Word: pride
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...city and the suburbs, such as the MBTA and the Metropolitan District Commission (which maintains many of Boston's parks and historic sites), that have helped keep downtown Boston the center of the region's economic, cultural and recreational activities. Public projects like the Big Dig also build civic pride, and carry the added bonus of temporary new jobs...
Before a visitor has even left Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, he is loudly assaulted by the city's pride in itself: "Awakens as a world leader," says one postcard, among the "American-Made Collectors' Souvenirs and Spoons" in an airport gift shop, and another calls it ''a competitor's paradise." Terminal videos instruct you on how to invest money here, and a large ad reminds you that the born-again town was voted the top American city for "global companies" in 1994 by one magazine and the best city for small businesses by another. Atlanta ("A Star...
Karolyi now sees value in Moceanu's '94 national victory. "Her maturity since last year has grown incredibly," he says. "Now comes the pride of being a national champion. That gives motivation to be strong, sharp, demanding." It also places a new burden on Moceanu. "You want to live up to the expectation," she says. Then again, Moceanu has lived her whole life with others' expectations: first her father's, now Karolyi's. But she prefers not to discuss the toll. "I'm aware of it, yeah," she allows. "I don't bring it up too much...
...also helps that neither Dimitry nor Karolyi seems to be hinging his future happiness on the outcome in Atlanta. Though Dimitry remains his daughter's most avid fan, he also takes great pride in the used-car lot he opened last December. He and Camelia, he says, "succeed in our life too, day by day, year by year." As for Karolyi, he says only Zmeskal could have made him bleed. He isn't concerned that the Olympics will throw Moceanu off her stride--or off the beam. "Dominique is naturally self-confident," Bela says, then laughs. "Sometimes too much...
...certainly take pride in being one of the two teams in the finals," I said. "Losing is really winning if you think of it that way, not that the Sonics are necessarily going to, well, crumble. That's what I tried to tell the residents of Buffalo after the Bills kept losing the Super Bowl. 'You have one of the two top teams,' I said. 'Not to speak of Poles who've been snowed on for a while and can still feel like doing the polka. And the famous Buffalo chicken wings...