phone” feels unavoidably derivative. ‘The Black Phone’ Review: The Dead Have Your Number 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Set in New Orleans, the plucky Princess Tiana’s traditional “I Want” song outlines the plot in all the detail we need. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z The narrator is young bride Virginia "Gin" McPhee, a transplanted Okie and heroine in the enticing tradition of plucky outsiders who find themselves in a new society with complex social rules and secrets. 'In the Kingdom of Men': testing the boundaries of an oil worker stronghold 2012-05-30T21:40:11Z Even now, though, the book's British launch comes from a plucky smaller publisher, Pushkin Press. Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman – review 2013-02-28T10:00:01Z Lawrence is already in the running to catch Meryl Streep for number of nominations, except that to this point she can only play plucky outsiders who don’t give up and exceed expectations. Oscar 2016 is almost here: Here’s who will win — and who should 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But here was a plucky, resourceful hero one could admire and even hope to emulate. Curious George turns 75: Why the monkey and the Man in the Yellow Hat endure 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Like those wholesome, tuneful shows, “The Book of Mormon” is about naïve but plucky educators set down in an unfamiliar world, who find their feet, affirm their values and learn as much as they teach. | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine 2011-03-25T02:30:32Z Iron Man 3 will continue to dominate as plucky contenders enter the fray, hoping to grab some counterprogramming cash. Iron Man 3 smashes his way to the top at the UK box office 2013-05-02T10:43:39Z All the more credit, then, to Adelaide Clemens as the pluckiest, unluckiest heiress ever, and to Mr. Evans for maintaining Driver’s poker face no matter how loony his lines. Movie Review: ‘No One Lives,’ by Ryuhei Kitamura 2013-05-10T02:17:26Z Directed by Michael Michetti, who staged “Stupid … Bird” with such fizzy exuberance at Pasadena’s Boston Court Performing Arts Center, this plucky production isn’t able to transform “District Merchants” into a functional play. 'Merchant of Venice' set in post-Civil War America? That's Aaron Posner's 'District Merchants' 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Edgar, this story’s plucky and appealing young protagonist, lives with his mother and grandmother, and his father’s accidental death looms. Paperback Row 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Texas Nothing whips a sad-sack choir into shape like a plucky nun. Social Q?s: My Plate Is Full. Yours Is Borrowed. 2010-12-30T22:16:22Z “Satanic Panic” is a familiar story, cooked up from old-horror standbys — the plucky virgin, the devilish matron — but its throwback “final girl” narrative avoids being merely regressive. ‘Satanic Panic’ Review: A Pizza Party for the Prince of Darkness 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Watch if you like stories about plucky families achieving things. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Carol’ and ‘The Durrells in Corfu’ 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z To varying degrees, and woefully oversimplified, most of the novels pit a plucky heroine or poor, priapic, paranoid schnook against some vast, bureaucratic, merciless conspiracy. David Kipen's Great American Novel: The works of Thomas Pynchon 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z There he emerged into a ferocious storm that swallowed up all but his own plucky little galleon, which he proudly renamed the Golden Hind. How Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I Made England a Global Power 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z He makes her a plucky ’50s-heroine with a core of bewildered honesty — in a sea of ugliness she’s an island of something less ugly. Theater Review: ‘In a Year With 13 Moons,’ Directed by Robert Woodruff 2013-05-09T21:08:43Z “Lee may be shown crawling around the floor with an envelope in her teeth, but the movie still insists on seeing her as a plucky heroine plotting her own sexual emancipation.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Voice’ and an S&M Rom-Com 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The movie portrays the Soviets as plucky underdogs held back by a lack of resources, scheming sports bureaucrats, and health problems. We are the champions: basketball film wows Russians before election 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Even now, most women on network comedies are plucky strivers, including the Brooklyn diner waitresses of “2 Broke Girls.” Television Review: ‘Broad City’ Brings a Female Twist to Failure 2014-01-21T21:57:40Z All the leads won praise from critics who described McClure as a "winning nebbish" and O'Malley as plucky but in need of a new wig. 'Honeymoon in Vegas' ups ante for glitz in new Broadway version 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Verlaine is so plucky that he drives upstate in his vintage car and walks right into the convent, where he meets Sister Evangeline. Books of The Times: Exotic Creatures and the Humans Who Chase Them 2010-03-01T06:01:00Z Like the international hits The Full Monty and Calendar Girls, Made in Dagenham presents an appealingly gritty, yet plucky image of the British working class. Sally Hawkins heads for the Hollywood A-list ? thanks to a 1968 pay dispute 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Given what happened to the coast of Louisiana, that call seems less plucky than perverse. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z Her actions seem unintelligible at times, her plucky asides almost perversely frivolous in the face of serious events. A Novel of World War II Espionage With an Unlikely Heroine 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Before long, he meets Kat, a plucky young reporter from a Chicago newspaper. Review: In ‘The Fugitives,’ Looking for His Muse in All the Wrong Places 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z That, however, would be to reckon without the spell cast over him by plucky Denise. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 12-16 November 2012-11-12T08:09:51Z “The Feral Detective” is one of his nimblest novels, a plucky voyage into the traumatized soul of the Trump era. Review | Jonathan Lethem is back on the detective beat looking for America’s troubled soul 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Grace of Monaco is a stately and swooning homage to Princess Grace, formerly Grace Kelly, focusing on her alleged courage in keeping plucky little Monaco safe for tax-avoiding billionaires. Grace of Monaco review: Cannes opens with a royal biopic worse than Diana 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z As a narrator, Lex never tries to win over her audience, or to present herself as plucky or heroic. What Happens to Siblings Who Survive a House of Horrors? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Subtitle: A plucky lawyer takes on a corrupt system. Perspective | A cover story: The art of the pointless subtitle 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Subtitle: A plucky lawyer takes on a corrupt system. Perspective | A cover story: The art of the pointless subtitle 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z And in a faithful rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” you heard a dance-floor declaration of independence repurposed into what might well have been a plucky defense of quirky musical proclivities. Music Review: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-22T04:19:03Z Mwenso is up to the challenge; he sings and banters like a carnival barker at a swingers’ club, and he has a plucky young crew to support him. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Even the imaginative gore can’t hide the musty scent of Todd Farmer’s screenplay, which is a simple retread of the 1979 ”Alien,” with a plucky heroine battling a monster loose in a spaceship. The Times Critics' Guide to the 'Friday the 13th' Movies 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z It consists of a soloist singing a plucky, feisty tune, joined periodically by a chorus that strenuously agrees with him. Twelve Feel-Good Seasonal Pop Classics, with and Without Christmas 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Even when the women are nominally just love interests, they are unusually plucky and quick-witted. Vertigo is not the last word in misogyny, but a feminist deconstruction of it 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He’s featured everyone from Björk to Yo-Yo Ma, Perfume Genius to Loren Bouchard, the creator of “Bob’s Burgers” and its delightfully plucky theme. Three Excellent Podcasts to Start the New Year 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Despite these flaws — and maybe because of them — Fiasco Theater, a plucky New York sextet, can’t resist the play. Fiasco Theater Company Rides Shakespeare to Success 2011-09-02T19:00:54Z So it falls to the plucky, oddly homework-free students to protect Boston’s populace. Books of The Times: ?The Technologists,? by Matthew Pearl, Is Set in 1868 2012-02-23T00:25:22Z That’s my cue to suggest “Timeless,” the plucky NBC time-traveling adventure series with just the right amount of conspiratorial puzzlement, historical intrigue and romantic entanglement, without the blood spatter and raw language, etc. Perspective | Summer is the right time for those TV shows you’ve heard about, but never got around to watching 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But Greg is plucky and unshakable, plus he has a good marriage, a 7-year-old daughter he adores and a successful career under the tutelage of a benevolent boss. A Debut Novel Where Small Moments Add Up to Something Big 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z If “Ro” was calm and evocative, then Beat Furrer’s rhythmic “Spur” was percolating and roiling, with the piano quintet’s plucky strings attacking with urgency. Review | Either/Or gives focused, sometimes unforgiving performance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z And he conveys both the heart-stopping horrors of combat — one fight left 21 men dead, 24 wounded, 23 as prisoners — and the plucky, schoolboy spirit that emerged as their default setting. Review: ‘Rogue Heroes,’ the Birth of Britain’s Elite Special Forces 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In his world, corporate suits would force artists to sacrifice tradition and their romantic ideas of music, while plucky peons fight back. Roadies: latest show in the old man nostalgia parade that is ruining TV 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The KOA sits on a curvy country lane that is ideal for a plucky sports car but not a lumbering RV. For a newbie driver, the RV was her classroom and her subject matter 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The scene is the victory-from-defeat miracle of Dunkirk, when thousands of stranded British soldiers were rescued from the beaches of northern France with the aid of a plucky flotilla of small boats. Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z A long-delayed remake of "Red Dawn" will pit plucky American youth against North Koreans instead of Russians and Cubans. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z Despite the strong undercurrent of documentary realism and the plucky female protagonist, this is ultimately a crime thriller. "Winter's Bone": American film of the year? 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z Critics are calling “The Hate U Give” a “Black Lives Matter novel,” since the system that the young and plucky Starr seeks to dismantle is the institutional oppression of black people. Adriana E. Ramirez on why readers love 'The Hate U Give' 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z You can easily hear a link between the plucky, migrating sound of this acoustic combo and the state of our imperiled natural world. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z After all, Romanyshyn and Lesiv give their plucky characters a happy ending and more control over reality than a war would grant. What Does War Feel Like to a Child? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Through the course of the novel, inquisitive, plucky Jahan grows from an illiterate 12-year-old to one of the trusted apprentices of Chief Royal Architect Sinan to a respected master of his craft. ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: a boy and an elephant in Istanbul 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Crawford perks up the story halfway through with the arrival of his smart, indulgent girlfriend, whom a Victorian would call “plucky.” A memoir of growing up on the farm that advised the White House’s Kitchen Garden And as Hawaii grappled with American annexation, it became a point of pride to strum this plucky little instrument made of wood found only in Hawaii. Hawaii considers making it official with ukulele 2014-02-13T03:48:19Z On the contrary, it sounds plucky, self-abnegating and a bit vulnerable. I deserve it because I want it the most. Come on, Sugar! 2010-12-21T19:00:00Z She also created an enduring connection between Mozart and the audience, making the plucky Brooklyn-based International Contemporary Ensemble a regular part of the mix. Lincoln Center artistic director Jane Moss conducts surprising successes 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In that play, he pulled off the feat of getting audiences to root for the billionaire magnate as a plucky underdog. Trump gets a bold Shakespearean twist in new play ‘The 47th’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Madeline, the plucky French schoolgirl depicted in illustrated children’s books, was created 75 years ago and New York is marking the anniversary of the iconic character with a special exhibition. French schoolgirl character 'Madeline' focus of New York exhibit 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Still, Child's life and plucky attitude are quality ingredients. 'Dearie': a soup-to-nuts biography of 'The French Chef' Julia Child 2012-08-15T18:57:03Z Over pointedly plucky production, Musgraves tells a story about a male partner intimidated by a woman’s success, who latches on, vampire-like, nonetheless. The Kacey Musgraves Divorce Hour 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Not exactly new material here, I agree, but "Dragon Quest" was one of the originators of this genre, and its plucky charm is on full display. Game On: Nothing comes easy in 'Dragon Quest IX' 2010-07-27T21:07:00Z He made a movie about a plucky band of freedom fighters who battle an evil empire — a movie loaded with special effects like no one had seen before. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z But it is an urban classics oasis — plucky, spirited, focused on actors and texts, not deluxe scenic values. Get thee to Vancouver, B.C., for Bard on the Beach 2011-09-07T20:33:06Z There's nothing fancy going on here, either: The emphasis is usually placed on a voice echoing out with a plucky guitar and little other instrumental accompaniment. Indie musicians help movie soundtracks hit right emotional note 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Loping in straight and true over the horizon comes “True Grit,” a classic western about a plucky 14-year-old who heads off into Indian country flanked by lawmen to hunt her father’s killer. Film: The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight 2010-12-10T19:26:00Z “Mrs. Miniver,” a huge, Oscar-sweeping hit in the United States, remains the best-known tribute to the plucky indomitability of ordinary Britons. Critic?s Notebook: Bucking Up the British in the Midst of the Fight 2011-05-19T20:42:35Z Those plucky upstarts in the Rolling Stones have announced a new round of touring and a reissue of their beloved 1971 LP "Sticky Fingers." The Rolling Stones' Zip Code tour: Five things you need to know 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Shirley Temple Black, the plucky child star turned diplomat, remains an indelible pop culture figure, and her costumes and other possessions are in demand. Collectors Still Savor Shirley Temple Black Memorabilia 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Heck, even the dewiest, pluckiest ingénue would have a hard time staying fresh once she became an endlessly re-marketable brand name. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z First there are fields, preternaturally green, and then a good Chiltern wood, with beech trees and yellow birdsnest, bluebells, celandines and a few plucky primroses. Robert Macfarlane: 'Paths are human; they are the traces of our relationships' 2012-05-26T23:05:33Z A plucky hustle — he pretended that a casting agent had recommended him — hooked him a decent manager, and after a couple of years of acting classes, he began to book roles. Jay Ellis Comes Home to Harlem 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z These comedies from the 1980s of plucky, sassy working-class women – tidily shaped, efficient exercises in sentimental button-pushing — have never been personal favorites of mine. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z Or maybe in a downtown drag bar, where the plucky heroine is portrayed by a biological male outfitted with Joan Crawford shoulder pads. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z In the best tradition of plucky young adventurers, Jacob has come to Dejima to make his fortune and claim the hand of his upper-class beloved back home. 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet': David Mitchell's Japan-set historical novel 2010-07-16T22:43:00Z Crisscrossing the stage in billowing red, as one big group or in smaller factions, they rose above inexperience with plucky resolve. Review: Martha Graham Dance Company Displays Unorthodox Humor 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Only Buckley invoked the imagery of plucky guerrilla resistance not against a Nazi invasion of the British Isles, but against Northern radicals bent on uprooting the Southern way of life. When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z But just when all seems hopeless, these plucky British journalists decide to drop their stiff upper lips and fatalism about their futures and take things into their own hands. | 'Alphabetical Order': The Withering Heights and Depths of a Dying British Paper 2010-09-29T02:02:00Z I find it interesting that the writers are developing Marissa as a plucky potential detective to the point that Jay is routinely getting sidelined. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: The Head and the Heart 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “Vivian is a terrific character, plucky and resourceful, determined to choreograph a different life for herself.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In this story, as in her other work, the young protagonists project both the plucky curiosity of Nancy Drew and the fragile innocence of a sleeping Snow White. Holly Andres’s Adolescent Fairy Tales 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Instead “Captain America,” like its unapologetically corny hero, is propelled by unpretentious and plucky ingenuity. | 'Captain America': Hey, Brooklyn, Where Did You Get Those Muscles? 2011-07-21T12:00:01Z These girls were cute, smart, plucky, distracted by pudding and carrot sticks, and ate me alive with their eyes. My amazing Olympics insight 2012-08-04T16:01:00Z Minnie, the plucky heroine, runs a saloon in a mountain town during the gold rush where she teaches the adoring miners how to read and write. Review: A Good-Enough ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at New York City Opera 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z No amateur performer, however plucky, could expect to just parachute into the professional arena. Brian Logan on novelty standups 2011-01-19T22:15:01Z Finally some good news for those plucky young upstarts at Disney. Summer box office 2019: what are the major lessons of the season? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Instead it’s in this plucky, naturalistic cartoon about ghost-hunting kids who have a podcast. The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Kershaw's narration sounded just as relaxed and conversational as his interactions, and the programme was knitted together with some splendid plucky music. A week in radio: Andy Kershaw 2012-10-11T19:30:02Z June is just a plucky, mouthy, joyful grandma, who wants to see her grandkids put themselves out there — and wants to put herself out there, too. "Love Hard" shows we should all aspire to be like a mouthy, fearless Asian elder 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z A beautiful, plucky, principled journalist, she was arguably the Doctor's greatest friend. Genesis of the Daleks: Doctor Who classic episode #7 2013-05-23T11:52:01Z The beloved valet Mr. Bates was sprung from jail and a trumped-up murder charge to begin married life with his bride, the plucky lady's maid Anna. Hugh Bonneville presides on 'Downton Abbey' finale 2013-02-14T14:56:41Z Most everything else here is impressive, too — Mr. Roe’s direction on his own set design, Sidney Fortner’s costumes — as is usual for this plucky troupe, which revives older American shows on its tiny stage. Review: Stories Eugene O’Neill Told When He Was Very Young 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z I was too young and stupid to realize that fame is short-lived for the few plucky or lucky enough to come by it. America’s original California girl 2012-08-06T20:33:00Z It’s up to a plucky child of color named Curly Locks to solve the problem. Fright Lite 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z When I looked again, I saw that it was the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the plucky student band. Tanglewood’s Archival Magic Still Casts a Spell 2012-06-28T15:03:28Z As the fighting approached their area, the plucky Marchesa Origo took in war orphans, hid fleeing Italian partisans and Allied paratroopers, and negotiated with the German military units that patrolled the area. Witnessing the Rise of Fascism in Italy 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z After numerous historical, fictional and cinematic treatments, the story of the suffragist movement is familiar, though always captivating: plucky women smuggling themselves into Westminster in furniture removal vans, chaining themselves to railings and smashing windows. The British Activist Who Was a Spiritual Ancestor to Today’s Teen Radicals 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Yet the plucky Cottier Chamber Project goes from strength to strength. Hebrides Ensemble – review 2012-06-15T12:58:16Z It’s a name that would seem to promise an upbeat story of a plucky young hero battling and vanquishing steep odds. Review: In ‘Kid Victory,’ Rescued but Not Free 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z So, with respect and plucky daring, Labadie fashioned a concerto from three Bach movements that feature a solo violin: two sinfonias sandwiching an adagio from the “Easter Oratorio.” Two New York Orchestras Return With Acts of Renewal 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Obviously, don’t look here for plucky, sugarcoated tips on managing life’s milestones. A very real take on turning 60, written with wit and verve 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z In the pilot episode, he hires Mary Richards — a plucky, independent, but guileless woman — as his associate producer, thrusting her into the cutthroat world of television journalism. Ed Asner helped usher in the secular rabbi, making America warmer and a little more Jewish 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z This is one to binge with the whole family – or just on your own, if you’re still surfing that Stranger Things wave of nostalgia for plucky kids riding bikes. The TV binger's guide to surviving the 2016 holidays 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The genial mood is aided by a plucky score, and a restrained performance from August in the lead role. ‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ Review: Scrubbing Away Years of Indifference 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Mooallem reconstructs the event and the days that followed, when a plucky local radio reporter kept the city going through her tireless broadcasts. 13 New Books to Watch For in March 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Valerie may behave badly and she may want to steal the children, but she really threatens this plucky group’s ability to work together. Nuruddin Farah’s ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ wrestles with grand political, social themes At one time, those tanks were a feature of “Operation Mincemeat,” a punchy, plucky, highly unlikely West End musical, which tells the even more unlikely story of an MI-5 escapade. In ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ the Theater of War Is a Comedy 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The plucky “Wolfwalkers” has plenty of support in the industry, but “Soul” managed additional Oscar nominations for its score and sound, and was also close to nabbing an original-screenplay slot. Oscars 2021 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z This plucky company has made a habit of filling the late-August lull in the city’s classical calendar with interesting productions and thoughtful repertoire, and this year is no exception. 4 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z There are only so many times plucky Manhattanites can cheer Parker on from the sidewalks before the whole thing looks a little tired. Leaving New York: why Marvel is right to send Spider-Man far from home 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s full of plucky newsroom banter, colorful Texas coots and craven corporate suits yelling at people. Rathergate and the dark magic of 2004: When the GOP learned how to subvert truth and alter political reality 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Written by a number of authors under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, the Nancy Drew novels featured a plucky 18-year-old amateur sleuth whose curiosity and single-minded pursuit of answers often lands her in tricky situations. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z The plucky company is Opera Theater of St. Louis, which has made its summer festival slate available for rental on its website, through the end of this month. Stream an Operatic Rarity by a Black Composer (While You Can) 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But there's also something particularly exciting about the idea that the plucky Picts just might have humiliated the mighty superpower of Rome. Centurion kicks off British sword and sandals film wave 2010-04-22T22:15:00Z The U.S. reached the Games for a fifth successive time courtesy of a 3-0 win over plucky Costa Rica, who pushed their powerful opponents all the way. Soccer: U.S. women secure Olympic berth 2012-01-28T07:08:02Z Maurice Abravanel, tucked away in the Western United States, began making Mahler records in 1963, and his plucky Utah Symphony was the first American orchestra to record a Mahler symphony cycle. CD reviews: Mullova shines in Prokofiev 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z First there is the fable of a plucky young British lad, who overcomes macho resistance and peer pressure from his friends and relations to follow his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. 'Billy Elliot' author talks about blending politics and artistic aspiration as tour comes to Seattle 2011-03-17T01:40:20Z It's then up to Stine and the plucky kids to recapture the monsters, which include an abominable snowman, a werewolf, an army of evil garden gnomes and at least one giant praying mantis. 'Goosebumps' trailer: Jack Black rewrites the book on R.L. Stine stories 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Just like Captain Von Trapp himself, we may start out sceptical but soon find ourselves to warming to plucky Maria and her guitar. How The Sound of Music led the way for the critic-proof hit musical 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z She says exactly what she thinks and she has a plucky British accent. "Real Housewives of D.C.": Meet the new frenemies 2010-07-31T23:01:00Z "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" shows the ups and downs its plucky heroine has trying to earn the money. Lesley Manville is endearing in "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris," a feel-good couture fairy tale 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In 2002, The New York Times said his string quartets were among "the most difficult music ever conceived," and it hailed their "volatile emotions, delicacy and even, in places, plucky humor." Composer, Pulitzer winner Carter dies in NY at 103 2012-11-06T02:07:08Z In this scene, one plucky iguana was set upon by a swarm of snakes, only to miraculously wriggle free and scrabble up the surrounding rocks, serpents nipping fruitlessly at its heels. ‘Planet Earth II’: A Lizard’s Great Escape 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But Stiller has a comic rage that was consistently endearing: plucky, ineffectual with hints of warmth. In Jerry Stiller, the Rage of Jewish Fathers Found a Hilarious Outlet 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z His more sophisticated but still shockingly plucky “The Tempest” about a decade later had a kind of forced maturity demanded of an aging prodigy. 'Exterminating Angel,' the most anticipated opera of the year, proves it's here to stay 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Johnson directs the picture with an assurance that matches that of her plucky protagonist. The Y.A. Surge at Netflix Is On, With Two Good Comedies 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The Evers assassination becomes a piece of historical atmosphere in "The Help" -- a means of raising the stakes, as hack screenwriters love to say, for plucky Skeeter and her interviewees. Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past 2011-08-12T15:20:00Z The narrator of “Outlawed” is Ada, the plucky daughter of a divorced mother who works as a local midwife. Review | In Anna North’s riveting ‘Outlawed,’ there’s nothing more dangerous than a childless woman 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s Ms. Mailer’s own plucky and sometimes sentimental autobiography, written in the lemony sweet-tea mode of Southern novelists like Lee Smith. Books of The Times: Norris Church Mailer?s New Memoir, ?Ticket to the Circus? 2010-04-06T23:29:00Z Three years after moviegoers checked in to "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and made it a sleeper hit, a sequel has arrived to continue the India-set adventures of its plucky British retirees. 'Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' overbooked but affable, reviews say 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z While not the fastest way to acquire fresh produce, this made some kind of emotional sense at the time: The plucky little scallions felt like romantic symbols of cottagecore self-sufficiency. Leave It in ‘Early Quar’? 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Yet, it’s hard to imagine an alternate universe where Letterman got “The Tonight Show” and somehow became a plucky, network-loving, Jimmy Fallon-esque emcee. David Letterman’s secret weapon: How being TV’s biggest grump made (and maybe even saved) his career 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In the disturbing Vietnamese documentary “Children of the Mist,” a plucky 12-year-old girl named Di is abducted after a Lunar New Year celebration. ‘Children of the Mist’ Review: Stolen Youth 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Instead "Barely Lethal" is getting a nominal release from A24, the plucky distributor behind more innovative, edgier youth-skewing movies such as "Spring Breakers," "The Bling Ring" and "Obvious Child." 'Barely Lethal' kicks teen angst over the head with weak spy tale But over their years together, Halbert said he had seen Clarkson go from a plucky neophyte to a star, a mother and a leader. As a Daytime Host, Kelly Clarkson Has No Fear of Being Vocal 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Between phone calls home to wife Mary and manager Ken, who're struggling with the lid on a jar of olives, Shuttleworth proffers a plucky amateur's musical elegies to these disappearing cornerstones of provincial English life. John Shuttleworth ? review 2010-12-03T23:00:00Z The intellectual swashbuckler is the hero, not the plucky, comic-relief sidekick. ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the protagonist isn't just plucky but rather practical and unflappable. PBS' "Sanditon" brings Jane Austen's racy and racist subtext into the open 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z And so we watch the plucky, ingenious Cuban car guys in their makeshift open-sided garages pursue the quests set up in the first episode: to restore three absolute wrecks to former glory. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z In an audacious prologue Adrian introduces a fascinating character, plucky young Tomo Woodhull, so plucky and so young, indeed, that the unsuspecting reader expects him to become the protagonist of the book. Gob's Grief by Chris Adrian – review 2013-01-31T08:01:01Z The other actors’ voices, unfortunately, are often overwhelmed by the plucky pianos backstage. Theater Review: ?Make Mine Manhattan? Revival at Connelly Theater 2012-03-06T23:11:35Z It is somewhat understandable: Their careers are brief, and moonlighting in plucky start-up outfits offers a chance to alleviate the workplace malaise that often takes hold at major repertory companies. Dance Review: Tom Gold Dance at Gould Hall 2012-02-28T23:25:53Z But it should encourage theatergoers to keep an eye on this plucky and talented troupe. | 'The Human Comedy': World War II and Coconut Cream Pie 2011-05-24T21:48:44Z Yet Alcott’s story of sisterhood, empowerment, thwarted dreams and plucky resolve is captivating. Strong sisters in ArtsWest’s ‘Little Women’ musical 2013-12-12T20:49:26Z I found the passage on the use of "heroic" language especially thought-provoking: the dead are "the fallen", a horse is "a steed", the enemy is "the foe", private soldiers are "plucky", and officers are "gallant". Paul Dowswell's top 10 non-fiction books about Britain in the first world war 2012-11-09T09:00:00Z When the video tape for Black Pond came on, we felt very proud, but also like we'd somehow snuck a wily, plucky peasant into a festival of lords and ladies. Baftas 2012: 'A business conference with great canapes' 2012-02-13T17:51:26Z But on a deeper level — beyond the wigs — Annie and Hedwig are kindred spirits, plucky optimists so dedicated to their fantasies that they bend the world into new shapes. 'Annie' with a bad attitude: 'Hedwig' rocks the Pantages 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Born in 1980 to childhood sweethearts who split when the sisters were in first grade, the girls lived mostly with their mom, Sonia, a plucky activist and mental health worker who worked long shifts. Review | In ‘High School,’ Tegan and Sara Quin reflect on coming out and hitting it big 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z But that never stopped the plucky team from switching the lights out, then screaming when someone dropped their Twix wrapper. Most Haunted: a guilty pleasure? 2011-08-17T10:44:57Z Sam, the plucky protagonist of the affable family film “Luck,” has had a lifetime’s supply of bad breaks. ‘Luck’ Review: Bad Day at the Fortune Factory 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z In investigating a scheme concerning a plot of land home to a notable owl population, a group of plucky kids cross paths with a host of quirky local figures, each with a suitably goofy name. Trouble in paradise: The Beach Bum and a history of Florida noir 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Toaster, the plucky leader of a gang of sentient appliances, leads them on a grand adventure to find their old "master," a boy named Rob. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Her plucky heroine remains frozen at age 9; her sister, Beezus, is 14 and just entering high school. Beverly Cleary on turning 100: Kids today ‘don’t have the freedom’ I had 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z But this plucky journalism star didn’t materialize overnight. Young Newshound Who Inspired ‘Home Before Dark’ Investigates Herself 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Vacant storefronts still blemish some of the historic district’s 40 square blocks, but thanks to plucky restaurateurs, gallery owners and shopkeepers, there’s a scent of promise mingling with the magnolias. Surfacing: ?Harlem of South? Revived in Richmond, Va. 2011-10-28T18:55:22Z Watchful and affectless, they tiptoe along the border between plucky and feral. ‘The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),’ From Janos Szasz 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The sculpture served in a passing form of political theater common these days, with Egypt playing plucky David to the West’s Goliath. Abroad: Demands for the Elgin Marbles Raise Art Partimony Issues 2010-05-05T19:10:00Z With the London Olympics just a couple of months away, the media are already constructing the narratives of their stars in waiting; the plucky, down-to-earth Brits, the triumphs over adversity, the poster men and women. The Secret Olympian by Anon – review 2012-05-25T08:00:02Z By giving plucky Ada the last word with an image readers will easily recognize as the poet’s, O’Connor suggests that the connection between Miss Emily and her maid was indeed reciprocal. ‘Miss Emily,’ by Nuala O’Connor: a fictional look at the Belle of Amherst 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z After all, she was only about 12 at the time and was best known for playing plucky yet innocent characters in films like “Uptown Girls” and “The Cat in the Hat.” Film: ?The Runaways?: The Girls Who Kicked In Rock?s Door 2010-03-12T04:40:00Z America’s favorite singleton hadn’t been single since high school — and its favorite plucky careerist had, in truth, lost jobs for being pregnant or requesting a raise. ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Review: A Tip of the Hat to the Tossed Hat 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The earnest and plucky 12-year-old Gussie has survived deadly swamps and bounty hunters on his way to find his father, when he happens upon a wounded and wary Morgan. A Trek Across Florida, Braving Deadly Swamps and Bounty Hunters 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The film is about a plucky young woman who runs off to the circus, only to find her wings clipped by the show's handsome but arrogant superstar. SKorean film festival to feature NKorean comedy 2012-09-10T11:58:17Z The movie portrays the Soviets as plucky underdogs held back by a lack of resources, scheming sports bureaucrats, and health problems. We are the champions: basketball film wows Russians before election 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z In his preheroic life, Captain America is Steve Rogers, a plucky, scrawny bantamweight of a guy, with a body like a plucked and undernourished chicken. Captain America: The First Avenger ? review 2011-07-28T14:00:01Z When a plucky provincial duckling of a young lady wins a contest, she must travel with her parents to the buzzing metropolis of Bucharest to claim her prize. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z “Then it’s: ‘How do I get that intention across in little short, plucky notes?’ It’s got a good beat, and you can fall asleep to it 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Arlo is voiced by the former “American Idol” contestant Michael J. Woodard with a soulfulness that shimmies into a plucky falsetto. ‘Arlo the Alligator Boy’ Review: Of Songs and Scales 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Marisa Lynch’s plucky, high-spirited “New Dress a Day” shows how with “Dressipes” that explain what tools and trim are needed for each sartorial suggestion she makes, and before-and-after snapshots of her projects. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z It was at the Academy Awards ceremony in 1977 that Rocky, his Cinderella story about a plucky fighter who gets a shot at the big time, took home three prizes, including best picture. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The plucky music is driven by pummeling, often blasting bursts of clipped phrases. At Tanglewood, You Can Hear 8 Concerts in 3 Days 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Ever since a plucky lad called Huck Finn took his famous river voyage, his exploits along the mighty Mississippi River have been greeted with cheers and jeers. Book-It’s engaging Huck and Jim navigate the n-word | Theater review 2013-04-23T01:30:59Z It is all in sharp contrast to what has become a staple of British cinema – the cheerful, plucky English working classes as depicted most recently in Made in Dagenham. Social deprivation in Britain: how a writer's life turned to tragedy 2010-10-17T15:00:00Z The 2004 original, with the dapper Burgundy challenged by the arrival of the ambitious Veronica Corningstone, won cult-like status on the back of plucky one-liners and satirical commentary on the ingrained sexism of the 1970s. Stars of 'Anchorman 2' hit burgundy carpet in Australia premiere 2013-11-25T00:40:35Z In 1943, Walt Disney even turned Nazi Germany into a fearsome animated whale about to swallow plucky Britain. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z What jumps out during the show is a plucky character who acknowledges the challenges of his life while focusing on the rewards. | 'Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet': Leslie Jordan?s Coming-of-Age Show at Midtown Theater 2010-04-21T21:51:00Z It is not until the next section, about Amelia and her plucky son Billy, that the narrative really hits its stride, with a satisfying struggle against a reptilian villain. The Picture Book by Jo Baker ? review 2011-08-26T12:31:01Z While the 800-pound gorillas of New York’s classical scene, the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic, prepare for their season-opening galas, a pluckier, scrappier operation took center stage this week. Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Gives Voices Room to Breathe 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He approaches the world with a plucky innocence, confident that he can talk himself out of any predicament, no matter how awkward or potentially dangerous. Review: A Jewish identity comedy is among the best programming at the Mark Taper Forum in years 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Other times it becomes an actual countdown timer, threatening to disappear with each jump from our plucky, plump plumber Mario. The dose of self-care you didn't know you needed? Playing the new 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Such communal experiments were once common throughout the Pacific Northwest, but few have persisted with Breitenbush’s plucky determination. This off-grid OR hot springs spot is the perfect autumn getaway 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z She was "bright, eager and plucky", with a dislike of "sedentary" duties - office-based work, in other words. Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z One thousand and 65 days on, it's an altogether different vibe from the plucky Scots who squeezed by Israel on penalties before carrying hope and fortune to Belgrade. 'Scotland on verge of watershed moment in Spain' 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Japan and Argentina were beaten fairly comfortably by pool winner England, have battled past plucky Samoa, and easily dispatched Chile. Rugby World Cup pool stage reaches climax with win-or-bust match between Japan and Argentina 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z It sounds cheesy, but this group — like the plucky team in “The Mighty Ducks” or the amateur U.S. Cheesemonger dream team: Team USA can change stinky rep on world stage 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z It’s 47 seconds of plucky guitar sounds and big gated reverbs — where, instead of fading out, sounds cut off abruptly. Singer-songwriter Ella Jane is still finding her voice. And she's totally OK with that 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Instead, he cleaves to a narrative formula, in which he lionizes the plucky outsiders who outsmart the establishment. The back-and-forth over 'The Blind Side' misses the big picture. So did Michael Lewis 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z As the 10th richest club in the world, according to Deloitte, they were not exactly the plucky underdogs some might have characterised them as. 'Rice can be Arsenal's new Vieira - but pressure now on Gunners' 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The plucky Panthers, who barely made the playoffs in the East before upsetting Boston, might be too banged up to muster one more big rally. Elliott: The No. 1 show on the Strip: How the Golden Knights have taken over Las Vegas 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Here, she’s a driving force — at times the driving force — a plucky, All-American gal game to do anything to help those in need. Review: ‘Transatlantic’ is a clunky, quasi-historical melodrama about Varian Fry 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It’s not a surprising choice, as Mario has long been a plucky, can-do underdog, an unlikely hero whose princess was often just out of reach and clearly out of his league. Mario's 'dad' Shigeru Miyamoto on 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' and watching his creation grow beyond him 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Its fight against the Russian invasion, now in its second year, reminds him of the “Star Wars” saga, he says — of plucky rebels battling and ultimately defeating a vast, murderous empire. Feel the Force: Hamill carries ‘Star Wars’ voice to Ukraine 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The characters are generic — plucky heroes, superior superiors, inscrutable politicians, eccentric assassins — which is not in itself a problem; it’s just that little interesting is done with them. ‘The Night Agent’ and ‘Agent Elvis’: A double dose of spies 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The brilliant, plucky resident pulls an all-nighter in the stacks, snooping through obscure journals, and races to the operating room brandishing what she has found. This Revolutionary Stroke Treatment Will Save Millions of Lives. Eventually. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z It would be the league-leading Bruins ultimately handing the plucky Kraken a 6-5 loss on a night Boston’s top skill players were just a little more efficient at capitalizing on their opportunities. Kraken go toe-to-toe with NHL’s finest, but Bruins have final say 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In some ways after the 2018 championship, the tale of the plucky underdog ended for Philadelphia. Tyler Tynes: Slow death in the desert. Inside Eagles fans' painful Super Bowl. 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z This edgy movie about plucky, nerdy kids outsmarting cool teens and frightening aliens is likely to appeal to younger audiences who like retro shows or survival stories. What to watch with your kids: ‘Shape Island’ and more 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Late in the third quarter, up six on a plucky division rival in last weekend’s opening-round playoff game, San Francisco needed this. DeMeco Ryans may be the NFL’s next Black coach. Should he want to be? 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The plucky Thunder scored on eight straight possessions in the third — getting a 3 from Mike Muscala — to take an 85-78 lead. Gilgeous-Alexander scores 37, Thunder top 76ers 133-114 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Southwest markets itself as a different kind of carrier — a plucky, friendly one that shook up the stodgy airline industry in the 1970s to make jet travel easier, more flexible and more affordable. Opinion | Southwest put investors ahead of its customers and employees 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Lyon hit a plucky 25 before all-rounder Cameron Green made light of a broken index finger sustained on day two to score an unbeaten 51. Australia in sight of series win over South Africa 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Nobody congratulated the plucky Ukrainians for the mission’s success. U.S. policy makes Ukraine fight by rules Russia doesn't follow 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z A new administration and artistic director of the plucky company ran afoul of its attempts at diversity when newly appointed members of the team walked out over what they called a hostile environment. Best classical of 2022: Gustavo, Mark Morris and the CD discovery of the year 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Despite a plucky series victory in Australia, 2022 has been an underwhelming year for Jones and his team, with just five wins in 13 matches. England boss Jones set to learn fate next week 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The Commanders’ surge with Heinicke has led to several commentators, analysts and fans to advocate for the plucky underdog to keep the job. Ron Rivera: No decision yet on starting quarterback ahead of Texans game 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Many locals, though, are somewhat weary of their plucky image. 'They didn’t expect us to fight back': How one street in Ukraine survived 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But somewhere along the way, the team turned into plucky underdogs that shocked the baseball world. Phillies try to show run to World Series was just a start 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Baker’s resume likely puts him in the Hall either way, but his induction becomes a slam dunk if the dominant Astros can defeat the plucky Phillies. Dusty Baker, a baseball lifer, has another chance at elusive World Series ring with Astros 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The best-case scenario, of course, would be for Taylor Heinicke to continue to play plucky, inspired football and for the Washington Commanders to revive their season because of it. Perspective | Taylor Heinicke could save the season — and raise some thorny questions 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Paul makes an endearingly plucky, red-haired stand-in for Gray’s 11-year-old self, and his creative temperament is already apparent in his passion for drawing, his goofball humor and his reckless curiosity. Review: In the wrenching 'Armageddon Time,' a filmmaker powerfully confronts his own privilege 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Cristabel, like so many fictional orphans, is plucky, fiercely imaginative and prodigiously precocious. Review | ‘The Whalebone Theatre’ deftly depicts Europe before and during WWII 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Memes have also been part of a major fund-raising effort for the Ukrainian side, reinforcing and commodifying the public image of a plucky nation that has managed to counter an invasion by a superpower. ‘Happy birthday, Mr. President’: Ukrainians celebrate the bridge blast with memes. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Benn was the plucky underdog of the narrative, now he has been recast as the villain. 'Sense prevails on 'grim day' for boxing' 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z And yet, with a wider view, the Bills remain the pluckiest of NFL underdogs. The Bills are learning to live with being the Super Bowl favorite 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Lives lived: Loretta Lynn’s plucky songs and inspiring life story made her one of the most beloved American country musicians of her generation. Your Wednesday Briefing: Ukraine gains ground in south 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The liberation of Lyman, a strategic rail hub, is not just an important military victory, but also a potent symbol of Ukraine’s plucky ability to publicly humiliate a larger and ostensibly more powerful foe. I Lived in Russia? Annexation Is News to Key City Reclaimed by Ukraine 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The song's plucky, whistle-tuned melody clashes with lyrics about a bullied teen who seeks revenge by shooting up his school. Parkland shooting trial: Can warning signs stop a mass shooting? 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The plucky International team still made them work for it. U.S. tops LIV-sapped Internationals to win Presidents Cup again 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z She liked plucky women, being one herself, and she was moved by the story of Helen Hopkins, a survivor of the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster of 1922. Perspective | In 1979, area Girl Scouts fought to save one of their favorite camps 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z A plucky disregard for public opinion has its charms, but Mastriano perhaps too wholeheartedly embraces John Quincy Adams’s 1825 injunction that politicians should not be “palsied by the will of our constituents.” Opinion | Why Mastriano’s candidacy presents a special danger to the nation 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z At 71, Murray is far removed from her plucky 1992 campaign, when the self-described mom in tennis shoes took on “the guys in red ties and dark suits” and won an upset victory. Column: Is abortion issue a lifeline that saves the Senate for Democrats? This race offers a test case 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z In her singing, as well as in her acting, Hutchings brings a plucky strength that doesn’t exclude fear, confusion or terrified vulnerability. Review: Daniel Fish's brooding, deconstructed 'Oklahoma!' electrifies the Ahmanson 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z To be sure, the familiar conventions of romance literature are here in abundance: the aristocratic curled lip, the languid glance, sparkling eyes and a middle-aged blue-blood roué reformed by a plucky young woman. Review | 3 new audiobooks to kick off your fall playlist 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z And as this island has transformed from a military dictatorship to a flourishing democracy, the sense that the US should protect this "plucky little democracy" in the face of China's threats has only grown. China-Taiwan: As China broods, Taiwan is in a 'Pelosi lovefest' 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z With no precedent for a plucky, pugnacious reservation newspaper, Lakota Times was thought to have little chance of success. Tim Giago, Trailblazing Native American Newspaperman, Is Dead at 88 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And it can encourage that same plucky underdog, as well as others, to violate all manner of laws and norms that exist for good reason. Opinion | Uber’s story shows what happens when a firm moves fast and breaks things 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z As Adam Ratner shared the plucky marine mammal's story with Salon, his voice welled up with affection. Seals, the chunky Einsteins of the ocean, are dying painfully due to plastic pollution 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Seeing him as sort of this plucky upstart, I think it’s hard to sell that as the driving force of this story. 2 critics check out ‘Bruce,’ Seattle Rep’s new musical about ‘Jaws.’ Does it have bite? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It is partly a fish-out-of-water story of an American getting to grips with English life, and partly a plucky underdog narrative about a laid-back LA dude who takes on a seemingly monumental task. Hopwood DePree: From Hollywood to restoring Downton Shabby 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Life for Perseverance, the plucky rover that is currently roaming the Red Planet some 132 million miles away from Earth, is quite lonely. The Mars rover accidentally adopted a pet rock 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The dingbats that dot the city to this day were quickly built as uniform boxes with slapped-on exteriors and plucky paint jobs. Can anything stop Rick Caruso from turning L.A. into the Cheesecake Factory? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z These plucky survivors forged a new world—an Age of Mammals, in which placentals, more than all the others, became ascendant. How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z But over the past year, the plucky little helicopter known as Ingenuity has taken to the Martian skies 28 times, far exceeding expectations and giving scientists a new vantage point on the Red Planet. NASA’s Mars helicopter was supposed to fly five times. It’s flown 28. 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, the Sixers were the plucky underdog that knocked off the top-seeded Bulls to reach the second round. 76ers need better Harden, healthy Embiid to contend in East 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z A plucky San Jose ruined all the Sounders FC’s plans for Saturday. Cristian Espinoza scores a hat trick to give the Earthquakes their first win of season and puts a crimp in the Sounders’ plans 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Now the overwhelming public image of Ukraine, boosted by memes and merchandise, is of a plucky country that, against all odds, is turning the tide of war. Ukraine’s war efforts gain an unlikely source of funding: Memes 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z He’s not a priggish bootstrapper but a plucky bon vivant who does his work with a smile, always “on the alert for business.” Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z In his first professional round in 17 months, Woods shot a gritty, plucky one-under-par 71 with three birdies and two bogeys. Returning to the Masters, Woods Shows Flashes of Greatness and Signs of Struggle 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z For the little team from Jersey City, New Jersey, a lot of eyes will be on plucky point guard Doug Edert. TIPPING OFF: Peacocks looking to strut their stuff vs Purdue 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But the plucky Ukrainians surprised Putin, and perhaps themselves, by collectively flipping the middle finger to the autocrat. Report from Ukraine: Life goes on and spirits remain high — Putin wasn't counting on that 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The new version of the classic show, about a plucky Depression-era orphan adopted by a billionaire, is directed by Jenn Thompson who, at age 10, played the role of Pepper in the original Broadway production. 'Six,' 'Beetlejuice' lead Pantages-Dolby 2022-23 season 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z As a result of his experience as vice president, Biden sees in Ukraine a “fragile, plucky, still somewhat challenged democracy standing up against the massive, thuggish autocracy,” Nuland said in an interview. How Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015 is shaping Biden’s actions today 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z This isn’t June of 1940, when plucky Britain stood alone; it’s the summer of 1914, when Europe’s armies, certain of their righteousness, marched blissfully into oblivion. Opinion | The difficulties in ending the war in Ukraine 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Martin, the plucky 6-foot guard who scored 15 in a blowout of Texas Southern in the opening around, had 16 in the first half off the bench, then helped the Jayhawks stay in front. Martin, Kansas hold off Creighton 79-72 for another Sweet 16 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z To Western eyes, used to Putin's terse words of war and his bullying threats, the Ukrainians are the plucky underdogs we all love to support. Report from Ukraine: Life goes on and spirits remain high — Putin wasn't counting on that 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z His current team no longer fits the trope of plucky underdog, the Gaels having earned the highest seeding in school history. St. Mary's won't be intimidated facing UCLA in second round of NCAA tournament 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z They stood in the long shadow of a legend, plucky upstarts hoping to upend the bluest of bluebloods. Cal State Fullerton can't keep pace with Duke in NCAA tournament loss 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The Clippers wouldn’t be viewed as a plucky little team anymore. Column: Feel-good Clippers story won't end in triumph without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z She gave the main character, Mirabel, a plucky joropo — which becomes identified with her search for answers as to why the family’s magical house is falling apart. 'Encanto,' 'Parallel Mothers' scores explore life, death while tapping Spanish roots 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Mr. O’Rourke’s broad win was a reminder that he enters this race as a far different candidate than the plucky underdog who became a national star in 2018. Takeaways From the Texas Primary Elections 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z With his native lilt and plucky air, which he can shade easily to pique, he strikes a figure of optimism unbowed by incompetence. 'Polite menace' makes 'Our Flag Means Death' a cheery pirate comedy 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Throughout the “voyage” your choices on an accompanying app determine whether you are recruited to help the evil First Order or the plucky Resistance, a club that includes a woolly stowaway: Chewbacca. Disney Takes Visitors to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Enola Holmes 2 Netflix Millie Bobby Brown returns as Sherlock Holmes’ plucky younger sister in a new story about her very first official case — a mystery about what happened to a missing girl. Netflix’s 2022 movie slate looks absolutely stacked 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Instead, plucky Sierra Leone held Algeria to a goalless draw. Opinion | The Most Exciting Sporting Event in the World Is Happening Right Now 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Not even their most gifted peers can match Allen’s physical force or Mahomes’s plucky inventiveness. Analysis | The NFL’s best weekend ever shows us why we can’t look away 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z ‘Aladdin’ “Why don’t you come with me, little girl, on a magic carpet ride?” says our plucky hero to Princess Jasmine in Disney’s fun-filled 1992 animated musical. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘King Kong,’ ‘Casablanca,’ ‘Aguirre,’ ‘El Topo’ and more 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Haddock proves the beating heart of the piece, infusing her role with a quiet strength, determination and equitability; neither plucky enabler nor long-suffering victim but something believably fresher and more heroic. Review: Depicting writers on film is hard, but 'The Laureate' has its moments 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Yorkshiremen Justin Scott, 50, and Martin Sharp, 45, have turned 100 tonnes of the white stuff into a tribute to the plucky Winter Olympian. Eddie the Eagle's Olympic jump recreated in giant ice sculpture 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z These plucky orange butterflies with the distinctive black- and cream-colored accents are struggling to survive. 7 simple and eco-friendly things you can do to help protect our planet 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z After 16 games, with one left to play, Washington can no longer be considered a plucky team on the rise — last season’s Rivera-friendly narrative. Eagles takeover FedEx Field, consign Washington to another playoff-less season 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z They are finishing the year as plucky playoff hopefuls with a bright future. After a Dismal 2020 Season, the Eagles Are, Surprisingly, Back 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Short, plucky, tenacious, he was a formidable force, and apartheid leaders learned not to discount his canny talent for quoting apt scriptures to harness righteous support for change. Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The celebrity fight world, he argued, has improved dramatically in recent years, with Logan Paul surprising pundits with a plucky performance against Floyd Mayweather in June. Injuries made Deron Williams hate basketball. Boxing has filled the void. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Medina Spirit, the plucky colt with modest roots who went from afterthought to first-place finisher in the controversial 2021 Kentucky Derby, died suddenly Monday after a workout at California’s Santa Anita racetrack. Medina Spirit, disputed Derby winner dragged down by positive drug test, dies after workout 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Once an independent city until annexed by Seattle in 1907, the still plucky neighborhood of Ballard will soon have its own team. Seattle is getting a minor-league soccer team. Here’s how Ballard FC went from vision to reality. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z He learned Spanish on the job with Bahrani, and the established filmmaker took notice of the plucky boy’s determination. Netflix drama '7 Prisoners' looks at enslavement in Brazil. Its director hopes for global action 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z For a few weeks, White, the plucky former practice squad quarterback turned emergency starter, gave Jets fans a nice diversion from reality. Bills End Mike White’s Jets Fairy Tale 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Ortega and the Sandinistas became international heroes for the left, seen by many as the plucky David standing up to the U.S. Ortega and Murillo, the presidential couple with an iron grip on Nicaragua 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z It is a plucky assemblage of overachievers that could barely cobble together a full starting pitching staff, let alone one of the greatest ever assembled. Atlanta Overcomes Decades of Frustration to Win World Series 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Pink Cat, the plucky feline star of the Bay Area native’s 5-year-old series, is covered in tattoos, balances her spiritual practice with occasional drug use and speaks in the punchline-heavy parlance of the internet. How Pink Cat became the Gen Z Garfield 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z In 2013, she earned her first Tony nomination as a plucky factory worker in “Kinky Boots,” opposite Billy Porter, and played an amusingly candid sex worker in Showtime’s period drama “Masters of Sex.” Annaleigh Ashford gets why Paula Jones slammed 'American Crime Story' 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Like the challenger chasing the champion, AEW has turned from plucky upstart into the talk of the pro wrestling world. Q&A: Khan ready for AEW to take New York, wrestling by storm 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Watching from Moldova, it is not a fairy tale about a plucky hero, but quite the opposite. When a Fairy Tale Is Disputed Territory 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Instead, the Chants were a plucky and fun-loving team that grabbed national attention. Coastal chasing Sun Belt title after breakthrough season 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z We can all feel the pain when some plucky underdog falls just short. Opinion | An Olympics without fans is the right call. But it illustrates the ongoing cost of covid-19. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z “Here goes something,” the youthful voice of Tom Holland, the latest movie star to portray the plucky teen web-slinger on the big screen, rings out over a loudspeaker. How Disney used cutting-edge robotics to make Spider-Man soar over Avengers Campus 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Bandits were flummoxed about how to deal with this plucky woman who sallied right into their camps. Khurshedben Naoroji: The singer who preached nonviolence to bandits 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z But the cheering - for a victory or a plucky underdog - will likely be quelled as shouting will be prohibited. Up to 10,000 fans allowed at Tokyo 2020 venues, despite warnings 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The film's portrayal of Thelma and Louise as plucky, independent women prepared to risk it all for friendship was praised as a step forward for female empowerment in Hollywood. Thelma & Louise stars recall male backlash to film 30 years on 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Once again, the UK's plucky loser lost, and in the process became the first act to get the dreaded "nul points" since the new Eurovision Song Contest voting system was introduced in 2016. Who could represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022? 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z For the plucky Welsh racehorse Dream Alliance, well, a lot. Review: It takes a 'Dream Horse' to rouse this Welsh village back to life 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z That is, until a plucky group of academics in Mexico and Spain helped thwart the sale. Mexico wants back stolen Cortés papers auctioned in U.S. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z So, as they approach the end of their intervals, 80-year-old martini drinkers — plucky octogenarians not intimidated by their busybody physicians — should expand their evening repertoire to include Manhattans. Opinion | What my 80 years have taught me 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr Chowdhury presents himself as a plucky underdog figure pitted against a medical establishment intent on deceiving the public. The rise of India's 'Covid quack' 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z These plucky Kansas City Royals are just full of surprises. Full of surprises: Royals own best AL record, sweep Tigers 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z As a vice-presidential candidate in 1976, he campaigned enthusiastically for the “Grits and Fritz” ticket with Southerner Carter, and he displayed a plucky side in his one debate with Dole, the Republican vice-presidential candidate. Walter F. Mondale, Carter’s vice president who lost White House bid, dies at 93 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z This is no longer that plucky little school that had to scrape together a roster of international finds, regional prospects and transfers. With its sustained success, Gonzaga has become a national power and recruiting brand 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z In a strange twist that typifies a strange year, the legacy program with more national championships than anyone is a plucky up-and-comer this time around. Next up: UCLA gets chance to stop undefeated Gonzaga 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The notion of U.C.L.A., a program with 11 national championships, as a plucky underdog may be dubious. Meet the New U.C.L.A.: Plucky Underdog 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Now, well, the Ramblers are much more than another plucky March underdog. Same as it ever was; Boeheim, Syracuse rolling into Sweet 16 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z And it looked as if their season would end with a whimper in the First Four against the Spartans before the plucky bunch of Bruins rallied to win in overtime. Juzang carries No. 11 UCLA past sixth-seeded BYU, 73-62 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Now the plucky, anonymous 11-time national champions hope to be the latest First Four winner to make a spirited tournament run. Perspective | College basketball’s blue bloods run cold during this NCAA tournament 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z The plucky bunch of kids kept answering baskets until the final minute. No. 2 Baylor holds off K-State 74-68 in Big 12 quarters 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The reality, of course, is that forthrightness has never been a hallmark of Dolan’s ownership, but who is going to complain apart from sportswriters when the Knicks are playing like plucky overachievers? The Leon Rose Approach: Way Too Quiet, But Effective for Knicks (So Far) 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z A happy baby who grew into a happy, plucky child, Tagan Drone seemed, her father said, like a kid already in the know. The youngest victims of a national calamity, and the people they left behind The two songs are bizarro images of each other: both feisty and plucky, the same tune with very different messages. What Frustrated Workers Heard in That Dolly Parton Ad 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z He had just been turned down for a sitcom role — for what he calls a “plucky assistant” — and wasn’t expecting much. The Many Lives of Steven Yeun 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Everyone loves a story of plucky underdogs and sticking it to "The Man" - and this one is a belter. GameStop: What is it and why is it trending? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The character was a plucky underdog and pizza delivery guy before becoming a full-on action hero as the apocalypse wore on. 'The Walking Dead' star Steven Yeun talks about his infamous departure from the show amid Oscar buzz 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z He played both high school place kicker and soccer defender, a combo with a plucky variety. Analysis | LSU’s win brings some normal senselessness to this abnormal college football season 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The plucky music invites the whole tavern to sing along, and soon the Sir Douglas Quintet, Nancy Sinatra and others were singing Pride’s hit, too. Charley Pride: 10 essential songs 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Manning the cash register, Pan Emi said her husband was innocent of wrongdoing and being unfairly portrayed by authorities as a criminal when he was nothing more than a plucky businessman. Special Report: Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese 'brokers' laundering Mexican drug money 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Here are all its stock ingredients: the lupine villain, the plucky hunter, the lucky break. Landscape of fear: why we need the wolf 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z They are all special, but a lot of the building blocks of each story are the same: charismatic coach, plucky set of players, some behind-the-scenes secret that explains it all. Arsène Wenger and the Gift of Time 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It followed the adventures of a cowardly but good-natured Great Dane, Scooby, who travelled the US solving spooky mysteries with a group of plucky teenagers - Daphne, Fred, Velma and his slacker sidekick, Shaggy. Scooby-Doo co-creator Ken Spears dies aged 82 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In the aftermath, news crews covering the catastrophe set up shop in the bar, and the tale of the plucky pub that carried on became legend. Bar owners bet on the locals to bring back Bourbon Street 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The plucky club north of Amsterdam relies on data analytics to outperform its competitors. Dutch double play: Soccer club, Billy Beane team up 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z In its place now, in the high altar of the oratory, hangs a copy commissioned in 2009 and painted from photographs of the original, a plucky facsimile that looks nothing like an authentic Caravaggio. In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Is a heartwarming comeback on for the plucky Texan? US Open golf: final round – live updates! 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z One person’s treasure — in this case, a 17th century Irish fantasy about a plucky young girl and a pack of gorgeously shape-shifting wolves — can be another person’s terror. The ups and downs of having the Toronto Film Festival at your fingertips 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z He was referring to a 1976 wine event when plucky California wines trounced French wines in a blind tasting judged by renowned — and shocked — French oenophiles. Canada’s Napa Valley Seeks Elusive Audience: Canadian Wine Drinkers 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z It finds that regular exercise increases the levels of a chemical in the animals’ brains that helps them remain psychologically resilient and plucky, even when their lives seem suddenly strange, intimidating and filled with threats. Exercise May Make It Easier to Bounce Back From Stress 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Amid plucky horns on his newest release, Porter admonishes, “He didn’t teach me a dad gone thing — except how to sing.” Gregory Porter sings of love, but unspeakable grief and the scars of racism lie just beneath 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The 1969 Boston Celtics finished fourth in the Eastern Division - the final playoff spot - but they were hardly some plucky underdog. Column: Could this be the year Cinderella wins NBA title? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Outside Germany, it would be tempting to see Leipzig as the plucky underdog in Tuesday’s first Champions League semifinal. RB Leipzig Ultras: German Soccer’s Great Contradiction 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Maybe if local papers were pluckier and more assertive about advocating for the people in their communities, those people would be more willing to pay. Are we witnessing the final collapse of "objective" political reporting? Let's hope so 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The plucky Soviet probe then started to transmit an image to jubilant ground controllers. How many Mars missions have been successful? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Whatever lies in wait for plucky Perseverance, we are on the verge of a new phase in our understanding of Earth's near-neighbour. How Nasa's rover will hunt for signs of Mars life 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z "Well, I spell lucky with a 'p'- plucky! Because a lot of success is about having courage to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities." 'I was standing at the wrong end of a machine gun' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z PES will always be revered as the plucky underdog who often outplayed its rival using intricate, pretty football. Fifa v PES: the history of gaming's greatest rivalry 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Japanese television company TV Tokyo Communications Corp. saw a business opportunity in Cheburashka’s plucky cuteness. Cheburashka was the beloved misfit of Soviet animation. It’s now a missing treasure for Russia. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Ephemeral labels are springing up on the plucky plants that inhabit urban streets. Daily briefing: Convalescent serum — the antibody-laden blood of survivors — lines up as first-choice treatment for coronavirus 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z The plucky player may have won just three career PGA Tour titles, but he was outdueled by Tiger in two majors, including that one. Whose career is wildly different if Tiger Woods didn't exist? - Golf Digest 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z But Mr. Trump’s goal is to shut off the spigot of plucky, hopeful and ambitious people who aspire to become Americans — and who, like every previous generation of immigrants, would greatly enrich the nation. Opinion | Trump’s expanded travel ban is a blow to America’s already tarnished global image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z "I get it, some people can't handle another person making out with their girlfriend -- even for work -- but there were only so many plucky fish-out-of-water stories with no male romantic leads," she continued. Jessica Simpson says she turned down 'The Notebook' over sex scene 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In a rousing rally, Mahomes turned his most perplexing performance into his pluckiest in a 31-20 Kansas City victory at Hard Rock Stadium. Perspective | Patrick Mahomes, in Super Bowl comeback, showed why he is the best player in the NFL 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z But unlike “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” whose plucky protagonist faces only the most temporary of setbacks, most of the characters introduced in “Tightrope” are careening toward tragedy. Review | For working-class Americans, disaster is only a misstep away 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Her mother, Judy Daniel, said her older daughter always has been plucky. Disabled couples navigate red tape on way to altar 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Arizona is certainly pluckier than your typical nine-loss team, and last week showed a new wrinkle in Coach Kliff Kingsbury’s offense when the Cardinals dominated the Browns with a running game led by Kenyan Drake. N.F.L. Week 16 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But the plucky International team flipped the script a bit at the very end just as it appeared the Americans were on the verge of their own rewrite. Presidents Cup 2019: International team stakes a two-point lead after a long, emotional Saturday - Golf Digest 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The plucky reindeer has a series of misadventures on his way to guiding Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve in this classic stop-motion-animated special based on the song by Johnny Marks. What's on TV Saturday plus weekend talk: 'Green Book' and more 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z In rewind, the renown and refinement and proliferation of Edison’s inventions long precede the thrilling eureka moments, plucky self-promotion and youthful ferment. Thomas Edison’s brilliant life, told in reverse 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Britain emerged from the Second World War at once victorious and shrunken, the image of plucky heroism and imperial twilight. From Little Englanders to Brexiteers 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z This plucky young activist is likely to deliver a similarly strong message at COP25, pushing the scientific case for significant government action now to help protect her generation and others in the future. A Scary Year for Climate Change 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z But it was a loss that proved the Wizards are a plucky bunch. Wizards put up a fight in San Antonio but come up just short against the Spurs 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z It was a classic wrestling story line, pitting size and strength against a plucky underdog. In a professional wrestling ring, a transgender woman faces a roaring crowd 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z As expected, Bill Murray was his plucky, playful self, even while struggling with an arm injury. Our favorite looks from the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Golf Digest 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z These are not the plucky little Clippers anymore. Column: Kawhi Leonard, Paul George fit in with Clippers' gritty, underdog style 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Yi, as affectionately voiced by Bennet, is a fabulously plucky heroine. Review: A yeti prompts a China travelogue in ‘Abominable’ 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Well, other than those plucky New York Yankees battling for the sport's best record despite breaking the record for most injured players. Two bad baseball teams combine to produce an all-time bad beat in gambling - Golf Digest 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The Boomers lent heavily on Mills in the first half, but made six first-quarter turnovers to allow the plucky Czech side into the contest. Patty Mills fires again as Australia reach maiden Basketball World Cup semi-final 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s only one week, but tell me, after the Cleveland Browns’ humiliating 43-13 loss at home to Tennessee, who still sees those Browns as plucky, defiant and ascendant? The N.F.L.’s First Weekend Upended Preseason Expectations 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z That, combined with a team that was actually fairly plucky before Alex Smith’s season-ending injury last year, could make Washington far more formidable than it might seem at a glance. N.F.L. Week 1 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Those plucky Mets swept Hank Aaron and the Braves in the playoffs, then took down mighty Baltimore in the World Series. 50 years from miracle season, resurgent Mets eye magic run 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z A plucky youngster puts her vivid imagination and boundless energy to work as she and her big sister try to help save their family’s home. Movies on TV this week Aug. 25: 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) and more 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Even the preseason media poll couldn’t identify a clear favorite, with plucky Utah barely emerging on top after several schools essentially split the vote. Pac-12 has no clear favorite, but plenty of potential 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z “The Hidden Things” starts as a plucky teenager surviving a possible home invasion, then quickly moves into a compelling tale about con artists, regrets and fresh starts. Review: Violence simmers throughout ‘The Hidden Things’ 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z A plucky cave man and the rest of his tribe face a grave threat when Lord Nooth plans to transform their land into a giant mine. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z No doubt the nation is as plucky and full of nerve as ever it was when facing a genuine existential threat – Nazis across the Channel or alien invaders. Boris Johnson’s crew will repel voters – there’s no need to fear him | Polly Toynbee 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z You might even catch the plucky Serhant in a cape and cowl during a broker opening — he favors costumes, themes and stunts. Bravo's 'Million Dollar Listing New York' finds broker Ryan Serhant on the move 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Incredibly, delivery guys on bikes were still weaving through the dark, and this seemed to me as conspicuous a symbol of New York as the plucky singers on Broadway. We’ve had our first blackout. Now we finally feel like native New Yorkers | Emma Brockes 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The video quickly goes viral with thousands of viewers riveted by, and rooting for, the plucky Carly. Review: Violence simmers throughout ‘The Hidden Things’ 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But in an age that seems to celebrate that trait as some sort of plucky defiance of institutional rot, this does little to diminish the potential destructive power of even the most ill-considered conspiracy. Yes, we landed on the moon. If you don’t believe it, try telling an astronaut. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z But the US women’s team are far from plucky battlers. The US deserve to be on a podium at the World Cup, not a pedestal 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z The candidates sounded like 19th-century elocutionists telling plucky Horatio Alger stories. Opinion | What the Democratic debates showed 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Up next for the Americans in Group D on Saturday night in Cleveland is Trinidad and Tobago, the plucky islanders who beat them on Oct. Newcomer Boyd gets 2 goals for US in 4-0 win over Guyana 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z There's always room for a plucky underdog too. Four things to expect this week 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z What was supposed to be fairytale ending for the Toronto Raptors and their plucky fanbase, saw the former blow it and the latter morph into villains. Game 5 of the NBA Finals was every little terrible thing wrong with modern sports - Golf Digest 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They are, but because they’re also historically marvelous, their success forces them to forfeit those kinds of plucky, human descriptions. Perspective | The Warriors built a dynasty with talent. They can sustain it with toughness. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z This homegrown cadre of outrage generators feeds off Britain’s dearest national myths — the underdogs, the gentleman scholars, the put-upon working classes, the plucky outsiders — like carrion. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z You loathe the Yankees, and the very idea that they embody some kind of plucky fighting spirit is anathema to your very worldview. The Yankees are the gritty, gumption-y, big-heart boys of baseball - Golf Digest 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The optimist will look at the Washington Nationals’ performance Sunday night in a 6-5 loss against the Chicago Cubs and talk about how plucky they were. Analysis | Luck, health and strength of schedule will decide Nationals’ fate 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Not that that has necessarily restricted the plucky Californian brand, which posted sales revenues of more than $1bn last year. Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: ‘Denying climate change is evil’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z In the movie, the king, played by Brynner, was portrayed as a moody, vain, ignorant and misogynistic monarch who softened up thanks to the influence of the children’s plucky English governess. The real 'King and I' - the story of new Thai king's famous ancestor 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Most of the Scuds fell short of their targets, all on their own, as did the duds Uncle Sam, on behalf of plucky David/Israel, sent up to intercept Goliath/Iraq. The great con: In missile defense, nothing succeeds like failure 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z A plucky penguin in Antarctica searches for a mate in this nature documentary. What movies are opening this week? ‘Red Joan,’ ‘Drunk Parents’ and more 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z It feels American and aspirational, fun and a little dirty — dark, crooked and turned in, tailor-made for a plucky broken heroine like “Sweet Charity’s” Charity Hope Valentine or “Cabaret’s” Sally Bowles. Review: Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams don't miss a step in 'Fosse/Verdon' 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The restaurant featured a cast of animatronic characters led by Chuck E. Cheese, a plucky rat in a bowler hat. Chuck E. Cheese's stock is returning to public trading after five years 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The Get Lost of today bears little resemblance to the plucky afterparty that started 14 years ago. 'It's 2001 meets Alice in Wonderland': Get Lost, the 24-hour Miami rave 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Facebook is not some plucky upstart, but the most powerful publisher the world has ever known, wielding an unprecedented power and influence around the world. Mark Zuckerberg, four days on, your silence on Christchurch is deafening | Toby Manhire 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The plucky 18-year old saved four match points before succumbing after two hours to the unseeded right-hander. Tennis: Serbian Djere wins Rio Open to claim first ATP tour title 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z His day as a plucky underdog are over. Who will take on Trump in 2020? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z So Newport might want to pepper the City box with some inviting crosses early on given that Pep has admitted his team are more vertically-challenged, compared to the strapping but plucky hosts. Newport County v Manchester City: FA Cup fifth round – live! 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Then Louisville trailed by 19 and lost by 10 all while, according to Mack, lacking the one element its plucky yet limited roster cannot afford to lack: effort. Bad news for Louisville: That game was a dud. Good news: Look what a dud did for North Carolina. 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z At 29 — and finally healthy — he marched his plucky young team into Houston and crushed the A.F.C. How Did We Get Here? An Illustrated Guide to the N.F.L. Playoffs 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Remember those plucky Kurdish forces who so heroically defended the Syrian city of Kobane from Isis? America's Kurdish allies risk being wiped out – by Nato | David Graeber 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Dashcam footage captured by emergency responders hit the Internet earlier this week, featuring the plucky pup guiding medical officials through the streets of Yuncheng to his fallen owner, the New York Post reports. Heroic dog guides ambulance to save his unconscious owner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Back in 2015, the Chicago Cubs were lovable, plucky losers—an up-and-coming team with a cool-dad manager and a roster stacked with exciting young talent vying to overcome the cruel injustices of the universe. New South Side Chicago bar has a strict set of rules...including no Cubs fans - Golf Digest 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z For those looking for entries for one of those currently popular anthologies of plucky rebel ladies from history, they all fit the bill. The lure of ancient Egypt is a way to revitalise faded industrial towns | Samira Ahmed 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It all began in 2002, back when the Rams were in St. Louis and the Patriots were a plucky underdog standing in the way of a potential dynasty. Super Bowl: Pats vs Rams in a meeting of Past vs Future 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Sydney to the Max” is just your average plucky tween in this new sitcom. TV This Week, Jan. 20-26: ‘Broad City’ on Comedy Central, the Kingdom Day Parade and more 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Every summit was a “showdown” pitting plucky Britain against the wicked continentals. After this staggering defeat for May, our country is left lost and adrift | Jonathan Freedland 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The plucky Nuggets, despite numerous injuries, have held the top spot in the West — Golden State’s conference — for 44 of them. N.B.A. Mid-Season Power Rankings: The Warriors Are Not No. 1. For Now. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Britain loves a plucky loser but Murray was to prove anything but. Murray, the gift who kept giving for British tennis 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Clemson is the plucky underdog whose fans drive around with little tiger tails trailing the backs of their trucks. Clemson’s Gutsy Call at Quarterback Brings Another Championship 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z This will return a slothful, decadent Britain to its essence, reveal the country’s plucky character. Opinion | The lure of chaos is leading Britain straight into the abyss 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Emus are in appearance plucky and plunging creatures, mostly torso. “Short Talk on Homer and John Ashbery” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z What can the United States do to help Taiwan, whose plucky spirit is impossible not to admire? Opinion | If you like betting on embattled underdogs, this leader is worth a look 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z I felt very brave and plucky as I ate my perfect dinner. My Cookbook Crushes, by Nora Ephron 2006-02-06T05:00:00Z Michigan: Head home to play the plucky Hoosiers. Patterson throws 3 TDs, No. 4 Michigan beats Rutgers 42-7 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z From Na to Webb Simpson to Rod Pampling, TPC Summerlin has proven to be course where plucky players succeed and both players come in a little undervalued after not doing much on the Asian Swing. Shriners Hospitals for Children 2018 odds and betting analysis: PGA Tour caddies and expert handicappers predict winners in Vegas - Golf Digest 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Another is plucky young people being pitted against the supernatural à la Stranger Things. Hex appeal: how Netflix's Sabrina taps into the rising feminist passion for witches 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Little wonder then, that plucky Manchester United, the poorest little richest club in the world, were so thoroughly outclassed by Juventus at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Manchester United’s shambolic investments lack a grand design | Jonathan Wilson 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z It piles on chance encounters, strange resemblance, a secret society and clever heroines such as Jane Austen crafted 40 years before, but even pluckier and less conventional. Reviews: With love, sex and mystery from the U.K., 'Wanderlust,' 'Bodyguard' and 'The Woman in White' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z I tweeted out my anger at this attack on the plucky little school. The little school on the front line 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Crushing the plucky micro-EV business would be grossly unfair, he said. China’s Giant Market for Really Tiny Cars 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z His deputy, Rod Rosenstein, also a Republican, is similarly prized as plucky underdog and bulwark against chaos. 'Trumpwashing': the danger of turning the Republican resistance into liberal heroes 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z At one point, to avoid exposure, she must escape a house through an upstairs window, and she summons the courage to do so by reminding herself that “Iris was the plucky sort.” Kate Atkinson’s Spy Novel Makes the Genre New 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Unlike the Jayhawks, the Wildcats managed to overcome their miscues against plucky South Dakota. K-State survives, Kansas upset to start college season 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z "Have you fallen in with a mad cast of plucky, down-at-heel characters?" A tragedy of manners: Patrick deWitt's fiction stands alone 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Instead they look to the heroes and heroines from their class on “Narratives of Adventure” — plucky Mattie Ross from “True Grit,” upright Jim Hawkins from “Treasure Island.” Shakespeare is at the center of Julie Schumacher's witty new academic satire 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Sooner or later Huddersfield will have to start acting like they belong in the Premier League, rather than being plucky interlopers just grateful to be there. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z She spoke in a brisk Spanish accent, and was given to plucky exclamations. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet the American League seems to offer just one hope for a pennant race: the plucky and powerful Oakland Athletics, the contender no one saw coming. The Oakland A’s Are Crashing the Playoff Race Again 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Athens and Sparta, old allies, went to war 2,500 years ago, according to the historian Thucydides, when plucky Athens grew powerful enough to rival Sparta, then the pre-eminent Greek power. Trump Shakes the International Order. Could It Break? 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Tour heritage Made their Tour debut in 2014 as wildcards and were typical plucky French triers, in the break every day. Tour de France 2018: full team-by-team guide | Philippa York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Nobody’s talking about Croatia as a plucky underdog anymore; it is now considered a serious contender to win the World Cup. Shootout Sunday: Croatia Follows Russia’s Lead and Wins on Penalty Kicks 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z "It enhanced its appeal as a cool, plucky alternative to global ice cream brands with larger advertising budgets," Mr Beckett says. The man who created a $2bn ice cream firm in his kitchen 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Some plucky old trier from up north of the Scottish border by the name of Andy Murray. Andy Murray shakes off racket rust in promising Queen’s Club comeback | Andy Bull 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z |
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