Back in June, the government declared a public holiday to celebrate its proudest achievement, the passage through the provincial assembly of a bill introducing Islamic sharia law.

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But the spectacle of Israel's ambassador being plucked from the jaws of the Arab spring to the safety of Jerusalem was a signal of what the Arab democratic awakening might mean for the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Jimmy Carter's proudest achievement and the foundation on which America's Arab-Israeli diplomacy has stood for more than 30 years.

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The bank's proudest achievement is fighting expensive legal battles against Russian crooks who have defrauded it and other investors.

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Our proudest achievement is not the rapid growth that led to our eventual acquisition.

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His proudest recent achievement: winning the coveted Bud Light account.

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Perhaps his proudest achievement, however, was during the siege.

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By the president's own account, health reform is his proudest achievement, one that would justify his election on its own.

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While Mr Farage criticised the decision to delay the vote by five years, he claimed the prime minister's promise showed "we have changed the political agenda in this country" calling it "our proudest achievement to date".

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One of the central pieces of the whole event was a tribute to Britain's National Health Service, probably our country's proudest achievement.

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