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• Ostensibly the story of Tom Hanks' flinty captain and his platoon's search for Matt Damon's Private Ryan after the D-Day invasion, it will be forever known for its searing 28 .
• Unforgiven: Unforgiven questions the rules of a macho genre, summing up and maybe atoning for the flinty violence that made Eastwood famous.
• Prime Minister William Lyon Mac kenzie King last week convinced Canadi ans that ill-health was not the most important reason why flinty Lieut.

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News & Articles

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• Bruins on the brink of Stanley Cup final
  BY RON BORGES The Boston Herald BOSTON Two plays Wednesday night epitomized why the Boston Bruins hold a nearly insurmountable 3-0 lead over the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals, and also why the citizens think of them as a reflection of New England’s flinty approach to life. read more
  June 8, 2013 - The Times Record
• Borges: Bruins’ grit echoes region’s character
  Two plays Wednesday night epitomized why the Bruins hold a nearly insurmountable 3-0 lead over the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals, and also why the citizens of this fair city think of them as a reflection of New England’s flinty approach to life.
  June 7, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Bruins’ grit echoes region’s character
  Two plays Wednesday night epitomized why the Bruins hold a nearly insurmountable 3-0 lead over the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals, and also why the citizens of this fair city think of them as a reflection of New England’s flinty approach to life.
  June 7, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Washington Times
  We're going to have to try to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town,Mr. Obama said.
• Ferdinand Lundberg in Mathaba.Net
  Lundberg described the delegates as "flinty hard-liners, determined to have their way, never to yield on anything substantial..........willing to make purely political compromises (over) the means of carrying on government (but) adamantly...
• Robert Byrd in Mineweb
  We have to stay tough when it comes to mine safety,Byrd said. "Mines are no place for flinty regulation enforcement. We have seen the consequences of inaction."