Word: proudly
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...these small road bumps, however, I have made some progress. You can often find me sporting Converse sneakers (laces self-tied), and if I were unfortunate enough to live in the Quad or have an athletic bone in my body, you can rest assured that I would be the proud owner of a two-wheel bike. I can stay afloat in a pool, and somehow I did learn to do a cartwheel. I even welcome my future of battling photocopy machines and printers with open arms (I make no promises regarding fax machines however—these remain a mystery...
...India is an increasingly important global power, one that I am proud to say was my parents' place of birth. The mutual respect that Americans and Indians have for one another should be encouraged and strengthened, especially through robust commerce. According to a 2006 survey by Pew Research Center, Indians remain among the most pro-American people in the world, with 71 percent of Indians holding a favorable view of the United States. But mutual admiration does not change the simple fact that the U.S. and India have different sets of interests. While these sometimes align with global interests...
Take political coverage, for instance. Candidates must take especial care when uttering anything in a public forum; the efficiency with which throwaway statements are enlarged, diagrammed, and deconstructed would do the academy proud. Barack Obama’s reference in front of an Iowa crowd last year to the rising price of arugula (as opposed, one imagines, to iceberg lettuce or a nice thick T-bone) was touted by many as proof of his elitist disconnect from middle America. The official comment that John McCain was “aware of the Internet” was neatly transfigured into...
...profit with maintaining one’s integrity.“I remember talking with my father about the intersection of making money and the preservation of your reputation,” Grossman said. “He taught me that it was possible not only to be proud of your bottom line but to also be proud of the name you made for yourself through a reputation in the business community for integrity.”That lesson stayed with Grossman even after his father, who owned a packaging distribution company, died early in Grossman’s business...
...Ko’s opponent] was on fire…Beier played a solid match, but the girl was just too much for her,” Harvard coach Traci Green said. “I’m proud of the way she fought, even though she got steamrolled...