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...right to limit the sacrifices of their countrymen. And while bankers have been relieved that no other South American country has yet adopted Peru's guideline, several have followed García's lead by stiffening their resolve not to let their debt problems further damage either their national pride or their fragile domestic economies...
Government ministers fanned out across Spain and gave warning of dire consequences if the people voted no. Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez appealed to Spanish pride by saying that Spain would have to pull out of the European Community, which it had just joined on Jan. 1, or be a "second-rate" partner. Another official hinted that Barcelona would lose its bid for the 1992 Olympics and that plans for a World's Fair in Seville would be scuttled. González, in a last, powerful address that mentioned the Atlantic Alliance only twice and peace 40 times...
That was precisely the purpose, according to Texas Education Commissioner W.N. Kirby. "There never was a question about 95% of the teachers anyway," he said. "The concern was over a very small percentage who didn't have the skills." Kirby expressed pride in the teachers who took the test: "I don't think there is another state in the union that could have pulled this...
...very least, the article created consternation on our campus at a time when our immense pride in the team is recovering from the pain of defeat. William L. Green Vice President for University Relations Duke University Durham, N.C. Jackson's PUSH...
...Plainclothes and uniformed guards managed to grab a few of them, sending several sprawling. But many, perhaps most, raced past astonished ticket takers and ran upstairs to the balcony, where they crouched in the aisles and stood shoulder to shoulder against the walls. In a country that takes special pride in preserving public order, romantic exuberance rarely overwhelms regimentation so publicly. It was fitting for the occasion...