Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...closing of the panel discussion, Lau told the audience that Asian-Americans must have a sense of pride in themselves before they can hope to fulfill any agenda...
...recently acquired a frozen yogurt machine, sparking fits of jealousy among low-fat fanatics as well as less cal-conscious fans of soft desserts. Currier residents, like the first family on the block to get a color TV or a '57 Chevy, jump at any opportunity to express their pride. Chris Baker '96 goes so far as to predict that application to Currier house will experience a "drastic change" this year...
...presence of frozen yogurt in the Curriercommunity, however, has had some negativeconsequences. In some cases, pride has turndedinto jealous territoriality. One tutor complainsthat other Quad residents come to Currier Housejust for dessert. "Let's kick them out!" hegrumbles, "or at least charge them a dollar...
...revolution has provided every adult citizen with free health care, education and a social-welfare net. Castro has long profited by laying the blame for Cuba's economic troubles on the U.S. Resentment of the embargo--particularly when U.S. sanctions against Vietnam have been lifted--only reinforces a fierce pride. Cubans are nationalists even more than they are socialists or incipient capitalists, and pressuring them from the outside makes even more unlikely the full-scale rebellion that Cuban Americans would like to ignite...
Javerbaum, who now attends the New York University Graduate School for Musical Theater Composition, described the thrill of victory as a "strange mixture of pride and grievous embarrassment...