Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...City of Calcutta. It was a wise location. The village grew, became "The City of Palaces." Last week engineers began to sink drills and explore the substrata of the Hoogly to a depth of 100 feet. Soon a subway will burrow under, connecting the quarters of Howrah and Sealdah. Proud Indians know that today only two cities in the British Commonwealth have subways: London and Sydney...
North Atlantic codfish frolicked free last week, their doom of cream sauce deferred, while four of Gloucester's fleetest fishing schooners were racing inshore to settle old rivalries. Gloucester folk, proud of their schooners, enthusiastic about this race of the last genuine U. S. sailing ships, had donated $20,000 to recondition canvas and repay owners for lost fish. Thousands lined the shore to watch the stanch, full-rigged craft course twice around an 18-mile triangle into the harbor. In the first two races, gentle inshore winds were insufficient to drive the schooners to the finish within...
...hands of the military for one year was taken the Marine Corps cup when Civilian Richard W. Ballard outshot 1,385 competitors, scoring 99. Happy and proud was he, knowing that no other civilian had done this since...
...this year's Open he qualified with the leaders, later putted disastrously to early elimination. Before Champion Jones's breakfast had properly settled, young John Goodman had won three holes. Jones caught him at the 12th, lost him again at the 14th, left the tournament i down. "I'm proud," said young John Goodman, "but I'm sorry." Some people thought it was a "good thing for the game." Others thought an 18-hole match was unfair, especially when young John Goodman lost his next match, 2 and 1, to unknown 18-year-old William Lawson Little...
Henry Justin Smith, 54, spouts quips from a dry, poker face. He is 1) author of this book's Introduction and Part II, 2) Poet Carl Sandburg's proud "boss," managing editor of the Chicago Daily News. That Mr. Smith makes no attempt to glorify his city is a sign of the regeneration of U. S. editors...