Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proud and somewhat willful lady, Indira Gandhi smarts under the allegation that she was picked as Prime Minister largely because the Congress Party's political pros reckoned that she would be easy to control. Yet she seemed to confirm that charge two weeks ago when she backed down on three Cabinet changes after running into strong protests from party bosses. Last week, as if to assert her independence, Mrs. Gandhi went right ahead and made some Cabinet changes anyhow...
...controlled Congress Party appointments. The other two-West Bengal Politico Atulya Ghosh and Transportation Minister Sanjiva Reddy-were also upset by Indira's sudden show of independence. If they are still angry about it after next February's national elections, they just might try to edge the proud lady Prime Minister quietly...
...proud presence of Safety Crusader Ralph Nader (Unsafe at Any Speed), who last week sued General Motors and its sleuths for $26 million in damages ("harassment and intimidation") resulting from the G.M.-sponsored investigation of his life last spring...
...unbridled id than any other people I have studied." As in his earlier experiments with total sociology -Five Families, The Children of Sánchez-Lewis lets his subjects tell their story into a tape recorder. In Sanchez, this approach produced something very much like poetry, as a fiercely proud, slum-dwelling Mexican family exposed their seams and their hearts to Lewis' patient, uncritical machine. In La Vida, the effect is suffocating and ugly...
Undeniable Claim. La Vida asserts this point with overwhelming strength. The Ríoses are trapped, trapped among other reasons by force of habit, even by inclination-"Hey, I'm proud to be poor!" says Simplicio-and once this occurs to the reader, he begins to lose interest in them. They are, to begin with, not very interesting people, unlike the Sánchezes, whose brotherhood to all humanity constituted a claim that no one could deny...