Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great many people suspected that the document was not entirely authentic; but, on the other hand, a great many wiseacres, particularly in England, welcomed it as a spirited contemporary portrait of our delightfully lewd ancestors. It is now time for all those who suspected a take to be gently proud of their perspicuity and for those who were taken in to admire the delicacy and completeness of the art that could deceive them...
Occasionally some incident brings to the "average citizen" a tremor of fear as he considers for a moment that one of those sacred rights which have in his conversation convinced him that he has reason to be proud of himself and of his country is completely a thing of the past. Such an incident is that of the executive order recently issued by President Coolidge and even more recently backed by Mr. Sargent. Here he has proof positive that one more established prerogative of his particular little self has departed. For the iron hand of authority in his "free country...
...trial proceeded a big-boned, fiercely-bearded, swarthy prisoner was brought forward. Though he had the air of a proud and unrepentant brigand, he had been, up to the very moment of his arrest, the respected Dr. Nardossy, Chief of Police of Budapest. He pleaded "Guilty!" in a booming voice...
...this is the "indifference" that Harvard is so proud of, then I, for one, have had enough of it. I have decided that whatever college my son goes to, it will not be Harvard. Many other graduates I know are of the same opinion. G. O. Carpenter...
...will doubtless receive numerous corrections of this mistake, for we of northern California are proud of its many natural advantages, including that quality of soil and climate which made possible the many experiments of Luther Burbank...