Word: boast
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...BAGS The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's boast that inflatable air bags have saved nearly 14,000 lives since 1998, when they were required in all new cars, was challenged by a University of Georgia statistician. By analyzing a random sample of all accidents (rather than just those in which a death occurred), she found that air bags were actually associated with a slightly higher chance of death in an accident. Some of that discrepancy may be attributed to the greater risk of air-bag injuries to children who ride--against all advice--in the front seat...
...backstroke, and leading the 200-yard medley team to victory. In the increasingly competitive Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL), the Crimson must fight even harder to maintain its dominance. The Lions finished fourth in the league last year, but this season have defeated both Harvard and Yale and boast a strong freshman class. “I don’t think that we underperformed in this meet,” Wollner said. “Columbia beat Yale last weekend, and they have a great team with great recruits. They have a deep team, and we just came...
...sang were places he'd been, got hurt in and learned from. That startling line in ?Folsom Prison Blues? - ?I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die? - is followed by ?When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry.? First the bad-man boast, then the sinner's remorse...
...Bulldogs boast the two best wide receivers in the league in junior Ashley Wright and senior Todd Feiereisen, but Crimson senior Ryan Tyler and freshman Alex Breaux have made their way into the top 10 in receiving as well...
...termbill increase was that other educational institutions have higher student activity fees. But Harvard is decentralized in a unique way in that everyone is so busy doing something that no one has time to worry about anyone else’s activities, including the UC’s. We boast 41 intercollegiate athletic teams, whose membership comprises nearly one-quarter of the student body. Yet few attend football games. More student-run publications are produced here than in some Mountain Time Zone states. Yet, except for The Crimson, none are read. The UC must realize that to most students...