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Champion (1949)- After moving to California with his bum-legged brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy), working-class striver Midge Kelly (Douglas) enters the fight game thanks to small-time trainer Tommy (Paul Stewart), who spots a raw talent.

John Farr: Kirk Douglas Turns 95! John Farr 2011

He earned a reputation as a striver who was sensitive about his economic status but largely indifferent to the civil-rights drama around him.

Herman Cain's Political Education Douglas A. Blackmon 2011

Butler was better than the average fifth-seeded mid-major striver.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Duke vs. Butler Post-Game Open Thread 2010

The novel is exhaustive by nature; but the world is inexhaustible; therefore the novel, that Faustian striver, can never attain its desire.

Narrative Strategies 2009

"Usually, it's the poop part that's more difficult," said Zimmitti, who added that she is often able to teach the reluctant to embrace their potties in one or two sessions, much to the relief of their striver parents.

It's up to parents to keep achievement race from going down the toilet Petula Dvorak 2011

Trip Masefield is a bond trader at an investment bank, the sort of young urban professional or“YUPPIE” usually derided as a self-centered striver, unconcerned with making the world a better place.

Yuppies Fight Callous Image With "Tap Your Laptop" Day Con Chapman 2011

Mr. Le Mat, who debuted in "American Graffiti" and also starred in "Citizen's Band," scored the role of his lifetime as Melvin, a dreamer, a striver, an Everyman, whose encounter with Hughes an indelibly grizzled Robards in a rare comic turn changes his life.

The End of the World as We Know It Steve Dollar 2011

Shaw, after all, is an exemplar of an important 20th-century American type: the brilliant Jewish striver who rises from nothing not just to succeed but to create new forms of success, often with the help of the latest technology.

When Everything Was Jumpin' 2010

Explore's film is a fitting tribute to a gifted striver and achiever in his own right.

Exploring Vancouver With A True Olympian 2010

Perhaps her character is what it is; a constantly working striver from Brooklyn looking to better herself, whose importance lies in the fact that she is a female accomplishing her careerism in a deeply sexist time.

William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Rejected" Is A Routine Episode, But Betty Draper Has Joined The X-Men! 2010