Word: priding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second. A community based on love--although sometimes pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, covetousness and sloth make a cameo or seven...
...embassy, the President paused to offer his "regrets and profound condolences" but neglected to apologize. This was an insensitive lapse for the Chinese, who have rankled for decades because of Japanese politicians stretching syntax to avoid apologizing for their country's wartime aggression. With their prickly sense of national pride, the Chinese are quick to react to any perceived slight...
...entire life savings--$8--into an account to help collect food and supplies for Kosovo's refugees. In return, Bejadini was given a pistachio-colored receipt with no inscription of the collector's name or the purpose of the donation. The voucher--now neatly folded in four--holds pride of place in Bejadini's empty wallet, next to the picture of his wife...
Listening to my friends' unbelievable workloads has made me realize that I don't have too much to do, a rare occurrence in my college career. At a school where people definitely pride themselves on how busy they are--in terms of hours worked, pages written, tests to study for and time spent in club meetings--I'm feeling a little relaxed. During reading period, that seems to be an abnormal thing. Why don't I have work to do? Is there something wrong with...
...spectacular shot, the one everybody talks about, but I take my greatest pride in having won the U.S. and British Opens in the same year, 1932," Sarazen once said...