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PRIDE

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Hadley Hooper

1. a. A high or overweening opinion of
one's own qualities, attainments, or estate,
which gives rise to a feeling and attitude of
superiority over and contempt for others;
inordinate self-esteem.

—Oxford English Dictionary

"Dear Miss Kirby"
An Essay By Gilbert Sandler, MLA '67

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Empowering Environment
Look Good, Feel Good
For the Love of Sport

 
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