Word: boast
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...energy that heats the homes of the Paris suburb of Melun (pop. 42,000) comes from a highly unusual source: a natural underground reservoir of hot brackish water located more than a mile underneath the town. French engineers boast that the system for tapping geothermal energy is the first of its kind. What makes it unique, they say, is the fact that the water is piped back into the ground for reheating, which means that Melun's subterranean furnace could keep working almost indefinitely...
Princeton cannot boast such a striker, and in fact can't boast much of an offense at all. After a 3-0 shutout at Brown last Saturday, the Tigers were left with a grand total of one goal scored in four Ivy contests...
Premier Jacques Chirac said the new program "has no precedent. No country in the world can boast it." That appears to be true. In the U.S., for example, unemployed workers generally are entitled to draw benefits for 26 to 39 weeks. President Ford has proposed extending them for another 13 weeks, making them last up to a full year as in France, but the compensation usually comes nowhere near equaling full take-home pay. The French plan will be expensive, but even employers do not yet dare grumble. Historically, France has trailed far behind other European nations, notably Sweden, West...
...Bruins now boast a four-game undefeated streak...
Backers of the move boast that more than 100,000 people are participating...