Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...overambitious scientists. From the scorched launching pads of Cape Kennedy to the lonely tracking ships in the Pacific, Gemini had pumped new life into U.S. space work. And a public grown almost blasé about news of men in orbit waited for the astronauts' return with singular pride...
...their iconoclasm, however, the city magazines maintain a stubborn pride in their home towns. Greater Philadelphia, for example, balances its digs at the business community with some highly flattering profiles of business and community leaders. The magazines couldn't care less about trumpeting any particular ideology or identifying with any political party. "Some of the staunchest conservatives in their political philosophy are among the most liberal when it comes to getting things done in the city," says Edwin Self, 45, Scottish-born editor of San Diego...
...motto of its founders: "Rather no business than bad business." Essentially, Swiss Re bets on the quality of the insurance company whose risks it accepts, pays claims on the nail, often within 48 hours. The company weekly pays out an average of $4,000,000 in claims, takes pride in the fact that no client has ever sued it for payment...
...Pride & Problems. Widely praised as it is, though, Gideon has inevitably raised problems. It pointed the way for Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), which recognize an accused's right to see his lawyer during police interrogation and started the current U.S. confession controversy, and it has not been easy to apply in such judicial crises as last summer's Watts riot, which swamped Los Angeles courts with more than 4,000 indigent Negro defendants. The N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund charges that the arrested Negroes got almost no legal aid. But the California Supreme Court has refused to hear...
...question about high school activities and interests. (Of course, the Henry also differs from most application in that it inquires about your preparatory--not secondary--school.) Perhaps they want to see if it's been all downhill after you made Arista. But if you've been secretly nursing your pride in your 4-H awards for four years, now is the time to bring to light the bushels you've been hiding...