Word: prided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...myself and two children, was $20.12 short of what the taxpayers so generously gave Mrs. James F. Byrnes in the form of a tray. I am proud that my husband fought for his generous country but many times in that year and a half I could have swallowed my pride for an extra ten bucks...
Though Juan Pueblo-the Argentine-in-the-street-might goggle at the cost of these deals, he could hardly hide his pride at such proof of what Peron called "coming of age," and he was inclined to agree that now was the time to buy, when there was cash in the Argentine till...
...Pride & Progress. After two weeks on police, Field will take in other routine beats: City Hall, criminal courts, school, labor, etc. After that, he will hit the high spots in each of the Sun's editorial departments, winding up in London to give foreign reporting a once-over under Sun veteran Frederick Kuh. "Then," says Marshall Field III, "he'll settle down to some one job, but I don't know yet what it'll be. I'm very proud of him, but I suppose that's natural...
...occurred at the same time of year as the Jewish Passover. Jesus (says Agabus-Graves) was endowed with supernatural powers of mind and will, and he did in fact conquer death. But, far from ascending into Heaven after the Resurrection, Jesus was condemned to expiate his sins (of blasphemous pride) by becoming a ghost, an "earthbound spirit...
...believe pride is the basis of his character. I think he felt the dishonor of France as few men can feel anything. . . . To come to the British as a suppliant . . . was intolerable. But he could look to no one else...