Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reading the article about U.S. households without television [Nov. 8] reminded me of my ninth-grade English class. The teacher, who was loud in her disapproval of television and proud that she did not own one, gave my class the assignment of writing an original short story. The world of literature was not shaken by the results. However, a handful of ingenious students, well aware of the fact that Miss Y. did not watch television, proceeded to paraphrase recent Alfred Hitchcock programs. Needless to say, they received A's and flowery praises for their original ideas, organized plots...
Time was when Frank Sinatra, 52, figured he owned Los Angeles. And he was proud of his possession. No more. "I've had it with Los Angeles and Hollywood," Frank announced. "The smog is so bad I had to visit my doctor once a week because my nose and throat are affected by it. I don't like the city government or the way things are run. The whole city needs cleaning up." So Frank is clearing out. "I haven't got too many years of singing left and I have to take care of myself." That...
After the Brown contest, Coach Bruce Munro said that he "was really proud of our kids. Even when it got ridiculous in the fourth quarter because some of the starters were at half speed, they never gave...
...Jacqueline Kennedy! A name with poetry in it. Grace and greatness, culture, courage, beauty, bravery, femininity and family. We were proud of you, Jackie. We sorrowed with you, we wrote letters to you, we boasted about you. Every Indian home was your home. Now, for a handful of silver you left us. Why did you let us down? The tears are blinding...
...Komsomol boasts a proud heritage. In 1918, when Russia's civil war was at its height, the fledgling youth movement gave the Bolshevik cause some of its most dedicated fighters. Their role earned them Lenin's encomium as the "shock forces" of the revolution. There were 22,000 members then, people drawn from schools, factories and farms. They considered themselves "an active, creative force in society, the party's helper and its reserve, a school of Communism for youth...