Word: prided
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...greater cause than himself (the sole exception is 1972's Fist of Fury, in which he battled the cocksure Japanese). Jackie Chan made the action-comedy subgenre his own, reducing martial arts to a form of slapstick. Li, however, has most often played the sober upholder of national pride...
Winds of change are blasting. First, Kofi Annan became the first African Secretary-General of the United Nations, and now Obama is the first African-American President of the United States. My pride is not because these men are African like me, it's because mankind now sees the folly of racism, and people are judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Stories like Obama's make people see the greatness of America. America's greatness is not projected when she attacks pariah states which do not threaten...
...hard bargaining on the SOFA deal, in which he forced Washington to make a number of key concessions on issues ranging from a firm deadline for withdrawing from Iraq to restrictions on the operations of U.S. troops currently in Iraq, might have been taken as a point of pride among Iraqi nationalists. Instead, at least among the political class, it merely reinforced a perception that Maliki is a new strongman who does things his own way, without consultation. "He could have been more diplomatic with handling this treaty," said Abdel-Bari al-Zebari, the Kurdish lawmaker. "He didn't reach...
Clapping in unison as they slowly walked into Blodgett Pool, the members of the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team entered with both the pride and pressure of being the only remaining undefeated team in the Ivy League. The question was whether the Crimson (3-0, 3-0 Ivy) would be able to retain that title. No. 25 Harvard’s performance against Columbia (1-2, 1-2) signaled to fans and opponents alike that the team deserves the No. 1 position in the Ancient Eight. The Crimson won 13 out of 16 events and doubled...
...over Holy Cross last Thursday was sorely lacking. When the Crimson wasn’t watching Marist connect on relatively easy shots, it was fouling—the team finished with 21 personal fouls to the Red Foxes’ 12.“There was a lack of pride, emotion and fight,” Delaney-Smith said. “We’re not smart—we foul.”“It’s definitely a mental thing,” Markley added. “We had a close game...