Word: proudest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work for universal peace, isn't it a task worthy of the greatest souls and the proudest courages ? Rome of the Caesars attempted it when she was queen of the universe. May Europe of today accomplish...
...Department scorn of the airplane, developed in America; of the submarine, invented here and used everywhere else; of the machine-gun and and any number of instruments, contrived by American ingenuity and abandoned to other nations for development and exploitation. It seems incredible that a country whose proudest boast is its superior business sense should permit its government to indulge in such-eminently unbusinesslike caprices...
...long line of distinguished private citizens is one of this country's proudest boasts and one of its chief claims to the gratitude of the world. But too often the country for which these men have worked has been niggardly in its recognition and acclaim. As a general rule it has been necessary for a great man to step into the political limelight before receiving his due. Of late, partly as a result of increased publicity offered by the Press, partly, perhaps, as the result of a growing sensitiveness among the people, the value to the nation of the services...
...nomination Mr. Pointer exclaimed: "It will be the proudest moment of my life if I am nominated by this convention. ... I received assurances only last Saturday that Lowden [ex-Governor of Illinois] will be square behind me if I am nominated...
...brave the storm of world opinion will surely come to grief. Condemnation at the hands of all mankind is what made Germany sick at heart; it is what will bring France to terms; and it will have its influence on Japan. Universal censure is sufficient to quell the proudest nation, and Japan will soon vacate Siberia and conform to world opinion...