Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...getting lines between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. A lot of the cars are driven by housewives gassing up for their husbands. Topping off has started; we're selling $2 and $3 amounts." Some Rhode Island dealers are apprehensively distributing bumper stickers (pompously worded PRIDE, HONESTY AND SERVICE) to regular customers. Purpose: to enable the dealers to single out faithful customers and give them preferential treatment...
...stroke; in Munich. Influenced by the German thinker Max Weber, Parsons attempted to construct logical categories into which he could fit every kind of social relationship. His theories, which played down conflict and tolerated inequality, were considered conservative and have been criticized as irrelevant. But Parsons took pride in preferring "more nearly pure research" to the trend toward relevance...
...Downing Street, they will keep their Chelsea house. How much of their Chelsea routine can be kept is another matter. Normally, Thatcher is up at 6:30 a.m. to cook Denis' breakfast and do the shopping before heading off for Parliament. She likes sales and takes pride in being a bargain hunter. But time has become so precious that for the past few years she has bought her clothes?usually neatly tailored suits and blouses, often from Marks & Spencer?on twice-a-year bulk-buying sprees. Even the Queen sometimes appears slightly wind-blown in public, but Thatcher is invariably...
...pride of Maryland wins the Kentucky Derby...
...squad was loose. "The dogs" were indeed still able to laugh at themselves and others: The afternoon proved one long Crimson punchline. The efficiency with which the batsmen mustered the Cadets, welcomed amidst its tardiness, was a stylish and pride-filled way to end the season...