Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...died young, says Janus, "and the family never stopped mourning." In general, the psychologist believes, these comedians had overprotective, constricting mothers and a drive to break out of the Jewish world and gain general acceptance. Says he: "Only a few will talk about their Jewishness with any sense of pride; Alan King, Jack Carter and Don Rickles are rare exceptions. But most of them talk about their work for non-Jewish causes or what they did for the Cardinal. The one thing they live for is acceptance. They are always working for it, always worrying and insecure?like Rodney Dangerfield...
...takes a lot of motivation," he admits. "I want to let people know I got imagination-- maybe--and I want to have a nice room. Of course, I'm also a hedonist!" He laughs, but then says with pride that his roommates are all getting to be "a lot more practical with their hands" because of the project...
Radcliffe justly takes pride in the advancements it has helped women achieve in the Harvard community. When Radcliffe began, many people looked upon the idea of highly educated women with suspicion and disdain. Now undergraduate women at Harvard can participate fully in University life, unhindered by most outside barriers; but those gains for women have parallelled a loss in Radcliffe's raison d'etre...
...great fight, this second meeting of Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks, but it was a remarkable fight nonetheless, a dramatic revelation of the changed hearts of two men played out over 15 rounds in New Orleans' Superdome. Muhammad Ali's fight was a statement of will and pride, redemption for the humiliation of losing his title to Spinks and reassertion of his uniqueness as an athlete. Leon Spinks' fight was a cry of confusion, a constrained attempt to retain a title he had not known how to wear outside the ring. When it was over, Muhammad...
...Harvard Stadium has an old and lasting tradition. These concrete steps have served as seats for over 75 years. It gives you a feeling of pride, a feeling of distinction, to sit here...