Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talent, and I expected atough match. After the first I just tried to hangin there and get into the match. I put thepressure on and tried to make him make greatshots. I knew that if it was close at the end Iwould have a chance; I pride myself on coming upbig on the big points...
...state's registered voters, they could be a deciding factor in a close race with low turnout--if they vote as they did in June's open primary, when Fong took 3 out of 4 Asian voters, many of them "crossover" Democrats motivated more by ethnic pride than ideology. "Asian Americans can only think of themselves as a swing vote in a very close election," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. "But this appears to be that kind of race--a race in which crossover voters could make the difference...
Anyway, we've come a long way Harvard--it wasn't long ago that the College blithely took pride in its students, and now it can matter-of-factly state that letting all of these students into each other's dorms is a proposition too dangerous to risk. But you haven't come far enough yet. As they say on TV, "Trust no one, not even the 6400 students you handpicked and now bear sole responsibility for educating, feeding and molding into mature and crime-free human beings." Thanks for you time...
...dozen yards. Tex-Mex, the cuisine born of that uneasy schizophrenia, retains some of the intrigue of its homeland. Few innocent consumers should be bamboozled into believing, for example, that the stale tortilla coated with brown paste and overflowing with sour cream and jack cheese might with pride be called a burrito, or that the proper recipe for guacamole calls for mayonnaise. Just as Hank Quinlan--the crooked cop Welles plays in his recently re-released film noir--might have done in their shoes, they are better served drowning the lot in hyper-colored treacly margaritas served in icy troughs...
...other social opportunities presented themselves. Admittedly, I was a little concerned with how my entrance into one of the clubs would be perceived. Although I know some people who are members of this particular club, they are not really friends of mine or even good acquaintances. In fact, I pride myself on the fact that I am not a part of the "finals club scene" and would never be considered one of those girls who frequent the A.D., the Fox or the Phoenix...