Now consider, if I have some pride in being Texan, with less than 200 years of history, proud as it is, what is it like to be Greek or Irish or French or German or any of the European mix?

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Trick-or-treaters like you and me, your kids and mine, and members of civic groups like Key Club, can feel some pride that we have helped make this happen.

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"Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English, " he said.

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Mr Lazio's failure to march alongside Hillary and Rudy in the gay-pride parade may have cost him some homosexual votes, despite his claim that only previous engagements kept him away.

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"We have two games left so if we can win both of those we can salvage some pride and give ourselves something to work with back in England this summer, " he added.

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England may have been annihilated in the Ashes over the last 15 years, but now it's your chance to restore some pride with BBC Sport Online's exclusive cricket game - Last Man Standing.

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