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...coalition. The outcry from foreign diplomats was followed by various White House explanations, none of them particularly clarifying. Some aides insisted the phrase was a conscious reference to the World War II Axis powers; others argued it was not. The President was a straight talker, others said, and was proud of the phrase. Yet while in Asia and since, he didn't mention it once. Secretary of State Colin Powell, though stoutly defending Bush's expression, also called it a "bloody term...
...Last week Marc's body, along with those of seven other American soldiers, was flown from Afghanistan to Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany before coming home for those proud, sad ceremonies that mark the death of young men in battle. The Army had once more been asked to live up to the promise it makes to those who serve. "We don't leave Americans behind," says Brigadier General John Rosa Jr., deputy director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week that word was kept. But the price for doing so was high...
Many of the pageants Chavez has competed in are also involved in charity. Chavez has organized blood drives throughout Texas, established literacy programs for children in libraries and directed self-esteem seminars as part of her title duties. “I’m most proud of being Miss Fiestas del Llano [a title which she held last year that celebrates her Mexican heritage] and Miss American Achievement [a title she currently holds]. They are not as based on beauty as they are on academic performance and extracurricular activities,” she says...
Looking back on his tenure, Pryor said he was also proud of events held at the ARCO forum during the past two years, calling the Montogmery bus boycott and the Cuban Missile crisis forums “magic moments...
...this objection is totally irrational. Before you decide I’m conservative, hear me out. A considerable part of the power of civil disobedience—long a proud liberal tactic—lies in the fact that participants are willing to sacrifice and suffer consequences for what they consider a worthy cause. You can’t make the ease of breaking rules an idea inherent in the rules themselves. People would break the rules all the time. This would only lessen the moral force of such protest, which, when used in justifiable situations, is truly powerful...