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...car’s engine. But American universities aren’t rusty. They are in a good shape and they will, almost certainly, continue to shine. The tremendous success of higher education in this country has lasted so long partly because of a mixture of charity, pride, and personal freedom, elements that must be preserved in order to maintain quality. The inseparable part of quality, however, is money...
...stadium crowds are predominantly white? The average black South African doesn't particularly like rugby, while the average white South African has enough rugby mania in his blood to stop a charging elephant. This is not a sinister throwback to the "Afrikaner Broederbond." We as a country glow with pride when our players, black or white, do us proud on the sports field. Paul de Villiers, PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...such civic-wide obsession began to wane as television crept in during the 1980s and Indians were exposed to the wider, far superior world of sports. "The knowledge seeped in that we weren't very good," says Bhimani. The militant sense of east-west ethnic pride faded with the partition generation and today support for the two clubs has to do less with regional identity and more with plain club loyalty. Imported Brazilian and Nigerian players now star for both sides and routinely swap teams. The bulk of the upper and middle classes who once passionately cared about Kolkata football...
...thing is always just about pride,” Murphy said. “Whether you’re playing in front of 20,000 at home in the first night game or you’re playing on the road...it’s always about pride...
Credit Colin Firth and his toned torso emerging from a fountain in the BBC adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” for ushering in an era of Jane Austen fervor. Nearly 10 years after most women with a pulse realized Mark Darcy is the most eligible bachelor in fictional history comes “The Jane Austen Book Club,” a film adaptation of the popular novel by Karen Joy Fowler. The premise of “Book Club” is refreshingly intelligent. It is a step above standard romantic dramedy fare that...