Word: prided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what misimpressions of history a docudrama may also leave, the furor in Atlanta should provide an impetus for overdue self-restraint. In a thoughtful, democratic society, nothing is more sacred and vital than the ability to agree on, and face, the facts, whatever they may be. For networks that pride themselves on their journalism to play fast and loose with facts, whatever the intentions, is deplorable. For the public, a little false knowledge can be a dangerous thing...
...women; when asked about it he le laurels, surprised. "I don't know--'Lucy,' it sounds cuckoo. I use it to embarrass them a little bit, I guess, so they won't do whatever they're doing again." His co-worker John says, "I think Ralph really takes pride in his nickname...
Tommy dismisses questions about unnecessary insults and mythic intimations with a wave of his hand. "We run a clean place," he says. The man who used to own "Honest Tom's" used car dealership takes great pride in his restaurant, and chooses his words carefully when he explain the reasoning "Tommy's code...
Weinberger's determination was honed early. A bookish San Francisco public- school student, he won a scholarship to Harvard. As president of the Crimson in his senior year, an honor he still mentions with pride, he wrote conservative-minded editorials that infuriated many of his New Deal colleagues. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1941, Weinberger enlisted in the Army and met his wife Jane, then a nurse, aboard the troopship that carried him to the Pacific theater in 1942. He saw action in New Guinea and ended the war as a captain on the staff of General Douglas...
Their hard work pays off, though, because good writing is essential to the guidebooks, said Turvey. She added. "We pride ourselves on the writing in our books...