Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French High Command, normally taciturn, last week authorized an extended commentary which contained both a major boast and a major threat. It said...
With a turnout even larger than last week, the second round of inter-House hockey games were played off last night at the Boston Skating Club rink in Brighton. Winthrop and the Dormitories are leading the league, with two wins apiece, while Eliot, Dudley, Lowell, and Dunster each boast one victory...
...indirect propaganda, the coloring of news dispatches and radio programs is all-important: it has a cumulative effect upon the mental climate of the people. If Britain is successful in convincing the United States that it must step in and save the cause of world civilization, Harvard can boast of having contributed to that...
...these five, only Buckley can boast of having reached six feet. Finegan, Lutz, and Webber all miss the two yard mark by an inch, while Romano measures five feet, ten inches...
...cost, took a percentage of net profits from sales. This streamlined combine, which eliminated all conflict between the two main branches of an industry, did away with the expense of changing over machines, putting new models of shoes into production. It never failed to show a profit. Its boast was that neither half of the partnership had any control over the other. Last week that boast was liquidated...