Word: pride
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...England bowsprit, "wooden, but enterprising," should have been forced to resign. Stone himself admitted that the probable reason for his going against the UN was his commitment to WUS. The WUS man said no commitment had been made. It seemed, rather, a commitment to one man's pride...
...Pride of Place...
Kadar's last resort was to starve Budapest out of hiding. Food was offered, in exchange for surrendered arms. The rebels, who had done no looting during their days of pride, now began looting shops and department stores. Food trains halted by the Russians outside Budapest were hijacked. Hundreds of radio sets were taken from one factory, presumably so that the rebel underground could listen to the outside world. Monitors reported the faint voice of a Hungarian radio "ham" calling: "Give us news! Say something! Give us news. We ask for news...
Modified Wellesley. Songstress Lea (from Leacock) is bedeviled by the fact that her singing reminds people of Lovelorn Jazz Singer Lee Wiley-a matter of pleasure to others and pride to herself, but bothersome nonetheless. She stands quietly before her audience, looking sweet-faced as the college girl she recently was, smiling a slow, shy smile. Her singing voice is satisfyingly low, delightfully sandy, bewitchingly intimate, and her vocal style is almost like speaking, conveying a rare sense of lucidity and conviction. She sings many-too many-unfamiliar numbers, e.g., You Irritate Me So, This Is Where Love Walked...
...programs for small businessmen in its 33-year history. This year more than 70 colleges and universities throughout the U.S. are offering a total of 157 SBA-sponsored courses for small-business executives. With better executive training, more generous rewards for talented men, and continued emphasis on the individual pride of accomplishment that has traditionally attracted U.S. businessmen to independent companies, most small-business leaders today are confident that they can outperform, even outgrow the biggest companies in the U.S. As one vice president said at a small-business seminar in Manhattan last week: "My company's bigger...