Word: prided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Matter of Education. "The refusal to believe it is now declining," says Father Lassalle. "Japanese education is responsible for the tragedy. It is not at the bottom bad will, or even pride, but narrow-mindedness and naivete. That is the mistake of the Japanese people. Once they understand what is going on in the world at large they' are wonderful people, but they were not educated to pay attention to any events outside their own country. . . . They only learned about their own island, and they carry their island with them...
Last week President Truman and representatives of the hemisphere's nations watched Brazil's massive military Independence Day parade. In his graceful speech before Congress, Harry Truman had mentioned nearly every Brazilian statesman, and had made cariocas swell with pride. Standing and applauding that speech, a Brazilian had paused to exclaim: "Aren't we having a good time with all this...
Never in the history of horse racing have the stakes been so high. And never before has one stable won so many big pots. Last week, Calumet Farm added up more than $1,000,000 in purses won this year (previous record: $601,660). Its pride & joy, Armed, had put Calumet over a million with his victory in the Washington Park Handicap at Chicago. Armed overtook Assault to become the second biggest money-winner of all time. And there is still another quarter million in purses for Calumet's fast horses to run after this season...
...make sure that the infant '47 survived to become '48, when it would take ads. "People have been fired, ideas and departments shelved," they reported. "Any day now you will receive a '47 which we send out (for the first time) with confidence and some pride...
...consistent identification of scientists with the forces of evil is characteristic of Lewis. To him, scientists seem, most nearly to embody the Christian sin of Pride-setting up the human will against the Divine. For this sin, Adam & Eve were expelled from the Garden and the heroes of Greek tragedy were punished by the gods. Lewis is a bitter academic opponent of Oxford's "progressive element" of scientists and "practical" faculty members who would lay more stress on "useful" courses than on Oxford's traditional concern with the humanities...