Word: prided
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...cultural profile would be just another interesting national crotchet - like Italy's low birthrate, or Russia's fondness for vodka - if France weren't France. This is a country where promoting cultural influence has been national policy for centuries, where controversial philosophers and showy new museums are symbols of pride and patriotism. Moreover, France has led the charge for a "cultural exception" that would allow governments to keep out foreign entertainment products while subsidizing their own. French officials, who believe such protectionism is essential for saving cultural diversity from the Hollywood juggernaut, once condemned Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park...
...need not expound upon the wonders of international experience for a student’s personal development. It widens perspective, displaces bigotry, and uproots hypocrisy. It is a noble endeavor in the ongoing quest for human understanding and we, the educated, pride ourselves upon it. However, for all the gallantry of our aspirations, it is important to consider not just the benefits, but also the conflicts that such efforts may bring. Beneath the cloak of academic humility lies a specter of cultural imperialism—one that is often difficult to reconcile with the goal of cultural exchange...
...themselves as partaking in a grand tradition. We all enter the ivy gates interested primarily in those lofty heights to which our diplomas will propel us. And individual tastes and whims—whether academic, extracurricular, or social—are given priority. Harvard school spirit and pride get only what remains, which typically amounts to one weekend in November, spent mostly in a beer-induced haze...
...short, Yale was left dejected, demoralized, and dismantled. As ten thousand men of Harvard rushed the field, the few remaining Yalies stood clutching to their pathetic college flags, the only banners without a “Y”—and all that could give them pride...
...referred to his military experience and his legislative experience, and asserted that he can be a President who does not rely on "briefing books and power points." He did not go to Washington to be named "Mr. Congeniality," he said at the speech's closing, and he took pride in having made special interests, defense contractors and the Pentagon "angry...But I love America. I love her enough to make some people angry...