Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This is one reason many anti-war Democrats are swallowing their pride, abusing their sensibilities, and planning reluctantly to back Hubert. It is probably the main ideological reason McCarthy will soon endorse the Vice President. But to some McCarthy backers, noisily evident Friday, not even the arms control controversy is sufficient reason to back Lyndon's boy, especially after Chicago. Not surprisingly, the loudest cheers at the rally came after McCarthy stuck a satiric rapier in Hubert's invisible back...
...rest outside the window of the senile Lord Raglan (John Gielgud), who complains that "it is very much in my light; I wish they'd take it away." But the shadow of Wellington and his age fell upon all of English society, and above all, upon England's pride and joy, the army--which Raglan will soon lead to war in atavistic pursuit of the glory of Waterloo...
...difficult to resolve, and after the French Revolution the curios made for kings descended to commoners. A Jacques-Louis David crayon drawing of Napoleon's mother, done before 1800, is a trenchant comment. Beneath a flashy nouveau riche Empire headdress, the Corsican dowager wears an expression of smug pride...
...keyed Sarnoff is a curious mixture of the modern and the conservative. The president's office in Manhattan's RCA building is adorned with abstract sculptures by Giacometti and De Rivera, and its occupant takes particular pride in the company's futuristic new logo, which is emblazoned in 24-ft.-high letters near the top of the 70-floor building. Yet Sarnoff seems to be playing the merger game, a favorite pastime of new-breed executives, with an eye more for posterity than for the present. He dismisses St. Regis' problems as the result...
Today, Israel's biggest import is people. Partly because last year's military victory made the country more secure and stirred feelings of pride, immigration will double this year to 30,000. One-third will come from Western countries, bringing welcome skills that will help to propel the economy...