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Public opinion may well reward a plucky fight for the soul of the nation — and if it doesn’t, then the republic was already lost.

A smothering USC press would eventually put a stop to Greensboro’s plucky start.

Were it not for the tenacity of two plucky London architects in the early 1990s and their unwavering vision, London's skyline - and the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations - would be significantly different today.

The actor who voiced the plucky PC Mukherjee in the latest hit Wallace and Gromit film has said she is pinching herself ahead of a "quite insane" trip to the Oscars.

But the Oakland Zoo is hopeful that the plucky young primate will make a full recovery.