Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...endeavor where egos regularly outpace dedication, Hubert Humphrey [Jan. 23] seems never to have forgotten the people; he never abandoned his dedication to their needs; he never lost faith with the dream of what America might be. In my lifetime, a handful of political leaders have made me proud to be an American. Hubert H. Humphrey alone among them made me proud to be a human being...
...having fun. And there was something more, too: what was rarest about Steve's--precious, even, to the workers--was the sense, allowed to us, that the store was partly our own. We helped decide how Steve's would evolve, and we therefore became intensely attached to the place--proud of it, and willing to worry over the hundred little decisions that keep coming up as you try to sustain a little working community that is good...
...understand. You were willing to forego our ice cream for a cause. Together, you and we tried to hold the new owner to the assurances which got him the store: that he would respect the peculiarly democratic form of the place. We're grateful to you, and we're proud that we struggled, picketing 14 chilly weeks, before conceding that the old Steve's was gone for good. It was worth fighting...
...Teddy Roosevelt would have been proud of us," one sophomore said...
...When a cow in Blanton's charge is gang-raped by three bulls from a neighboring ranch, Henry and his boys fall on them with castrating knives. But when Blanton's boss breaks a promise that could lead to a measure of financial independence, Henry submits in proud silence...