Word: prided
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there anything else?' Mr. Buchman asked, and the student said: 'No.' Then Mr. Buchman was 'told what he should speak,'* as suspicion became conviction; and leaning forward he said earnestly to the man: 'Isn't your trouble . . . ?' The barrier of pride crumbled away, the man burst into tears, and a new beginning was made on a sure foundation, which transformed the young man into a genuine personal worker and decided finally his problems concerning the ministry...
After a cursory view of TIME'S summary of events, the Generous Citizen points with pride...
...Twenty U. S. firms had exhibits. In the crowded auditorium were famed Presidents Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors, H. H. Bassett of Buick, Lawrence C. Fisher of Cadillac, Myron E. Forbes of Pierce-Arrow, moving warily through the throngs, surveying their displays with a just pride...
...Pride...
...product of inspiration and craftsmanship, so have all the great poems come from such a combination. There must be the emotional ecstasy, the detachment from self, and the sense of worship of something fair and supernal and immortal, but with this, hand in hand, must march a care and pride in craft, that keeps the mind and spirit working together that the result may be as lofty as possible...