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...word - spirit. His record at Marshall was not great (9-31), but in his first year he did manage to win his first home game against a bigger, stronger opponent. More important, with his indefatigable can-do spirit, he and his outgunned team restored something better than pride to a terribly damaged community; they restored it to normalcy, to winning some and losing some, to just hanging in there the way we all have...
...It’s wicked important to [to play well against Northeastern],” Hallion said. “That’s about pride. We didn’t get it when we played BU, so that would be a big thing for pride and confidence...
...regimented ranks of dolls and bears have been scattered among the rows of full-length, small-person-accessible glass cabinets, now themed with titles such as Imaginary Play and Classic Fantasy. Pride of place still goes to such rare items as the Dutch-made Princess Daisy doll (1890), and the two exquisitely detailed tabletop layouts of Chinese rock gardens once owned by the Empress Josephine (1780), which, apart from being handcarved in wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl, look like giant Polly Pocket sets...
...Building Cambodia: 'New Khmer Architecture' 1953-1970 Helen Grant Ross and Darryl Leon Collins Everyone has heard of Angkor Wat, but very few are aware of that other great flowering of Khmer architectural genius-namely, the New Khmer Architecture that emerged in Phnom Penh amid the heady national pride that followed Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. Building Cambodia documents the tragically short-lived style that resulted in a spate of striking buildings until its demise amid civil war and genocide not two decades later. Taking seven years of research to complete, and packed with rare photographs and illustrations...
...Bangladesh, a young nation better known for its poverty, political violence and natural disasters, Yunus' Nobel award is a matter of national pride. Within minutes of the announcement, thousands gathered outside Yunus' house and Grameen's headquarters in the capital Dhaka. "No one came to us, no one asked us how we do things, no one was interested for years," says Mohamed Ansaruzzaman, head of Grameen's International Program Department. "Now they all want to see what we do-journalists, NGO workers, diplomats." Weeks on, posters of Yunus still dot Dhaka. Reads one big banner, outside a suburban pizzeria: PROFESSOR...