Word: pride
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...launched by bipartisan decision. German opposition to rearmament has decreased greatly in the last six months. There has been what the Germans call "Zeit zum umdenken"-time to think it over. General Eisenhower's declaration that the German soldier never lost his honor soothed much injured pride. Oddly enough, Neo-Nazi Ernst Remer (TIME, May 21) has also been helpful. A German veteran explained how: "When that scum Remer started lambasting rearmament, we soldiers figured rearmament must be the right thing." Two other factors: rising prosperity gives the Germans a feeling they have something to defend; and Allied successes...
...first, villagers were afraid of the needle; some fainted when they got an injection. Now, injections are a source of pride. Two patients, given a bottle of medicine last Sunday, asked disappointedly: "No needle...
...tradition was against it, and little boys are terrible traditionalists. In her first appearance, they teased her with: "Hey, Al, watch your pigtails." The growls changed to grins and cheers when Al pitched (all three innings) and won the game, 11-0. Said Alice afterwards, with conscious but nonchalant pride: "I made all the outs but four, and all were strike-outs but one. One kid hit a grounder, and I fielded it and threw to first. I guess I do all right at fielding...
Since Mrs. MacArthur mostly watched her husband during the visit, reporters had to trample their pride to fill up long articles about her. A detective was quoted, describing her eyes, "They are so intense, so animated that you can't catch the exact color." The Globe ran a headline: " 'She's So Sweet,' They Said as Mrs. MacArthur Rode By." An eight column headline in the Traveler read: "Mrs. MacArthur Quickly Uses Gift Handbag...
...happy hand-in-hand pair: Crooner Frank Sinatra and Cinemactress Ava Gardner. It was their first appearance together in the movie colony. Now that his wife has agreed to give him a divorce, Frank explained, it was perfectly all right. Said he: "It gives me great pleasure and pride to be able to escort Ava to a public premiere. I've cared for her a long, long time, almost a year and a half...