Word: boast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They take running shoes with them on business trips, hoping to squeeze in a jog between meetings; they argue the virtues of their Adidases and their Pumas; they boast of surmounting new thresholds of pain and experiencing the mysticism of the second wind. They are the evangelists of fitness, a religion that has captivated the nation. We examine the phenomenon in our Living section this week...
Providence will represent New England as a team but should prove little competition for defending champion Oklahoma State. The Sooners boast first-team All-Americans Jaime Gonzalez, Lindy Miller, and Tom Jones. Trailing Oklahoma State in the pretourney ranking are powerhouses Brigham Young, Georgia, Houston and Arizona State...
...booming religious publishing business can boast some overnight bestsellers. A book version of Franco Zefirelli's Jesus of Nazareth, for example, has sold 125,000 copies since its television showing at Easter. Even third-rate spiritual self-help books sell by the hundreds of thousands. At the same time, works of serious theology-like Maverick Swiss Catholic Theologian Hans Küng's treatise On Being a Christian-are receiving widespread attention. Some interesting new books...
...climb over the mountains into the tiny jungle village. That impresses the natives. So does the look of him. He is 6 ft. 4 in. and weighs 230 Ibs. To the black men, his florid face has many colors, and his nose is big enough, by his own boast, to "smell the whole world with." Henderson is also a psychological mess. His quest is for knowledge of Grun tu molani (the way to live). What he carries with him is the doom of self-doubt. "Well, Your Highness, you've got a good thing here," he says to Itelo...
This year, though, Huntsman is very quick to boast that the team is "the best I've ever put together." He looks for B.U. to be the major competition, as usual...