Word: priding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preventive measures--such as metal detectors--that were developed in the 1970s. Those worked well for the problem of that era--hijacking--but do little to combat the threats posed by plastique or suicide bombers. "Our security system is not a model that one would hold up with any pride," says Billie Vincent, who was head of FAA security from 1982 to 1986 and now runs a consulting firm...
...Beauty because I am frightened of expressing the full range of my repressed sexuality? Or have I come a long enough way ? from my mother, from 1960s-brand feminism, from female competitiveness ? that I am able to look myself in the eye, hold up Friday1s book with pride and embrace the power and joy of my own, and every other woman1s, beauty? Friday, author of the best sellers My Secret Garden and My Mother/My Self, has produced a thorough exploration of the meaning of beauty. This is no "guide for girls," according to Wasserstein, but rather a full...
...score across the board. Or Shannon Miller, who added her first gold to her five medals won in Barcelona. Or Jaycie Phillips, Amy Chow and Borden who rounded the gold medal team. "This was a team of ultimate individuals," Bela Karolyi said. "They have theirown egos, and their own pride, but they formed a powerful unit that was unbeatable tonight...
...arrived on the morning of Feb. 8, 1987. He was addressing his church congregation during the dedication of a sanctuary whose fund-raising committee he had chaired, and as he gazed out at the smiling faces of his friends, he experienced a rush of emotion at the pleasure and pride they all felt at the spirit of sacrifice that produced this noble moment. "Boy, that was a great feeling," he recalls telling his wife Martha later that day. "We gotta think of something else that will bring people together in that kind of joyous celebration...
...addition, this lifestyle of food scrutiny has brought with it some social ramifications. Even those who pride themselves on being indifferent to societal weight pressures are affected by the trend when they mingle with their fat-conscious friends. There is a wedge driven between the fat police and the criminals, the watchers and the fat-blind, the obsessed and the relaxed...