Word: pride
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...some Wellesley students took umbrage at the prospect of nominating students from other schools—not only out of school pride, but also in defense of the transgender and transsexual communities on their campus...
...first day of Nowrooz has always been irresistible to Iranians, because it is tied not to Muslim piety but to Persian pride. Its roots are in Zoroastrianism, the world's first monotheistic religion - the country's national faith before Islam - one in which fire is revered as a symbol of purity. Apart from the theocracy, most Iranians in and outside the country, irrespective of their religion, celebrate the ancient rites. The Tuesday-night event itself is known as Chaharshanbe Suri (literally "Wednesday Party," because dusk brings the new day in Iran) and was originally intended as a ritual to ward...
...biggest sporting enterprises in the world - part medieval joust, part moon launch. The pennants bearing each team's coat of arms flap jauntily from trucks that house enough computing power to send a man into orbit. This mix of techno-dazzle and hometown pride helps explain why 40,000 fans turned out at Ricardo Tormo to watch a nonrace with no winner...
Judging from the noises emanating from some corners of Washington these days, the federal debt has assumed pride of place as the source of national anxiety. President Obama has called for independent commissions to seek ways to reduce spending. The media are filled with talk of America's path of financial suicide; economists warn that the debt crisis in Greece is a dry run for the cataclysm that awaits America and the world as U.S. deficits and debt balloon...
...tired of the world telling it what to do. As a Japanese chef told me at that whale festival in 2005, "If other people don't want to eat whale, that's fine. But we should be allowed to do what we want." A side of national pride makes a blubbery dinner go down a lot easier...