Word: prided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pride & joy of Henry Wallace is the Board of Economic Warfare. Last week he found it in mortal danger from Jesse Jones, the Administration's Old Man of the Sea. Like a mother bear with a cub in trouble, Henry Wallace attacked in full fury...
...wave of them, and they marched in singing. . . . Under the barrage you could feel the beat of [their singing] . . . then [when] the noise of the firing would lift for brief seconds you'd hear their voices rolling out. I don't think I have ever felt such pride in fellow...
Submariners jokingly point to the 50% extra pay as their reason for volunteering. But they don't do what they do for money. Pride in their hard service is a big factor. So is plain patriotism-the subs promise quick action. Quicker command for young officers, quicker advancement for enlisted men, are other reasons...
Proud, precise Sperry Corp., manufacturer of gyroscopes and fantastically complex instruments for war and peace, had special reason for pride this week: Army authorities permitted it to release details and photographs of its Automatic Computing Sight-the magic gimmick which goes a long way toward explaining the phenomenal defensive strength of U.S. bombers against enemy fighter planes...
With pardonable pride, WPB announced that the U.S. had produced more than 7,000 military aircraft in May, would beat that total in June. With something less than pardonable reticence, it was mum about the rest of the military production program. It was not so bright a picture as WPB's announcement of aircraft production indicated it might...