Word: proudly
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...freedom. In the more than three years since his release, he has remained true to that vision, preaching reconciliation where others advocated revenge, advocating compromise where others preached intransigence. Although he never fails to emphasize that he is part of a collective leadership, Nelson Mandela in his proud, insistent, fatherly way has shaped history even as it shaped him. For the moment, however, it does not matter much who is the driver and who the passenger, for these two leaders have been bound together by historical circumstances. The Afrikaner incrementalist and the African radical are locked in a symbiotic relationship...
...become, perhaps he will use it for the best purpose it can serve: a goad to bring about the first genuine reversal in the nuclear arms race since it began 40 years ago. That would be a historic legacy of which Ronald Reagan--and his countrymen--could be proud...
Kylie talks with an unblinking confidence about a promise that she says is spiritual, mental and physical. "It's something I'm very proud of. I plan to keep pure until marriage. It's a promise I made to myself--not pressure from my parents," she says. She speaks plainly about what she wants in her life, what she thinks she has the power to control and what she doesn't. "I'm very much at peace about this," she says, and looks out across the twirling room. "I don't feel like I need to seek...
Beijing today is a vibrant, increasingly confident metropolis of nearly 20 million, the proud leader of a national social and cultural transformation that is developing hand in hand with China's amazing economic boom. In culture, the blossoming encompasses performance art, painting, sculpting, rock 'n' roll, experimental music, film, poetry and literature. Commercially, where once it conceded all to Shanghai, China's longtime economic powerhouse, Beijing is now at the forefront of a wave of entrepreneurship in telecoms, media, software and the Web. Socially too, Beijing is on fire, with new clubs, bars and restaurants opening every day. The city...
...flattering. My nascent beard and reedy mustache refused to link, as if both feared whatever small parasites the other scraggly patch might have harbored. But when I woke up on my birthday and looked in the mirror, my bleary, hungover visage had hair on it. I was damn proud...