To its own people, the Chinese leadership hopes to stir pride and nationalism and to prove that the Communist Party, rather than being a dinosaur, is capable of the most technical of achievements.

In freshly carved wooden letters stood a surname that stirs pride and shame in France: "General Petain, victor of Verdun."

A Stirring of Pride But in an environment where anti-Soviet sentiment runs strong, and the Soviet annexation of Estonia in 1940 remains an open wound, the proposal has stirred nationalist pride and alarmed the authorities.

The English captured her and burned her at the stake in Rouen in 1431, but her martyrdom stirred national pride sufficiently to oust the English from France 20 years later.

The pure majesty of our empire and heritage could only stir pride in the heart of any observer, no matter who they were.

The occasion of the legendary choreographer's centennial year has stirred civic pride as people learn about an event that took place on the Warburg estate here in this hamlet of Greenburgh 70 years ago.

Still, the quick progress has certainly stirred pride in many Palestinian officials.

The reawakened interest in Dario has stirred pride among Nicaraguan writers.

A feature of the city that stirs widespread pride is the pleasant, parklike quality of the downtown core, where almost every block features a plaza strewn with flower boxes and shrubs.

As an ardent nationalist who stirred Serbian pride through his writings, Mr. Cosic, 71 years old, was expected to champion territorial ambitions.