Word: prided
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...reasons for the intense commitment of many Americans to the canal may be more implied than stated. It remains a point of pride in a period of national disillusionment and setbacks. It also recalls a bygone era when a more confident U.S. could act with a free hand in Latin America. Says David McCullough, author of The Path Between the Seas, a history of the canal: "It is the physical expression of a boundless confidence, one which believed tomorrow will be better. If an archaeologist were to come across only the locks and the cuts in that jungle, his conclusion...
...There are obvious drawbacks--such as the difficulty of contacts with upperclassmen--but to get to know a large number of people who are having similar experiences, to compare notes on backgrounds, to share pride in a new experience" makes the new plan worthwhile, he says. As a result, the freshman dean will this year have the added responsibility of promoting a sense of belonging within the overall College community, as he himself acquires that same sense within...
...Pride in Carew...
...other islanders), most have menial jobs, and their annual income averages just under $10,000, about $1,000 less than that of the state as a whole. Moreover, according to a survey by Alu Like, a cultural organization, native Hawaiians "frequently report a loss of pride and bitterness resulting from historic loss of their family lands and their homeland." They also complain that public schools "ignore their identity, traditions and history...
...about 20,000 a year, nearly a third of all Swedes will be of foreign descent by the year 2000. Warns Schwarz: "The big problem will come in the next decade when 100,000 to 200,000 immigrant children will be coming out of the schools without cultural pride but still without being Swedes. These people will not accept the menial jobs their fathers did. They will want to become judges and generals when the society is not ready. It is a real social time bomb...