Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after Saturday's rousing performance, the adjective "green" no longer applies to the Harvard defense--just as "enthusiastic" doesn't apply to a satisfied but proud Joe Restic...
...first night in France, Charles Lindbergh had to borrow a pair of the distinguished U.S. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick's pajamas. We Herricks are very proud to have those famous pajamas hanging on our family tree...
...proud Shah, as for his distressed people, it was a sorry week, yet one that had been a long time coming. For months the Shah's opposition had been growing more demonstrative, especially the Shi'ite mullahs and their followers. Three weeks ago, the militance took on a mad and sinister cast: terrorists set fire to a movie house in Abadan, killing 377 people. In an attempt to placate the religious conservatives, the Shah two weeks, earlier had installed Sharif-Emami as Premier, largely because he was respected by Iran's moderate Muslim clergy. Sharif-Emami closed gambling casinos...
...Just say the pageant is my golf game," explains Charles when asked why he does it. From Atlantic City, too, comes intriguing word about some of the other contestants. Miss Mississippi, Christine learns, was a twirler in her band at "Ole Miss" and a fraternity sweetheart, and is the proud owner of a poodle named Po-Co who is her jogging mate...
...five fearful and defiant days, the city of Matagalpa had stood proud: a rebellious stronghold against the mechanized might of Nicaragua's National Guard and its detested dictator, Anastasio Somoza. The sudden and apparently spontaneous uprising by the townspeople did not succeed in bringing down the regime. But the fact that it had occurred at all was symptomatic of the troubles facing Somoza's government. Following on the audacious capture the week before of Managua's National Palace, after which members of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front won the release of 59 political prisoners and received...