For a start, the governor, Keiichi Inamine, a proud man, has blessed the offshore heliport scheme and appears unwilling to lose face.
But as those few claims snowballed into hundreds, the family had to face up to the horrific truth: that the man they were so proud of as a media star and tireless charity fundraiser had a far darker side to his past.
Know that I was so proud of the man you became and will always cherish the time we got to spend together.
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Kate said she was very proud of the man she married almost 25 years ago, and would remember him with a "big cheesy grin on his face".
Why this revival of the memory of a proud, touchy man who became a national myth?
He was a professional man proud to do the job he did and died doing the job he loved.
He added that the Martin family were proud and honoured when their brother Eamon entered Maynooth as a young man to study for the priesthood and were even prouder when he was ordained at the age of 26.
He added that Mr Boatman was a "proud man" who had worked hard to protect the police and had felt "ashamed" at the recent developments.
Pablo and Anselmo knew how good they were and while Pablo stood now proud and less sad-looking, watching them lovingly, the old man acted as though they were some great surprise that he had produced, suddenly, himself.
"He was a man who was proud to be a police officer and worked tirelessly on behalf of the public and members of his federation to improve policing, " its president Derek Barnett said.
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He was a good man, and was proud to be of service to those who had freed him for the second time in his life.
"John Sheardown remained a very humble man, always willing to stay in the shadow of others, and the people of Windsor remain extremely proud of his diplomatic intervention and career accomplishments, " read a proclamation that declared November 10, 2012, "John Sheardown Day" in the city of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada.
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