Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rockaways, where Charles A. Levine had been a popular figure long before the emergence of Hero Levine, the demonstration was more florid. Shiny motor cars, opulent furs, proud gesticulations, eager recognition surrounded every step of the native's return. Smiles and congratulations flowed freely everywhere, together with a babble of question about Hero Levine's business plans. His plans are, he said in his unbothered way, to fly from Europe to the U. S. some day and to promote aviation as best Charles A. Levine can. " I'm going to leave the talking to others," he said...
...Premier then distributed $100,000 in prizes for the best results in growing wheat. Farmers and humble peasants, abashed but proud, marched on to a raised platform and there were kissed on both cheeks by Il Duce amid the plaudits of the populace...
...State are guided by enlightened minds and the country, as a whole, has full faith in Premier Mussolini's energetic policy. He is willing to make great sacrifices for the good of Italy's economic position in the world. There is no false pride in saying that Italians are proud and gratified at the results which have been noted and praised by economists in all parts of the world...
...crimes with which he was accused. Extortion in particular he condemned as a "frivolous" act. "I would be ashamed to commit it!" said he. "Although I am the nephew of Gaetano Ferrarello, [another notorious bandit chief who killed himself in prison rather than face trial], I am proud to proclaim that I am an honest man and a perfect gentleman...
...exactly an enviable position in an ever increasing body of university and college members. And it is both his fault and not his deliberate goal. He has been accused and convicted of a colossal mannerism, which can best be described as a superiority complex. And be it said, that proud and vain glorious animal that he is, he has sometimes secretly reveled in the condemnation--a statement applicable almost exclusively to the undergraduate...