11. It has had not one renaissance but two, and a third is under way, fueled by an intense local pride and a gritty determination to bounce back. 12. Local pride dictates we push for the DNC to select aqlphabetically. 13. Local pride is also involved. 14. Most important, the exhibition is an event of international significance that was organized here, which makes it a reason for local pride. 15. Murals, posters, T-shirts, stuffed toy tamarins -- anything and everything has been used to promote the monkey as a source of local pride. 16. National character, local pride, fashions in photography, internal rivalries and rival marketing strategies -- all play a part. 17. Some were built fresh of local pride and money, others on the munificence of wealthy donors or ordinary citizens who scrimped and saved and left their money. 18. Some Europe-wide institutions are helping in the belief that grass-roots movements fostering local pride are good for democracy. 19. That may just be local pride talking. 20. The discovery last week that Leahy was fiddling with toponymy unleashed a torrent of local pride from his colleagues. |