Word: boast
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...attempted to pull a carrot lying in the gutter on the Aryan side through a hole in the fence. A German spotted him, inserted his gun in the hole, and killed the boy with one well-aimed shot." Through such scenes runs a vibration of Caligula's boast "Remember, I can do anything to anyone": the pleasure that power takes in its own vicious freedom...
Canandaigua's brochures boast that the company sells the equivalent of 1,479,452 standard bottles of wine each day. But Moramarco knows that size isn't everything. The U.S. is the world's fourth largest wine producer--after France, Italy and Spain--but it ranks 35th in per-capita consumption. What the industry calls "core drinkers"--those who consume wine at least once a week--comprise 19 million Americans, according to research by the Wine Market Council. Another 29 million Americans drink wine at least once every three months. And both numbers have declined since 1994. Per-capita consumption...
...Central Square just three weeks ago—takes drinking and teaching tea seriously. According to part-owner Jennie Song, her store receives regular visits from the manager of Harvard Square’s Tealuxe, who’s a big fan. Song’s not one to boast, however, or give in to the tea-drinker’s temptation of pretentiousness (why does she like tea? “The taste,” she says). A native Korean, Song discovered her passion while backpacking through Asia. She sampled teas in Buddhist monasteries, Beijing hotels...
...hold his own so simply and easily, but perhaps his closest peer is sample-savante DJ Shadow. Shadow’s influence may be seen in the album opener “The Horror” and “Smoke and Mirrors.” Both boast uneasy guitar squalls and minor themes that emerge sounding as though a blues band had undertaken the soundtrack to a horror movie...
...Demon Deacons may pose the greatest challenge the Crimson faces this year. Wake Forest has already defeated ACC rival and No. 1 ranked Maryland, and can boast a shutout over No. 2 Michigan. Only No. 13 Iowa and No. 8 James Madison have defeated the Demon Deacons this season, as Wake Forest sits atop...