Word: boast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a possible three events in which to start none of this year's varsity swordsmen could boast Coach Perey's endorsement as best in his field. "They're all pretty well matched," said Perey, "but so far the saber seems to be the best event...
...present sextet is poisoned by the same disease. High-speed schuss artists prove nothing but diletantes in cross-country, slalom, and jumping competition, cancelling their occasional heights of prowess with quick demises in less practised events. The sun has yet to rise on a Crimson sextet which can boast more than two hustling hickories in each event...
Record royalties ($1,756,435 in 1946, about $2,000,000 in 1947) gave Petrillo an enviable opportunity to soothe and comfort his followers and dramatize his fierce boast that he toiled only for the welfare of "the boys." He spent the royalty money employing musicians in free public concerts, the lion's share of it outside New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the three big cities of the music world. Thus records provided extra employment -though not for the men who made them...
...used to step aside to avoid his arrogant, abusive snarls and vicious manner, but none dared criticize Fifty Bells; he was a soldier trained to fight for the Emperor. "He is the finest shepherd dog in Japan," said Kazuo Akai, Fifty Bells's devoted master. But despite the boast and despite his own arrogant strutting, Fifty Bells never got a chance to show his mettle...
...Archie Foler, a 70-year-old Negro of New Brunswick, N.J., was shot and killed by his companion, Julius Nuby, 55, because Foler failed to make good his boast that he could spell "psychology...