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  1. Nitty Gritty

    Glen Augustus Holness (1957–24 June 1991), otherwise known by his stage name Nitty Gritty, was a popular Reggae singer. Born in the August Town section of Kingston, Jamaica, he was the second of eleven children born to religious parents.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nitty gritty in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nitty gritty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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  1. Johnny LaZebnik:

    So often, gay romances are a subplot or alluded to or shown in some kind of montage or as a punchline, and what I think I was really excited about, with this episode, we get to see -- without spoiling too much -- the beginning, middle and who knows how it ends of a gay relationship, of really getting into the nitty-gritty of how gay people date, how they meet, what it's like.

  2. Harold Holzer:

    The seatbelt law and requiring deposits on bottles seem prosaic, but he liked the nitty-gritty things.

  3. Sarah Casasnovas:

    We ca n’t neglect that folks are going through a lot, we’re talking about learning loss when people are trying to survive. We want to make sure that they are learning the overall concepts. We ca n’t get too concerned with the nitty-gritty of testing and grades.

  4. Patricia Espinosa:

    We have to accept that not all the nitty gritty details can be agreed by Katowice.

  5. Michael Martyn:

    It's going to be bad ... when you really get down to the nitty gritty and find out the results of this fire, it's going to be devastating, devastating.


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