Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...becoming increasingly obvious that this much-vaunted edifice, the pride of the Johnson Administration, though designed to abate the sting of the inequities of opportunity inherent in our system, is not achieving the promised result. Where are the American resources and determination that could fulfill this country's promise? They are concentrated in a small country in Southeast Asia, where the Johnson Administration thinks it can impose a political house of cards upon a proud people...
...instilled in us a pride in the Army that I'm ashamed to say we didn't have when we first entered. He first taught each of us to be men. Next, he taught us to accept responsibilities. Then he gave us a gift of priceless value, to be 'men among...
...move permanently to Hollywood to work, but Tony would not settle for a career of being Mr. Julie Andrews. "Some husbands of stars can fit into the 'agent-manager' role," he says, but "I'm not agently inclined, and there's the other thing-pride-involved...
...Pride & Genius. In handling the impossible military problems and improbable personality of Douglas MacArthur, Marshall was superb. A minefield of difficulties had to be threaded before MacArthur could be moved from the Philippines to Australia and establish a new international command on the ruins of the shattered U.S.-British-Dutch-Australian setup. He had to respect MacArthur's legitimate pride and ignore the inexplicable pettiness that moved MacArthur to fight against a Medal of Honor for his comrade, Jonathan Wainwright, destined for a Japanese prison camp. Throughout, Marshall never wavered in his belief in MacArthur's military genius...
Canada owes its prosperity in great part to American investment, but "creeping continentalism" - as some Canadians sneeringly call their country's close economic ties with the U.S. - is for many a matter of national pride and politics. An overdose of both ele ments has escalated a dispute which in volves U.S. banking beyond any neigh borly squabble...