Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Spring of Panic already seems like ancient history to Harvard professors and administrators. With obvious relief, they downplay the memory of the Reagan administration's initial attack on the federal budget for higher education and point with pride to the programs Congress salvaged over the summer. But new problems have surfaced in recent weeks: slumping financial markets and upward revisions of federal deficit predictions have prompted the administration to propose $10 billion to $15 billion in additional budget cuts, some in the military and some in departments that support universities. "It's always possible we could be getting some more...
...square and its passion for politics; he was reared in the very similar town of Danville, Ill., seat of the legendary Speaker of the House Joe Cannon. Says Boyce: "Politics aside, I could understand why those who knew Helms as a youth still speak of him with a pride that is only a touch vicarious. Conservatism is deeply rooted in towns like Monroe. For Helms to be other than he is would be to renounce his heritage...
...visited my home town of Baltimore a couple of months ago and was amazed at the rejuvenation of the downtown area and the pride among Baltimoreans. I thought the plane must have dropped me off at the wrong city...
...result of its limitations, the Gazette can get tedious, and Lord is the first to admit it. She still giggles over a Lampoon parody of her paper: "page after page, a boring list of names--'The Gazette Announces...'it was excellent." Yet she expresses a good deal of pride in the publication as well: "We view ourselves as a very proper, mellifluous Bostonian: sensationalism is not our thing." The perfect University PR people are "writers who love Harvard, who love the written word, and love to do features," she says. Under Lord's direction, the Gazette has spruced...
Bill, an affable but serious businessman, says this with a smile and a slight West River twang. He brims with pride over his family's $4.5 million enterprise...