Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...imaginative, aggressive campaign to convince litterbugs that it is anti-Texan to trash. Aimed at "deliberate" litterers, 18-to-34-year-old men who are unmoved by threats or appeals to civic duty, the "Don't Mess" theme has struck a chord with Texans' sense of defiant pride during tough times. Celebrities such as Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds rock group have appeared in radio and TV spots, and the slogan is being proclaimed on bumper stickers, T shirts and even beer-can holders. Best of all, the campaign works: a research-agency survey found that after...
...think the kids are aware of it, and that's okay. It's a pride thing...but I'm not concerned with it," he added...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND LIVE/1975-85 (Columbia). A personal history and a summing up, this record shows that the Boss, better than anyone, knows both the grim secrets of America and the taproots of its pride...
...masses went into the streets to back her in a demonstration of People Power. Once she was in office, the neophyte yet again confounded expectations with unanticipated toughness and political skill. In the process of both the revolution and her first year in office, she has restored the pride of her people and has become a hero for women around the world. Nonetheless, in ruling her troubled country, she still faces a myriad of problems, including a weak economy, restless armed forces and a Communist insurgency...
Whatever else happens in her rule, Aquino has already given her country a bright, and inviolate, memory. More important, she has also resuscitated its sense of identity and pride. In the Philippines those luxuries are especially precious. Almost alone among the countries of Asia, it has never been steadied by an ancient culture; its sense of itself, and its potential, was further worn away by nearly four centuries of Spanish and American colonialism. The absence of a spirit of national unity has also made democracy elusive. Even Jose Rizal, a political reformer shot by the Spanish and a national hero...