Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...warned, continuing Israeli refusals to compromise show that "the renewed messianic dream, the power of the army, and the deep nationalistic pride lead people to believe they own the place...
Harvard takes pride in requiring students to choose a certain course and stick to it. Clearly, few students could ever experience all the activities and courses that appeal to them in their short stay at Harvard. Much can be said in favor of this idea of forcing students to find priorities and make tough choices...
...friends here thought I was on the lam when I showed up." Others thought Quan could not possibly have anything to offer. "The Chinese have an incredible superiority complex," he says. "They're backward as hell, but they still believe the world revolves around China. They take great pride in their civilization simply because it is old. It is almost impossible to teach them anything. You have to do what I have done. You show by example, and they pick it up as if they were the ones who had the idea all along. You can't even get them...
...public liked it. When Berlin died last week at 101, he was the nation's most beloved songwriter, a Russian Jewish immigrant born Israel Baline, who rose from Cherry Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side to pride of place on Tin Pan Alley. Berlin's song is ended. But each time someone gazes up at blue skies, or wonders how deep is the ocean, or says it with music, his melodies linger...
...confession would be a relatively painless gesture for the USSR and a matter of national pride for the Poles...