Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...preface to One L Turow wrote, "I should say once, forthrightly, that I am proud to be a student at Harvard Law School ... I'm sure that much of this book bespeaks that pride, but I make this declaration in order to ensure that my occasional criticism of HLS will not be misunderstood..." Asked to comment on that pride, in the light of the book's fairly extensive criticisms of the Law School, Turow offers several explanations. "I'm an ambitious person, and Harvard makes me feel successful, just having gotten in here. That's the ugly side...
...years to gather, but if any of you follow this next bit of advice, you will never forget me. Go see jai alai--and bet your birthday. That's right, if gambling is in your blood (but there shouldn't be any room beside the alcohol) go see the "Pride of the Pyrenees" decked out in iridescent uniforms winging pelotas in a Florida jai alai fronton...
...that I still lacked a certain smoothness, that my height was a distinct disadvantage." As he speaks of this obvious slight, there is no bitterness in Mike's voice, no remorse; rather. the tone is one of the steady plodder who never quits because of an intangible quality called pride...
...public and from music and architecture critics. The three days of programs became the kind of celebration that happens when a city decides to do something worthwhile but risky, something that it maybe could get by without, and then makes it come alive as a new source of community pride...
Suddenly, he was the reincarnation of Knute Rockne, and you could hear the Fighting Irish theme song as he reached the final crescendo about mental toughness, pride, desire and Harvard's tradition. He pulled out all the stops. And damned if the room didn't have an electric feeling, and damned again if you didn't buy every last word of his pitch. McLaughlin had consummated the ultimate deal--he had sold Harvard basketball to his own players...