Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have always been proud of the NAACP. I never rose above vice-president, I never became President of the Boston chapter of this great organization, but I've always been proud of my life membership in it and proud of what it has meant to black people and to white people who believe in the cause of equal justice in this country. I love the Urban League and I love all other organizations, but let us never forget that the real organization that has stood for equal justice for our people is the NAACP...
...nuns and priests hospitable-an opportunity he quickly seized. "I still speak Polish," Wierzynski says, "which was an enormous help in conducting interviews and getting around. It also helped me understand and share the emotion of the Poles as they talked about their-our-Pope. Poland is a stubbornly proud and patriotic country, and no greater recognition can come to this nation than to have one of its own made Bishop of Rome. More than once, I felt tears well up as people told of their joy but also of their sadness over the loss of a friend. Cardinal Wojtyla...
Across most of the non-Communist world, Wojtyla's election was warmly greeted, particularly in cities with large enclaves of Polish émigrés, like Chicago. Polish Americans were unabashedly proud. For the first time, the Atlanta Constitution's Clifford Baldowski signed one of his cartoons "Baldy Baldowski" instead of simply "Baldy": his drawing showed the new Pope writing a proclamation that said: "No more Polish jokes." Non-Poles, too, quickly identified with the "foreign" Pope as one of their own. "It is as if a Third World Cardinal had won," said Brazilian Paulo Cardinal Evaristo Arns. In Australia, where...
...Crimson, however, is not Keller-Sarmiento's favorite soccer team, as he proves blood to be thicker than water and remains loyal to Argentina's national team. "I was really proud when they won the World Cup," he said...
American heartland. Says Scaillet: "Ten or 15 years ago, American businessmen were so proud to have the dollar. If you talked about the possibility of a depreciating buck, they would laugh in your face. Now they are frequently more bearish on the dollar than the Europeans...