Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Giving & Getting. Next day the President sheathed some of his barbs. Lunching on Capitol Hill with 70 Senators, Johnson expressed pride in "the quality" of "my loyal opposition," allowed after all that maybe the press had not done so badly by him either. "I've not taken the prize about the mean things they said about Presidents," he told the Senators. "I've read the things they said about Jefferson and Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy...
...means "narrow, limited, insular, unsophisticated" and denotes "exclusive or overwhelming devotion to one's province." The description hardly fits modern Peoria-nor does it apply to the vast areas of the U.S. that once fell under its indictment. The cities and towns of America still maintain the pride of place that has always distinguished them, but it is a pride seen in the context of the larger world rather than the old narrowness that stifled exploration and snapped minds shut...
When it fought with U.N. forces in the Congo, the Nigerian army's 5th Battalion took special pride in its rigid military discipline. That was only three years ago, but as far as Nigeria is concerned, it is the remote past. Last week the 5th's proud tradition collapsed in an orgy of mass savagery that rivaled anything the Congo had ever known...
...shows on all the networks, it is Cronkite's that most consistently triumphs over the built-in drawbacks of TV newscasting. His reporters have learned to respect his news judgment; his producers have learned that he will back that judgment with a fierce pride. Despite the cost, he will not hesitate to remake the tape of his show when new film or a new story cries out for space-even after the original broadcast has already gone on the air in some parts of the country. He is determined to keep up with what he and other TV commentators...
Reagan recalls with pride his years as a labor-union president. As a result of that experience, he has taken a strong pro-labor position on right-to-work laws. Even so, present-day labor leaders, who cannot believe that he stands as a liberal, have been almost unanimously hostile to his candidacy...