Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gazette we take pride in today is a direct result of her tallent, commitment, care, and boundless hard work," he said. "We all wish her the best in her new endeavor...
...Clinton Administration views the results with measured pride and optimism -- and no doubt relief. When the President sent the troops to Haiti to accompany Aristide, who had been ousted in a military coup, thoughts of the debacle in Somalia were still fresh in the minds of critics and supporters. But the U.S. has taken only two casualties, and so far the intervention appears to have been a success. Accompanied by American and U.N. power, Aristide has been able to maintain peace while disbanding the army and driving political thugs either into exile or underground. Even the U.S. "exit strategy" seems...
Among the ballerinas, Yulia Makhalina seems to have pride of place, having danced the first performance of both Swan Lake and Cinderella. She is the latest exemplar of a type of dancer Vinogradov likes: tall, elegantly slender, chilly and lacking the turned-out hip position most classical dancers have. Makhalina will remind audiences of Galina Mezentseva, the director's beautiful but glacial favorite in the '80s. Younger ballerinas are developing, especially the limpid Zhanna Ayupova, who redeems Cinderella with a shy, radiant, technically assured performance in the lead role...
Chronicle is adapted from a novella by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Set in an "isolated Latin American town," it's a tale of stiff-backed, implacable male pride. A handsome groom (Alexandre Proia), on discovering that his lovely bride (Saundra Santiago) is no virgin, initiates a chain of retribution that leads to a tragedy and ramifies through town, blighting one life after another...
...today it's a point of pride for me that hewas, and I hope remains (Adam, if you read this,please take note that I'm politely asking you notto retaliate for this violation of the sanctity ofyour secret life) my buddy...