Word: boast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...which, with assets of $128 million, ranks seventh in size among the old-line independent airframe companies), and some have more widely publicized products. But none has a better reputation with the men who manage the U.S. space program, and only a handful can match Tom Jones's boast: "Hardly a thing goes into space these days without something from Northrop aboard...
...foreign lands, Moscow's streets had been scoured, shop windows filled with enticements. Behind the Kremlin's red walls and golden domes, Khrushchev had rushed to completion a starkly modern new Congress hall, equipped with "stereophonic" sound and translation equipment in 29 languages-the better to spread boast and threat, praise and invective...
Under even the best conditions, though, Williams would still be a challenge. The Ephmen have played only one game, a 6-0 victory over UMass, but they boast an aggressive, skilled, and experienced team and, in Ben Kofi, a highly-touted African center-forward of their own. Kofi and co-captain Skip Rutherford each scored three goals against UMass...
...afternoon in 1890 the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan bustled into the office of his chief draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, and tossed onto the table his plans for a new building in St. Louis. "Look at it!" cried Sullivan triumphantly. "It's tall! Sullivan had good reason to boast: he had given form and logic to the skyscraper for the first time. A readable and richly illustrated new book called Architecture Today and Tomorrow (McGraw-Hill; $17.50) takes off from that boast to trace the rise of modern architecture-and the lively rebellion against it among the modernists themselves...
Colgate's football team, according to scouting reports, can boast of a passing threat in quarterback Dan Keating and a running threat in halfback Jim Heilman. Keating has passed 29 times for 14 completions good for 199 yards and one TD. Heilman has run the ball 17 times for 62 yards to lead the Red Raiders...