Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Liaisons Dangereuses, a glittering epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos set on the eve of revolution in 18th century France, the only thing more dangerous than a seducer's assailing a person of virtue is the seducer's somehow falling in love: the conflict between the rakehell's manipulative pride and his newly vulnerable passion ignites everything in its path, leaving him and his partners burned-out husks, dead or wishing they were. A novel of letters is not easily transmuted into a cinematic montage of stage action. Yet Les Liaisons has been adapted into an equally brilliant and witty...
Amid all the hand wringing about the huge U.S. trade deficit, Americans have at least been able to point with pride to their jet builders. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas won more than 65% of world orders for commercial passenger planes last year. But that dominant position grows more precarious by the day. Europe's Airbus Industrie, which once seemed like a tiny speck on the horizon, is closing fast with hot new planes and cut-rate prices. Subsidized by European governments and charged by its rivals with making underhanded deals to win sales, Airbus has brought fiercer competition...
...Harvard students, and everyone respects them for their achievements in both areas. There is no reason to think that "Radcliffe," in any area, represents anything less than "Excellence," or, for that matter, "Harvard," This statement does no spring from any wild sentiment of radical feminism, but from one of pride. Karen Weltchek...
...Harvard is handling allegations of discrimination against Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III should fill no one with pride. President Bok's denial last week of allegations that Epps' race was a factor in the University's search for a dean of the College two years ago has not satisfied those who want the affair investigated. And there can be little question that, in the absence of an inquiry, concern about the appointment is likely to grow more rapidly than knowledge of what actually happened once an account of the appointment is published this summer...
...soon was laying down tracks at a cool 90 mph. Like many things in Russia, the weather here is designed for one purpose only: to ward off potential invaders. But with the wind in my hair the heat was quite pleasant, and I felt a quiet sense of pride at the American's ability to improvise lanes of traffic...