Word: prided
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strong hands. The fortunes of the State are guided by enlightened minds and the country, as a whole, has full faith in Premier Mussolini's energetic policy. He is willing to make great sacrifices for the good of Italy's economic position in the world. There is no false pride in saying that Italians are proud and gratified at the results which have been noted and praised by economists in all parts of the world...
...Before arriving he begged the Chicago police not to insist upon a honking, droning, whizzing, roaring escort for him; not, at least, to equip the escort with sirens. Prince Wilhelm said that he would find "such a racket very annoying." So the Chicago City Council, which has listened with pride to earsplitting, mile-a-minute escorts for Roman Catholic cardinals at the Eucharistic Congress, Queen Marie of Rumania, fisticuffers, gas merchants and almost every least journey of Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, decreed that hereafter siren-blowing police escorts would be accorded only U. S. Presidents, kings, queens...
...side are Harvard people, on the other a majority of the rest of the world, hardly a satisfactory division of opinion. But the fact remains that while he is theoretically inclined to view with disfavor such a position, he is quite as likely to practice not a little pride in it. The paradox is easily understandable and as closely as is possible approaches an explanation of a manner of thinking which has brought such a shower of just criticism from outsiders...
Well, folks, here I am back again. Although swelling with pardonable parental pride at the marvellous showing of Joe Jr. last week, I am not going to let him prognosticate for you again this week. Jealousy? Ridiculous! Jealousy is not one of Great-Hearted Joe Forecast's faults. I realize that Joe Jr. won money for keen Harvard business men last week when he predicted Harvard's victory over Holy Cross, though the little rascal didn't give the exact score. He also did well on the other ames except for getting Penn and Penn State mixed up--a natural...
...dinner, he was rushed to a banquet given in honor of the two flyers. Called upon for a speech, Mr. Schlee rose, said: "There seems to be a general misconception . . ." and collapsed. Friends attributed the breakdown to nervous strain. Said full-page newspaper advertisements:-"Detroit is proud of the Pride of Detroit and its Intrepid Pilots-Ed Schlee and Billy Brock...