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Word: boast (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Persuasions are next door, at the more expensive, streamlined Paul's Mall. Their perennial boast, "We still have no Band," went under with their last recording. Occapella still prevails, however, and they are very entertaining. They may invite the audience on stage to sing with them, but don't be surprised if they have vanished by the end of the song...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

...northern city for a seven-day orgy of wine-drinking and bull-fighting. The bulls selected for each day's contest are run through the city's streets, on the heels of all those brave (and crazy) enough to risk their necks for the honor of being able to boast of "running the bulls" at Pamplona. After the day's fights the cafes are jammed as raised wineskins squirt forth their hurtling jet of cheap vino. The bands in the central square launch into native tunes that set the pace for the whirling dance of tottering celebrants, strangers momentarily united...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: The Bell Tolls for Thee | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

...direction can easily be folded into the shape of female genitalia. The most conscientious is the brilliantly edited monthly the Pallbearers Review. Despite its name, the Review is a shrewd, technical publication that separates the amateurs from the prose. Editor Karl Fulves has no patience with those who boast of occult powers, and specializes in explaining the mechanics of the beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Magic Boom: New Sorcery | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

...friends and fewer dates. He was a junior majoring in education when he dropped out last December and began venting his increasingly eccentric views through a blaring loudspeaker propped in his second-floor window near the campus in Columbus. Until last week, however, no one took seriously his amplified boast that he was "the baddest ______________mother on the block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Third King Tragedy | 7/15/1974 | See Source »

Peachum, a greedy and self-righteous rascal, and his alcholic wife (Margo Martindale) want better for their son-in-law than an infamous criminal. With little virtue of their own of which to boast, they bribe one of Mac's whores, Jenny Diver (Tiina Cartmell), into betraying him to the police. Scotland Yard is led by Mac's old army buddy, the powerful Tiger-Brown (Patrick Clean), whose own daughter Lucy (Cynthia Dickason) is also married secretly to Mac. Mac is arrested twice. The women fight for his allegiance. He is saved at the very end by a royal pardon...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Begging for More | 7/5/1974 | See Source »

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