Word: prided
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...together, each can become even more himself. Bush knows his limitations but does not feel compelled to overcome them, learn what he doesn't know or master what he knows only superficially; Cheney is the consummate student, a voracious reader who absorbs information, masters the details and takes quiet pride in his expertise. "Dick lets George be the external political outside guy, the schmoozer, the talker," says a friend who has known both men long enough to use first names. "And George lets Dick run the machine. George would be bored by process. He understands it. He manipulates...
...bells to be symbolic of a tradition that was rudely interrupted by Soviet oppression. It is arrogant and disgraceful for us to throw some food at “starving Siberian children” and tell them to be satisfied while we meaninglessly imprison a symbol of their pride and heritage...
...would like to address the one point of Holoch’s article I do agree with: “Being a student athlete is a privilege, not a right.” It is an honor to use your ability and hard work to represent your school with pride. That honor was stripped from the Dartmouth men and women. And while budgetary concerns caused the elimination of the programs, it is the stubborness of the administration that is preventing its reinstatement...
...than the size of my walk-through was the sound of the atonal Lowell bells on Sunday afternoons, rudely awakening those around them. Those of us who, unlike the authors of last week’s editorial, have not had our judgement (and sense of tonality) clouded by House pride are not so easily persuaded to love such intrusive clanging on our day of rest. The fact that the authors’ argument started out on a solid, economic base and then moved on to a childish rebuttal on whether or not we actually can fly to Mars is proof...
...Given these advances, it's a pity that Lott, like the Rebel flag, just won't come down from their Confederate pride poles and join the New Mississippi. The great irony is that Lott's Republican colleague in the Senate, Thad Cochran, is seen in the state as a moderate leader sensitive to the plight of the poor, a man with no tolerance for racist code-language, bigoted euphemisms and Jefferson Davis homages. He is a Bush Republican, a true compassionate conservative...