Word: prided
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...light of your report on the Supreme Court's decision not to regard physical punishment of schoolchildren by teachers as a violation of the Eighth Amendment [May 2], I can see that we Americans who pride ourselves on our civilization are still several steps removed from it. While the majority of teachers may be good, patient and dedicated, the profession does have its sadists, and it is appalling that they should be given legal carte blanche to maul their students...
Kirkland regained some of its pride by winning the women's B and men's C events. Winthrop, Quincy, Leverett, and Currier respectively placed and showed in those races...
Across the city in a gracious colonial home, another Mafia wife speaks with pride of her husband, a graduate of a prestigious university who served honorably in the Army. A recent family portrait hangs above the fireplace. Her husband is not in the picture; he is serving a five-year term...
When Mass is over, one top-ranking Mafia wife returns home where a plaque proclaims her MADONNA OF THE KITCHEN. A housekeeper is here today only because the wife is ill. She makes a point of saying that she cares for her own house. It is a matter of pride. "We live a quiet life. It is not our intention to be noticed," she says. "I'm happiest sometimes when they leave my name off the list of charity contributors...
...most likely to leave a positive mark on history: foreign affairs. Although it took him four years to disengage from the disastrous war in Viet Nam (14,750 Americans and 107,500 South Vietnamese died in that period), he forcefully defends his punishing prelude to withdrawal. He shows justifiable pride in his overtures to Peking and demonstrates a clarity about SALT that is pertinent to the impending new U.S.-U.S.S.R. negotiations in Geneva...