Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right now--"I can't give $10,000, so I do this." As for the motivation behind alumni interest in seeing who gets in from the area, and their desire to play a role in who does, Simpson sees the drive as a blend of civic and old school pride as well as the desire to repay the school for pleasant memories and opportunities...
...pride and joy of the Radcliffe athletic program comes, of course, from Weld boathouse where for the third consecutive year the oarswomen have shut down all challenges to the "tops in the east" title...
Robin Starling is living in a contradiction. As the disabled victim of technology he is society's greatest shame. But as the person who overcomes his handicap with the help of technology, he is society's pride. On one hand, he has the right to be among society's most bitter critics. But on the other, he must be among its most cheerful proponents, to be sure that he--the painful reminder of society's failing--is not locked away...
Approving the private use of pot, Chief Justice Jay Rabinowitz declared: "The state cannot impose its own notions of morality, propriety or fashion on individuals when the public has no legitimate interest in the affairs of those individuals." With a touch of frontier spirit and pride, Rabinowitz elaborated: "Our territory and now state has traditionally been the home of people who prize their individuality and who have chosen to live here in order to achieve a measure of control over their own life styles, which is now virtually unattainable in many of our sister states...
...erupts anew, the canal would be quickly blocked. A prolonged deadlock in peace talks could eventually also spell the end of Arab moderation and possibly of Anwar Sadat as well. Balancing this threat, however, is a conclusion that Sadat reached long ago. The 1973 war may have restored Arab pride (even though, after initial successes, the Arab armies took a beating), but in the end peace is necessary to help Egypt's stumbling economy. Unless the economy improves, Sadat could be toppled from power as surely as by an unsuccessful...