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Word: pride (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...repairing a crumbling building, the act of engaging people to repair their community gives them pride in their surroundings, Wilson contends...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Community the New Focus of Cambridge Policing | 1/14/1998 | See Source »

...this was one of the products GE is most proud of," Seinfeld says. Rather than be concerned that his show was being lumped in with light bulbs and missile parts, the comedian was moved. "That affects me," he says. "I like that the people who own the show take pride in it." The meeting ended warmly but inconclusively. Seinfeld and his managers continued to talk, walking around the city's Upper West Side, discussing pros and cons. They returned to Los Angeles that night without having made a final decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's All About Timing | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...aside from jokes about masturbation and oral sex, the fundamental difference between Seinfeld and Pride and Prejudice, say, is that Seinfeld in its heart of hearts is concerned with avoiding romantic attachment, with repulsion (and its twin, self-loathing)--the starkest example being George's relief when his fiance dies licking the envelopes of cheap wedding invitations. The supposed callousness of that episode, a season finale, received more criticism than any other, but Seinfeld is unrepentant. "I think if I had to do it again," he confesses, " I would have had George do a worse job of containing his glee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's All About Timing | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...This was our weakest defensive game in a long time," Delaney-Smith said. "I thought we were incredibly unaggressive on defense. This better be our wake-up call. What we pride ourselves on is our defense, and it wasn't here tonight...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Outlasts Dartmouth | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

...head. The challenge this week: Who still cares about their game? The care nots: Pittsburgh, who must lose to TENNESSEE by 65 points for this game to affect their playoff future. Which is why they're underdogs on the road against a good Oiler team playing for pride. Guess what: no one's got more pride than Bill Cowher. Take the three and run. And the 49ers, who haven't had to care in, like, 9 weeks, are getting two from the Seahawks. WHAT? Despite the very real possibility that everybody knows something L.I. Slim doesn't, he just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Top of the Covers | 12/19/1997 | See Source »

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