Word: priding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...triumphal appearance in which she proved she could sever a bull's ear with the best of them. Since then, however, Sanchez says her male counterparts have effectively blackballed her from choice venues. "The bullfighting world is made by and for men," she said, "but I still have the pride that I've made history." And she'll have the severed ears to prove...
...Certainly all this is a rank humiliation. But it is surely a single-edged sword. OK, so the U.S. lost -- pride, secrets, self-confidence -- but there's little logic to the notion that China somehow won. Remember, these are nukes, not stealth bombers, or fighter jets, or even tanks. If this is the second Cold War, it started a long time...
...might be to remind U.S. weaponry hawks that very little of the feverish work that goes on in Los Alamos these days is actually improving America's ability to win a war. "I liken it to teenagers working on their cars," says Thompson. "It's a matter of pride to have a better, faster car with a souped-up engine that puts all your friends' to shame. But you can still get to the 7-11 in a Pacer." The U.S., you'll recall, already went to the 7-11 -- 54 years ago. How could it matter whether Beijing...
...having a bad PMI day." Steve Harris, Chrysler's former communications chief who defected to General Motors in February, says the Germans played literally by the book--theirs. "You'd go into a meeting and have to turn to Volume 7, Section 42, page 597," he recalls. "The Germans pride themselves on analytical research that produces a plan, while the American way is to try for the impossible and keep coming up with new ideas to make it happen...
...included stories of heroism and love that honored the young people involved. Through her writing, the impossible was achieved--I was able to feel hope instead of anger and hatred toward the murderers. Instead of obsessing and debating about the evil that has infected America, I began to feel pride in the youths who stood up for one another, for their teacher and for God. KAREN ERICKSON Albuquerque...