Word: priding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doesn't really matter what we'd be competing in. So long as we have something physical onto which we can stake our pride and genuinely believe we are in danger of losing it, students will come out in droves. It could be football, hockey or badminton. Or even a different sport every year...
...Whenever my kids go out to the suburbs, they take pride...in being tough city kids," she adds. "They feel like private schools have a snob-ism they don't want any part...
...This club is reknowned for its world famous hand soap and fabulous moisturizers. When asked about their club, AD members blush and, sinfully munching on a slice of poundcake, comment, "Well, we do pride ourselves on our scented, perfumed, delicately artistic hands." The AD look tends towards the funkiest of vintage clothing, and club enthusiasm keeps the pillows always well fluffed...
...Last time we played on this field, two years ago, they upset us," said midfielder Julia Blain. "We had a huge win streak going in to the game, and they upset us. It was all about revenge, a little bit of pride...
...paper suggests that today's graffiti is a return to the purest form of artistic expression--sketches and scribbles on cave walls. Oppenheim's paper quotes a graffiti artist who claims that "the art on the streets are the real life galleries." The most basic expression of anger and pride may well come from the streets, but can the rest of us understand them? The paper also quotes ethnologist Robert Colombo as saying, "After reading kilometers of walls one realizes that, whatever its meaning, here is what it means to be human." Can we look past the broken laws...