Word: boast
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...other, older and wiser. Harvard STAGE’s production of “The Fantasticks” distinguished itself in the strength of its performers. Not only did Jennifer L. Brown ’07 (Luisa) and Arlo D. Hill ’08 (Matt), the two leads, boast rich, pure singing voices, but their acting also tempered the mawkish sincerity of the show’s script with a subtly ironic twist. Other actors who delivered scene-stealing performances included Baruch Y. Shemtov ’09 and Benjamin K. Glaser ’09 as Hucklebee...
...that the glass is half empty. The other is that the glass is totally empty," says Stephen Crosby, a Republican who served in the Swift administration and is now dean of the graduate school of policy studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Romney's ads and campaign speeches boast of engineering an economic turnaround. But Michael Widmer, president of the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, points out that the state has lagged most others in job growth. And while Romney closed a $3 billion deficit without raising taxes, he did it in part by raising numerous fees, as well...
...cable (not including the Golf Channel) reached 417,000 households in 2006, up 59% from 2005, while network viewership last year rose 14%, to 1.7 million households. "The numbers are small, but the percentages are large," says Bivens. Women's golf is one of the few sports that can boast double-digit television growth in the U.S. over the past two years...
...hard to believe that a university that prides itself on its standards of excellence does not retain those same standards for subcontractors, like AlliedBarton, which are responsible for our own Harvard community members’ livelihoods. AlliedBarton can boast that it is the nation’s largest U.S.-owned security firm and brings in sizable profits, but the company’s track record in terms of labor policies is shameful...
...issues relating to children, and a clinical course where students gain first-hand experience in the field. Recently it hosted a film series on the lives of children and teenagers growing up in prison.Though other top-tier law schools, including those at Yale University and the University of Michigan, boast well-respected child advocacy clinics, they lack the depth that Harvard’s program provides, Bartholet says.Nicholas W. Rose, a third-year law student, took a course arranged by CAP.“Given all these resources and tools, this is an area where not enough people go into...