Word: boast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WATCHING Old Man Boyle is sort of like eavesdropping in Central Park--you hear people saying vague things about their ordinary lives because they don't have anything to do but talk. You listen to a couple of policemen boast; a few words erupt from Old Man Boyle, their senile ward; three crotchety sisters settle on a bench to complete their crossword puzzle; and a wanton woman who might have scrubbed floors in Blooming dale's for 20 years reminisces. Except there's something off-beat about this everyday company. There's a plaintive note in all of their voices...
Some homeowners in the central community have no complaints and even boast about their community. AMREP points out that if a buyer of one of the outlying plots wants to move into town, he can trade for a site in the core community-usually half the size of his original plot. The company also notes that Rio Rancho owners have always had the option to back out within six months of purchase. The catch: a purchaser could buy a Rio Rancho lot while outside of New Mexico, but had to travel to the subdivision to sell his property; the trip...
...Elis boast the best defense, limiting the opposition to 255.2 yards a game. Princeton stands second, while Harvard is third. The Bruins are the stingiest team in the Ivies with points, giving up only 11.5 a contest. Harvard is second, allowing opponents only 14 per game...
...arrived in Manhattan last week looking well-coiffed, made-up and clothed in jungle chic. "She's very distinguished, with a beautiful head and lovely long throat," observed Diana Vreeland, former editor of Vogue. Wilhelmina projected Iman's first-year salary at $80,000, prompting Beard to boast: "I feel like it's My Fair Lady." Iman's own goal: "To see the world...
...When I meet God, I expect to meet him as an American." Though that may sound like a boast by Babbitt, it comes from the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, an outspoken critic of the Viet Nam War and America's indifference to the poor. But Neuhaus, 39, a white pastor of a largely black Lutheran church in Brooklyn, has always kept everyone off balance. When he led his parish in an antiwar protest service in 1967, he insisted that the youths who were turning in their draft cards join in a lusty chorus of America the Beautiful...