Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...govern. We need to remind ourselves that we elect a President, not a Pope. Although Kennedy may have been losing the battle with his personal demons, he certainly brought forth the better angels of our nature. This is shown in the legacy he created: an extraordinary resurgence of pride in being an American and a rekindling of the notion that public service is a noble calling. Kennedy's true stature should be judged by his public accomplishments, not his private life. JEROLD L. ZARO Ocean...
...displaying powerful images of the horrors of the Holocaust--Max is forced to examine his convictions and his own identity. The film's evident main theme: the ability of the human spirit to escape even the most hopeless of prisons, so long as the individual understands and takes pride in itself...
Specializing in short, 10-minute animated films, Leaf takes pride in her independent style...
That distrust, which runs in two directions, seems to touch everything in the district. Not long ago, Latino residents decided to rename one of the elementary schools after the late activist Cesar Chavez, as a mark of cultural pride. But on the day of the dedication, supporters of the name change showed up at the school to find a group of blacks there too--protesting. They thought the Latinos wanted to honor Julio Cesar Chavez, the boxer, and they disapproved. Recalls Matias Varela, a Hispanic resident who heads the county's arts council: "It was a total misunderstanding between...
...blazing years. Angie, a part-time waitress, cracks the art world with large, spirited canvases and the smarts to know that even a gifted girl has to hustle. Mims' own promising career as a writer is detoured by home-nursing the stricken. His key ring, he notes with rueful pride, weighs three pounds...