Word: pride
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real purpose of Angelo's trip was to become acquainted with his friend's wife. This he does rather successfully, and after a few moments of mistrust and pride, the wife, played by Madeleine Robinson, is spending her nights with Angelo...
...expenditures that he had let get out of hand. Militarily, Sputnik, plus Khrushchev's bold rocket-rattling, gave a bald warning about the grim missile race to come. Beyond all this, the President was bound to bear the brunt of a special American reaction: the U.S. takes deep pride in its technical skills and technological prowess, in its ability to get things done-first. Now, despite all the rational explanations, there was a sudden, sharp national disappointment that Americans had been outshone by the Red moon. The disappointment would linger until the U.S. no longer stood second best...
...accept the figures. Then the state attorney general eased the pain by ruling that state aid would not be reduced unless the next regular count confirmed the decline. Net result of the gamble: a $1,500,000 loss to the municipal pocketbook and a stiff blow to municipal pride...
...Russian people can ... see in the sky a brilliant star which carries above the world the light of Soviet power, thanks to millions of pots and shoes lacking." And France's Combat pointedly declared: "We ourselves would like it if the Russians would put some of their pride into the evolution of a better world -an end to the world of concentration camps...
...some time Rugby has been rather proud of its position as the University's only two-season sport, but for the last two years its pride has been modified by fall records that included a couple of ties and no victories...