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steely
(redirected from steeliness)

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Howard Hawks' male heroes did their job with a certain degree of steeliness, but Mann's have an added resigned fatalism, bordering on the suicidal.
Podhoretz is right to say that her steeliness will be a help to her, but unless she runs against Cheney or Rumsfeld, she will need to summon up more warmth than she customarily displays if she hopes to win.
A brief heated exchange between Sula and her matriarchal grandmother, Eva, once Sula steps into the old woman's house, signifies both women's steeliness, their suspicions and embittered memories, as well as Eva's quest to retain her grandparental control and Sula's intent to contest, resist, usurp, and even deride that right and power; hence, her intent to "create" herself.
 
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