Word: boast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...What famous international spy plays the lute and the classical guitar, and likes to boast that he once sketched a portrait of President John Kennedy that his brother Bobby requested as a present? See THE WORLD, Advice to Young Spies...
...hand, the Elis boast the Ivy's most potent offense--third among NCAA colleges in total yardage--featuring super-stars quarterback Brian Dowling and halfback Calvin Hill. The latest poll of the coaches ranked Yale the 18th best team in the country...
General Curtis E. LeMay and the Peace and Freedom Party's Eldridge Cleaver can probably boast (if boast is the word) even more precarious futures. The general has lost his $50,000-a-year job as board chairman of a California electronics firm. Cleaver, who won nearly 200,000 votes, is headed for a California courtroom to stand trial for assault with intent to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon-the result of a shoot-out with Oakland police officers last April. In the meantime, he is lecturing at Berkeley...
...contrast, the Crimson harriers boast seven runners who can all finish within a minute of the leader. This pattern has held even when the leader has set a record-breaking pace, as happened against Dartmouth a week...
Tech scored a convincing victory over Tufts and Amherst last weekend. Led by bespectacled Ben Wilson, the Engineers boast a strong top four grouped within thirty seconds of each other. Northeastern has made considerable progress since an opening meet loss to Harvard. Even with inspired performances from top-level runners who dream of beating a McCurdy team, however, neither team has the backup strength to pull it off this afternoon...