Word: pride
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Sarkozy also visibly swelled with pride beside Obama as he hosted the American to a rock star's welcome to NATO's 60th anniversary event. Now, his behind-closed-doors comments not only raise questions about Sarkozy's understanding of international diplomacy but leave the French president looking like the lightweight leader he says he sees when he looks at his peers...
...cuts have left some varsity Crimson captains wary that Harvard may have to make sacrifices as well. “[Varsity cuts] have crossed my mind,” said Harvard ski team captain Anna R. Schulz ’09. “But Harvard really seems to pride itself on its having 41 different sports.” Some Crimson athletes have already seen what they say are subtle attempts by the athletics department to save. “I’ve definitely noticed, at least in track, we’ve been doing some budgeting, making...
...depicted collages by John Ashbery, a former Advocate editor. “No other magazine would be able to get the rights to those collages,” says Morcos. “But we can fall back on our history.” ON THE SAME PAGEA shared pride in Advocate history binds former members to the organization, even decades after their involvement as undergraduates. Louis H. Begley ’54, the critically-acclaimed author, was a member of the fiction board while at Harvard and is currently the Chairman Emeritus of the Advocate’s Board...
...talk about it.” That might explain the fact that while there are many writers among Cambridge’s literati, Bennett feels the writing scene can be surprisingly hush-hush.According to Bennett, the relative silence of the writing community stems from a combination of individual pride and the English Department’s notoriously critical approach. Bennett perceives this as having an indirectly positive effect. “The English Department discourages writing on the side, but not explicitly,” Bennett says. “Those who take writing seriously learn it’s best...
...entire country needs to slow its breathing. The buyer at the used-car lot feels both frugal and green: that hatchback isn't used, it's "pre-owned," and this counts as recycling. The discount shoppers view their task as a scavenger hunt and take a certain pride in finding the bargain, cutting the deal; 23% of us are haggling more, a profitable contact sport...