Word: prided
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...control of the Board of Tax Appeals, which is a quasi-judicial and not an executive arm of government. This was as much as to say that Mr. Mellon's Bureau of Internal Revenue could not be trusted. Nothing could be more insulting to a man whose greatest pride is his integrity and the integrity of those under...
...most absurd. The rabbits crawled about in wire enclosures, their noses twitching with annoyance, their legs dragging in bewildered apathy. The guinea pigs dozed or squeaked with fury. The fowl alone presented a pleasing appearance. Their bright plumes flashed and glittered; their stupid, shining eyes were red with pride or excitement as they strutted, with an excess of vigor, around their tiny hutches. The air, dark with smoke, lacking the dusty sweetness of a barnyard, was filled with the shrill, silly clamor of their voices. Roosters, supercharged with masculinity, cried loudly and beat their wings against bars which were barely...
...Professor, wishing to mitigate a possible shock to my pride, said to me, "Never mind, I have just received a letter from my Harvard graduate, in which he writes...
...West Wing of Langdell Hall will be held the final argument of the Ames Competition. The Pollock-Choate Club, represented by S. W. Livingston 3L and H. F. Blumberg 3L, as the complainant, will oppose the Edward Warren Club, represented by Robert K. McConnaughey 3L and F. W. R. Pride 3L, as the respondent...
...Miami Beach is the estate of Tire-man Harvey Samuel Firestone, third member of a famed triumvirate. Mr. Firestone went to his estate last week, soon to be visited by the Messrs. Ford and Edison. Surveying Miami's posthurricane repairs and development, he said, with all the pride of a native, "The city looks splendid...