Word: proudly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reporters. "Ceasefire? We Nigerians have really big hearts, but the peace talks have nothing to do with our military operations. This operation will continue until Ojukwu has renounced all ideas of secession." To the Nigerians, of course, the highest principle is at stake: the territorial integrity of their once proud nation, Africa's most populous. Unfortunately, Nigeria is only partly a nation; it is, in fact, an arbitrary conglomeration of hostile tribes. The Ibos are motivated by a principle, too: self-preservation. As the Oxford-educated Ojukwu told his people after the fall of Port Harcourt: "We shall...
...last, in bright decorum going by With the bloom on them, and the heads held high, In all their delicate, fastidious, proud Grace and perfection stepping past the crowd...
...interior line will be another gap in the Crimson ranks next year. The loss of All-Ivy guard Al Bersin, guard Stan Grenidge, and tackles Bob Brooks and Joe DeBettencourt opens serious wounds in proud Crimson lines--both offense and defense. Tackle Steve Zebal is the only returning lineman on defense...
THEIR explanation does Herbert Marcuse proud. The purpose of the demonstrating minority was not to assert their own will over the majority's opinion, but rather to change the majority's "consciousness" so they would agree with the minority's view. The demonstrators' conception of the university is similar to their radical critique of American society: they claim that both are directed in the interests of a powerful economic-political coalition. Through increasingly subtle methods of acculturation, the powerful interest group has asserted its own will on the majority. The majority have been manipulated to misconstrue their own interest...
...This is a proud moment," the President said at the inauguration. He would not go so far as to say he felt like a proud father (Lady Bird had said "that would be boastful"), or grandfather ("some people think I already talk too much about my grandson"). Instead he billed himself as "a proud uncle." Explained L.B.J.: "You all know how an uncle is. He doesn't visit often, but he likes relations to do well. I won't be remembered as a patron of the arts, but I should be delighted to be known as an uncle...