Word: boast
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...College doesn't have to function in this way, and more importantly, it shouldn't function in this way. Too many students graduate from this school without ever tapping into the most fertile resource that the University offers: its faculty. Harvard may boast the most impressive library system in the world, complete with millions of volumes of books and an archive that spans multiple centuries, but interaction between the faculty and the students is where most of College learning should take place. Books, maps and charts may last for centuries, but this is the only opportunity for a lucky...
...will prosecute Cherry and Blanton, hasn't disclosed what new evidence has been uncovered, but experts believe ex-Klansmen and associates of Blanton's and Cherry's may be ready to testify. Cherry's relatives--including an ex-wife and a granddaughter who have said they heard him boast about the bombing--have reportedly come forward. Willajean Brogdon, one of Cherry's five wives, told the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger, "Bob told me he didn't put the bomb together. He said...
...world's largest air carrier, moved to plug its one geographical hole late Tuesday by forking over a total of $14 billion for Northeast-centric US Airways, formerly US Air, formerly a combination of Allegheny Air, Piedmont Air, Pacific Southwest and Mohawk Airlines... The new mega-carrier will boast revenues of $26.5 billion from multiple hubs on both coasts and 6,500 daily flights, nearly twice as many as its nearest competitor, American. Like any merger, it's an economy of scale - more northeastern flights feeding seamlessly into those lucrative long-distance flights means more one-stop United shopping...
...student her husband once had an affair with. Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, the film promises to be a sly adventure, full of twists and surprises, comparable to The Sixth Sense. Zemekis has wrapped his production in a shroud of secrecy, although the film is said to boast computer effects and shocks in the tradition of his earlier films Forrest Gump and the dubious Death Becomes Her. But even though Internet surfers are buzzing with conspiracy theories of their own about the film's plotline, test screenings have been less than spectacular...
Hotels in this league offer all the accoutrements of the trendoleums, if not more. New York City's Bryant Park will boast a 70-seat screening room when it opens in May. San Francisco's Lambourne ups the ante on health by putting an exercise machine--a treadmill, bike or StairMaster--in every suite. (Work up a sweat, and try one of the algae shakes from room service.) The Lowell's "gym suite" has one of two bedrooms given over to a complete exercise center, including a balance...