Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Because of their comparative affluence and their massive backup needs, U.S. forces inevitably distort and disrupt local economies. Necessary as the U.S. military presence is in Asia now, few Asian leaders are very happy about it-or want it to continue indefinitely in the future. Their sentiments spring from pride and from fears that massive American garrisons will destroy traditional cultural values and unduly shape local political decisions. "There is a feeling among Asians," says Edwin Reischauer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, "that they should be running their own affairs without being led and pushed by us. They want...
...praise Gatti-Casazza, the impossible has dawned. Last week, in an explosion of unabashed pride born of years of frustration, the Metropolitan Opera formally opened a stunning new $45.7 million house in Lincoln Center. And what a house to come home...
...Pyrenees, Canaan, N.Y. Probably the best restaurant in the upper Hudson and Berkshire region. French food prepared by Chef Louis Cherallier, who takes special pride in his canard a I'orange, jealously guards the secret. Expensive...
Tosi's. Route 94, south of St. Joseph, Mich. Owner Emil Tosi features Italian dishes, makes his own pasta. Specialty of the house: veal cordon bleu with truffles. Great pride taken in wine list. Before the meal, cocktails in an Italian garden with fountains and statuary...
...completed or attempted killings, mostly during youngsters' viewing time. The heroic figure in TV and movie drama is often the "victorious man of violence." Toy manufacturers fill the Christmas counters with toy guns and war games. Even Superman is unhealthy fare: "the embodiment of racial superiority, race pride, race prejudice." Explains Wertham: "No dark-skinned or dark-complexioned or not-so-tall-or-so-full-chested youngster, whoever he is or whatever he achieves,' can measure up to the white Superman.'' The adult, too, is everywhere assaulted by ideas that take violence for granted, that brutalize...