Word: priding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first phase was remarkable: using stones and strikes, Arab youths managed to befuddle the Israeli army and gain some national pride. But after 20 months of rebellion and bloodshed, Palestinians in the occupied territories are growing tired as they grimly realize that their heady sacrifices have yet to budge the Israelis. Although the intifadeh promises to smolder indefinitely, fewer and fewer Arabs are actively taking part in the violence. The worst outbursts of rage are now directed at other Palestinians, while weary residents are increasingly willing to defy the frequent strike orders that once commanded near total obedience...
...resort town of Vichy. But he insisted that the armistice be signed in Compiegne, just outside Paris, in the same railroad car where Marshal Foch had made the Germans sign the armistice in 1918, the site marked by a stone tablet placing blame for the war on "the criminal pride of the German empire." CBS correspondent William Shirer, who was standing nearby, reported that Hitler's face was "afire with scorn, anger, hate, revenge, triumph." Once the armistice was signed, Hitler had the stone blown up and the train shipped to Germany. (After World War II the French replaced...
...shifting. The spiritual leader of Hizballah, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, modified his tough position by calling on all parties to help end the ordeal of the hostages. Explained Martin Kramer, an expert in Shi'ite affairs at Tel Aviv University: "They want to regain their dignity and pride and then proceed to negotiate...
...Prime Minister's quandary was the stuff of high political drama: Would David Lange swallow his pride and give a Cabinet portfolio to his onetime friend turned archrival Roger Douglas, as his ruling Labour Party demanded? Lange's answer last week stunned the nation. "I intend to step down," said Lange, who cited his health as the reason for his resignation. But most political observers believe Lange quit rather than work with a man he had forced out of the Cabinet only last December for pushing economic reforms too far. Ironically, both will serve in the government...
...playwright, Hwang has his critics within the Asian-American community. Those on the left see him as having sold out to white ways. Those on the right criticize him for airing the dirty linen of the Asian subculture. He is particularly at odds with Asians who pride themselves on the reputation of being a "model minority," with low crime and high SAT scores. "To me," he says, "being stereotyped as superhuman is just another kind of dehumanization. What I love about America is its tradition, not so much of blurring distinctions or subsuming cultures as of different cultures coming...