Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...system is geared to winning Olympic medals. In East Germany, which had been touted to win as many as eight golds in women's track-and-field events alone this summer, the production of world-class athletes by rigorous government-sponsored training programs is a source not just of pride but of something close to national identity...
Reagan's advisers are confident not only that Moscow's ploy will fail and the President will be reelected, but that once the Soviets are faced with the reality of another four years of this Administration, they will swallow their pride, along with their words, and get back to the business of trade, diplomacy and arms control...
...would think that the governments of the world might show more pride in their capabilities not to let so simple a problem get out of hand. Here, after all, is the entire challenge: as heads of state and their armies go about their customary business of covert operations, assassinations or gas attacks, a group of young people in shorts would like to show how long they can jump, how far they can toss a hammer, how accurately they can shoot a ball into a basket. Can the mighty nations conspire to let them have their way? Is the technology there...
...immune to sensitivity." Agreed Angier Biddle Duke, a Democrat who had served as Ambassador to El Salvador in 1952-53: "The U.S. spent chicken feed here, and in return for that investment we have seen El Salvador take a quantum leap forward in its democratic process. Americans can take pride in helping El Salvador take its place among the democratic nations of the world." Upon their return to the U.S., the official observers issued a joint statement calling the election an "overwhelming repudiation" of the guerrillas...
...source of pride that universities have, over time, played a significant role in the development and dissemination of ideas...