Word: prided
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...involved Galbraith became. In August, 1995, Galbraith defended the Serbs against the Croatian government, earning the name "tractor diplomat," a title that he brandishes with pride...
...great peace makers in Croatia," John Galbraith says. "We [his family] shared pride in what he had done. So far as I was informed, I certainly agreed with what he was doing...
Harvard had a long tradition of strong studentactivities by mid-century, a fact which studentsnoted with pride...
...still--in, for example, a scene that reunites Truman with his long-absent father--the film reaches an improbable emotional intensity. The two men hug; the folks in a bar cheer; Christof cues the swelling music and crinkles with paternal pride; and the grand fakery of it all works its sorcery on the heart. In one scene you get the truth in an actor's lie, the art in the oldest melodramatic tricks, the gotcha! of cinema's power to create a simpler, more beautiful world on screen. This is pure moviemaking, naked and irresistible...
Indian Muslims--more than 120 million strong--fear that the swelling of Hindu pride will increase sectarian tensions. The nuclear tests should not be an occasion for "jingoistic euphoria," warned the Hindu, a national daily. But since the B.J.P. has a long history of whipping up just such sentiments to improve its political standing, it seems inevitable that Vajpayee and company will try to ride India's new membership in the nuclear club all the way to a majority government...