Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blacks should focus on whatever increases black self-respect and pride. That is the answer." He--old friend, old comrade--leans across the table, voice angry, eyes flame throwing. I should not have said "should...
...Whitney Museum [ART, July 17]. It was once said of Hopper that his paintings were a reflection of his own loneliness. Hopper lent majesty and dignity to ordinary objects (fire hydrants, desk lamps) and to people, whose courage in the midst of desolation he captured with sensitivity and pride. JOHN R. LEOPOLD Pasadena, Maryland...
...BEAMED WITH PRIDE AS I READ ABOUT former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell [Cover Story, July 10]. He is witty, charming, handsome, distinguished, sensitive to others, eloquent, lavishly talented and possessed of a great sense of humor. He is our Mr. America. Who can find a reason not to support Powell for President? ELWOOD WATSON Orono, Maine...
...West Bank, one need only look at the experience of Palestinian self-rule so far. When Arafat entered the Gaza Strip, he and his aides raised expectations to an absurd height. The initial euphoria was sure to ebb, but Gazans could reasonably have hoped for competence and fairness, pride in their new government and a sense of momentum toward statehood. Instead they have seen organizational anarchy, corruption and autocracy. Meanwhile, the realization is sinking in that the Israelis will exercise some control over their lives for the foreseeable future. As they watch their cheap flags fly in faded tatters, many...
What about American pride? "The only downside is the sentimental loss," says David Lachenbruch, editorial director of New York-based Television Digest. "But this is a worldwide market. People don't know where their TV sets come from. Their picture tube may come from the U.S., the circuit board may be from Malaysia, the transistors may come from Japan, and the set may have been assembled in Mexico. Consumers won't notice much difference from this deal." They're probably too spaced out by that Zenith invention, the remote control...