Word: prided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strength of hostility to the U.S. did not excuse the State Department's successive fumbles, which in themselves have fanned that hostility by making the U.S. alternately absurd and offensive in Argentine eyes. But, in Argentina and elsewhere, this current of national pride did complicate the U.S. problem, make it a tough one for the ablest diplomats to solve...
...after the Government's defeat he stomped into the House, demanded a general vote of confidence. He would not leave Mrs. Cazalet Keir's amendment on the books; members would have to forego pride and reverse themselves if they wanted him to stay in office. Harshly he spoke: "At this very serious time in the progress of the war, there must be no doubt or question of the support the Government enjoys...
...four was announced within eight days ending last week-as many as were lost in all 1942. It looked as if the cost of the undersea campaign was rising. In that campaign the Pacific Fleet's submarines have hung up a record which makes Navy chests swell with pride-a record which many military men consider the finest of all the Armed Forces...
Navy men who have forgiven him for his breaches of the best Annapolis etiquette (i.e., public criticism of command) could take pride in his newest promotion. Annapolis was doing well in England...
...whole fabric of the fighting Army" will have to be eliminated, says Baldwin, before western Europe is invaded. According to Baldwin this major job must first be done: "the unfit, inept, 'stuffed-shirt' and inefficient leaders [must be replaced] with good leadership . . . to build up a pride of outfit in the country's many untested divisions, the divisions that on the war's greatest D-day will hold the future in their hands...