Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bloomingdale's takes pride in introducing chic fashions to trend-hungry New Yorkers, so it seemed perfectly appropriate that the department store was the first in town to sell the latest product of perestroika: imported Soviet rye bread, hot off the flight from Moscow. Bloomingdale's last week was selling the two-pound loaves (price: $6) at the rate of 30 an hour...
...world, America has lost some of its radiant pride of place. Japan has risen. Europe is organizing itself into a new collective power. The Soviet Union is struggling to escape the dustbin of history. Gorbachev, a magician of much elan, attempts to rescind the hoax of Communism without denouncing its idea. It is fascinating to watch a smart man trying to defend a premise that is beneath his intelligence...
Every time I wear the jacket, I think about the illustrious history of the squash program. I think about the comments both players and coaches made that night. But most of all, I wear the jacket with pride...
...grandparents can partake only vicariously in this newfound diversity. They worked hard to ensure that this current pool of talented and diverse students would be available; this was their contribution to Harvard. Asking them to donate money would be an attempt to profit from their pride in their offspring...
...restless, moved to New York City and started collecting his own companies. Beginning with a chain of jewelry stores, he added MacAndrews & Forbes, a producer of licorice extract, in 1979. Then, with the help of financing provided by Drexel Burnham Lambert's junk-bond whiz Michael Milken, came Pantry Pride, a grocery chain. In 1985 Revlon was added to his list...