For generations, Swiss bankers have prided themselves and their industry on discretion and secrecy.
Many young Chinese I met adopted English names and prided themselves on being westernized.
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The nation has long prided itself on having high "voluntary" tax compliance, compared with, say, Italy.
As I have mentioned earlier, this junior high prided itself on having a famous concert band.
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"I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances, " he wrote.
Stephen Pope, global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald, says BP has always prided itself on seamless transitions.
He prided himself as having a hacker's mentality, making fixes on the fly as he saw fit.
Clydesdale had prided itself on sailing a careful route through the credit crunch of 2008 and 2009.
Paterno prided himself rejecting the pros, on staying to build a program that won but wouldn't diminish academics.
She prided herself on her - what she would call - steadfastness, and what others would call her inflexibility.
Then again, maybe it was fitting for a conference that's always prided itself on rugged defense and physical play.
This is a 1964 silkscreen piece, and Andy prided himself on how fast he could knock off celebrity portraits.
As recently as the 1960s it prided itself on being the most prosperous and important country in Latin America.
San Francisco has prided itself on being a pleasantly distinctive place to live.
Shaw, who prided himself on fastidious preparation, had ordered a pair of custom truck-pulling shoes from England, with high-friction soles.
Across the causeway, Singapore has prided itself on creating a multi-racial society without the use of policies defined by race.
The Romney campaign has prided itself on keeping the selection process secret, and advisers declined to confirm or deny the reports.
Christie has been true to his word, and running for President now would be something that he has long prided himself on.
They've long prided themselves on being the few, the proud, always faithful.
Singapore, a wealthy and tightly regulated financial center, has long prided itself for strong rule of law and a tough stance on corruption.
Mr. PELTON: Blackwater has always prided themselves on their aggressive stance, their ability to show force, and whether it's using armored vehicles or using heavy weapons.
Still, nurses who have long prided themselves on their blanket-swaddling technique sometimes called "baby origami" now are delivering stern warnings about how easily blankets can get loose.
The leaders of the growing labour movement were exactly the kind of self-educated men who prided themselves on a fierce intellectual independence from ready-made doctrine.
In its endeavor to be the leading chip provider for high-end smartphones and tablets, Nvidia has prided itself on moving more swiftly than its competitors.
In the 1960s to 1980s, IBM prided itself on being family-oriented.
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For a company that once prided itself on collegiality, last month's annual meeting of Kinko's at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Dallas, Texas, was a sobering event.
The Europeans, who prided themselves on leading the world over privacy legislation, may now end up copying privacy rules from the other side of the Atlantic.
Sag Harbor, an old whaling town, has prided itself on being the "Unhampton" grittier than its elite neighboring villages, and perhaps more artsy than East Hampton or Southampton.
But for a company that has prided itself on inventory management (contracted out to an arm of Wal-Mart and others in the U.S.), this is a natural.
As Britain's public-service broadcaster, funded by a licence fee paid by viewers, the corporation has always prided itself on the high quality and independence of its reporting.
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