Word: boast
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...district is a homespun, colorless countryside 1,099 square miles in area bounded by East Prussia, the Baltic Sea and Lithuania. The population is a piddling 152,000, some 78% of them claimed by Germany. Memel has no industries important enough for the Nazis to boast of and Germany has many better ports. To Lithuania, however, it represents one-sixth of her industry, and it was the nation's only good outlet to the sea. With Memel gone, Lithuania now has only twelve miles of coastline. Furthermore, the Memel area controls the mouth of the Niemen River, on which...
...disastrous winter season the Freshmen were trimmed by both Andover and Exeter, both boasting the strongest teams in many years. And if the coaches don't get more hammer throwers, broad-jumpers, hurdlers, and javelin artists, the Yardlings may boast one of the weakest teams in recent years, according to Bill Neufeld...
...other San Franciscans agree with Reader deFord that their Fair city can boast a tougher part of town...
Taken up on an ill-considered boast. Lothrop Withington '42 is faced with the prospect of downing a live goldfish in the Union at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Three freshman friends of Withington not believing it possible have offered him $10 for the feat and tickets will be sold to pay for tomorrow's show...
Skip Stahley's Freshmen cagers face one of their most important tests of the schedule when they journey to Hanover to match shots with a strong Dartmouth cub quintet. The Feslermen boast a record of 12 wins in 13 starts which they will risk against the "Little Green" today...