Word: boast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...where the famed Bluebell girls were once mostly English imports, one-fifth of the dancers are now German. Las Vegas talent scouts are also turning to Germany. Pan American Airways, which recruits 150 foreign stewardesses yearly, now finds a sizable percentage of them in West Germany. The Germans even boast two of Europe's prettiest politicians, Bundestag Deputies Hedda Heuser and Annemarie Renger...
Roads & Molasses. In his own heavy-handed way, Stroessner is actually trying to make good the boast. By imposing order on his violent little land, he has been able to push new roads through the hinterland to the Bolivian, Brazilian and Argentine borders. Following behind the bulldozers are settlers, clearing and cultivating the 40,000 plots of unused government land that have been distributed to peasant families. Lumber, beef and leather are growing businesses. Last year exports climbed to $40 million, highest since World War II, while imports fell enough to give the country its first trade surplus in five...
...newspapers are prone to boast, when they can, about their great antiquity. Last month, in a story noting the 200th anniversary of the Hartford, Conn., Courant (pronounced current), TIME accepted the Courant's claim to being the oldest U.S. newspaper. This endorsement evoked spirited objections from a host of pretenders to the same or a kindred crown. Among the claimants...
...Jumbos boast a weakish 2-4 record, with losses to Holy Cross and Brown teams, both of which, in turn, lost to Harvard...
Brown wll be a tough first step, however. The Bruins boast top-calibre scoring threats in Tom Draper and Mike Healy, plus a sensational sophomore goalie in Rich Alter...