Word: pride
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American farmer the rewards received by the Russian peasant are meager indeed. The Russian peasant has his small, modest house and sufficient food to eat - and that is about all. If any of the members of a farm village [owns] a car, this fact [is] pointed to with pride...
...Gaza strip is a geographic absurdity perpetuated by hate and pride. Ever since Israel's warriors swept south in 1948 to the Negeb desert, Gaza has stood as a defiant outpost in which Egyptian soldiers held out against Zion to the day of armistice. All around the 5-by-25-mile sand strip, a stealthy border war has since been waged, and blood spilled almost nightly...
Last week, halfway through his six-year term of office, President Ruiz Cortines reported to the Mexican Congress-and by radio to the nation-on his progress in solving the great problem of Mexico. His voice was flat, his prose dry. But there was a hint of justified pride in his tone as he ticked off some of the accomplishments of his administration...
...French point with pride to their material achievements in Morocco. Infant mortality rates have dropped from 32 to 19 per 1,000 since 1930; Morocco's population has tripled since 1912. The colons own only one-seventh of the land, but it is by far the best; they raise 30% of Morocco's farm products but, unlike the Moroccans, get a. 20% rebate on their property taxes. Morocco's fine French roads run past colon farms, its dams are sited with an eye to watering those lands...
Lincoln points with particular pride to the cars' safety features. The "deep-dish" steering wheel and its spokes-all flexible -are shaped like a bowl, with the end of the steering post set deep inside. In a crash, the driver would hit the flexible rim instead of the rigid post. Other safety items: door latches designed so as not to spring open on impact, a glareless instrument panel, seat belts (optional), a shatter-resistant rear-view mirror...