Word: pride
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...daughter Lena, also a school teacher, was born after Stalin died, in November 1953. Of the celebrations of World War II, she says she has no special feelings of pride. "What I remember most about the war is the movies," she says. "They were dozens of World War II movies, but they were so blatantly propagandistic. All the Nazis were portrayed as idiots, and the Soviets as great heroes. We had a phrase, kino nemetskoe, which is slang for a show so ridiculous you cannot believe it." Of the time after the war she says, "It was stable...
Sports fans seek professional athletes who uphold the integrity of athletics and preserve the purity of sport. Must have "Just Do It" attitude and compete for the love of the game. Ability to entertain and restore Americans' pride in sports required. Generosity and humility expected. Salary and benefits not open to long-term negociation. Applications available upon request...
...Airness has provided the American public with a basketball demi-god and a place to invest their collective athletic pride...
...winningly zany, jumping for any chance at a tragic suicide, and she relishes her lascivious double-entendres so much that we can't help but join in. Erik Amblad is surprisingly good in his brief serious scene from Othello, and plays both Tybalt and Constance's boss with doltish pride tempered by the right hint of self-mockery; his turn in drag, as Juliet's Nurse is low comedy but well done...
Perhaps this letdown might have been avoided had Amis included more than one of the seven deadly sins. Pride has possibilities. Then again, envy is not an insignificant emotion-not even in a book review. If not as envious as the caricatured Tull, a critic is still the sort who thinks faster when standing on someone else's feet than when standing...