Word: boasted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lean toward being a public figure. I decided to throw my weight toward Princeton." Dodds has built slowly and well on foundations that he never wanted to alter. Unlike Mover Conant or Shaker Hutchins, he can sum up his career so far with a refreshingly unorthodox boast: that in its basic philosophy, Princeton "has not changed in the least in the last 20 years...
...While the U.S. can boast some 1,450 bookstores and 7,500 public libraries for its 150 million people, some European countries do far better. Denmark, with only 4.000.000 people, has 700 bookstores; and Sweden (7,000,000) has 6,500 libraries...
...Tonga is the only remaining independent monarchy in the Pacific. It has its own parliament, cabinet, privy council, passports, stamps, currency, laws and language, and is the only self-governing kingdom within the British Commonwealth. The 49,000 inhabitants have no unemployment problem, no illiteracy, no poverty. They boast of free health service, free education...
...past two years, however, Walter has had one staunch ally: his shaken-down board of trustees. Cracked one trustee of the Armstrong money: "The only thing I have to say about the money being tainted is-'tain't enough." Last week Walter could boast of having the board's backing again: at its year-end meeting, it gave him a vote of "appreciation for outstanding services." But Walter's latest outstanding service was going to be a bitter pill for Piedmont. Last week, as parents and alumni gathered for the commencement exercises, they faced the bleak...
...Frasconi has found a personal solution to the problem: he does woodcuts. Frasconi, today the U.S.'s foremost woodcut artist, makes 10 or 15 prints of a cut, sells them for $25 to $125 each. Such prices have brought him a far wider public than most painters can boast. This week, 34 of Frasconi's best woodcuts start a year-long tour of U.S. museums, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. The three prints opposite reflect Frasconi s fascination with Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge...