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...considering the collapse of Ralph Reed's political dreams, it's tempting to conjure up biblical parables about Jesus instructing his followers in humility by suggesting they go "sit in the lowest place"--or of pride going before a fall. Reed was the preternaturally boyish spear carrier for the religious right, the brash Evangelical who transformed the Christian Coalition into a populist power center, then helped usher Republicans into control of Congress and George W. Bush into the presidency. The next step was launching his own political career in his native Georgia: Reed would be elected Lieutenant Governor this November...
...States.Macho as he was with his gun, Carlos started making fun of Don Ruben for the job he was doing, comparing him to a little kid with his hammer, which gave everyone a good laugh. Don Amadeus had a particularly raucous laugh. And since Don Ruben’s pride as the oldest brother was threatened, he said, “I should hire an Indian to do it for me.” Despite the laughter that followed, the air became significantly tenser.In that short moment, pretty much ending the conversation, so many power dynamics and varying life paths...
...billion people, many profiting from a reformed economy, India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption It was with great pride that I read the cover stories about the boom time in India [July 3], a country in which the ancient and the modern coexist. On a recent visit to India, I observed that downtown Bombay appears to have stood still in time, while changes are more apparent in the city...
...Zidane was banned for two games after stomping on Saudi Arabia's Fuad Amin, whom people close to Zidane said had leveled a racial slur against the player. Zidane was also forced to defend his Algerian identity - and pride in Algeria's fight against the French - in response to charges, first leveled by a Le Pen flunky but echoed during a torrid Algeria-France match, that Zidane's father had been a harki, the term loosely translated as collaborator and used to describe Algerians who had fought for France in the colonial...
...surprisingly, for many of the same ghetto residents he calls "my people," Zidane's head-butt of Marco Materazzi was a source of pride rather than shame. Kids on the streets of France's banlieue told reporters that defending his honor was more important than the World Cup. Indeed, Zidane's mother may have been speaking for more than just her family when she told a British newspaper, "Our whole family is deeply saddened that Zinedine's career should end with a red card but at least he has his honor. Some things are bigger than football...