Ms. Runyon looks back with pride at life on the ramparts.
The general feeling towards Kennedy is of local pride, a life and opportunities wasted, and – with the recent US government shutdown in full swing – a sense of bewilderment and embarrassment at how the current politicians are behaving.
The theological counterpart to this prejudice is derived from the second commandment ("thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image") and 1 John 2 16: "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not from the Father, but is from the world".
Pride that life expectancies for Japanese men and women are among the highest in the world is tempered by concern over how to pay for welfare in the coming decades, when there will be fewer people of working age to foot the bill.
The evangelical work of the Deschamps brothers relied partly on Jansen's short treatise, the Discours sur la réformation le l'homme intérieur, which was based on the text of I John 2 16: "For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of this world".
As she told me with a broad smile and brimming with pride, her life is full and she enjoys designing her lines of apparel, home collection and skin care products, as well as acting.
Realize that there is liberty in Christ Jesus, to live in the Spirit, to not be tempted more than you can bear, no longer being a slave to self, as pride of life -- putting away habitual deeds of the flesh, as lust of the eye, envy, greed, judging others, prejudice and hatred.
She and her husband moved to Baltimore in the hope of greater prosperity, but although she seems to have been a woman of pride and spirit, life dealt her a bad hand.
Of his many achievements, he took greatest pride in living a magical life as a member of the Berman family.
