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Word: boasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decided until this week, the final seven days of the season. Only the San Francisco Giants, astride the National League West, possess breathing room ahead of the late-charging San Diego Padres. Powered by outfielder Kevin Mitchell (46 homers) and first baseman Will Clark (109 RBIs), the Giants may boast the game's most titanic twosome since the Yankee era of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. Small wonder that manager Roger Craig is chortling, "It's going to be hard for anyone to catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Days Dwindle Down | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

AEROBICS is, first and foremost, a vain activity. You dress up like a teenager from Mars, pummel your body for an hour, and then boast to friends that you are getting "toned...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Low-Impact, High Pain | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

Hence the store. Becuase he orders different editions, Graham can boast some dramatic savings on textbooks, though on an admittedly limited inventory. For example, the text used in Social Analysis 10, "Economics," sells for $45 at the Coop but only $25 at Affordable Books...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everything You've Always Wanted... | 9/27/1989 | See Source »

...seminars. Seminars boast small classes, big-name professors and no grades. Plus, four out of five students surveyed said their first-year romances began in a seminar. (Survey based on the 3 percent of students who had first-year romances...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Suck the Marrow Out | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...inexpensive, all-purpose athletic shoes with heavy rubber soles. Today's models are an exacting mixture of fashion and technology, composed of such materials as synthetic leather and Hexalite, a cushiony substance used in Reebok's newest soles. Not just athletic shoes, they are space-age wonders that boast such features as air- cylinder suspension systems, anatomically molded ankle collars, outrigger soles and adjustable support straps. They answer to names like Air Skylon, 360 Jam, Disc-Drive and Tiger Gel Epirus. Manufacturers are bombarding customers with different models for "technical" and "nontechnical" running, for walking, wrestling and even coaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foot's Paradise | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

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