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...back as his introductory report to the 20th Party Congress in 1956 (TIME, Feb. 27, 1956 et seq.), Khrushchev made passing derogatory references to Molotov's "contemptuous attitude" and to Malenkov's consumer-goods plan ("incorrigible boaster"). In his famous secret, weeping, emotional speech to the same body ten days later, in which he denounced Stalin as a "sickly suspicious," bloodthirsty tyrant, Khrushchev tried to take from Stalin even his chief glory as victor in war, and in doing so, told an anecdote which showed that Malenkov was close to Stalin's side during his most panicky...
...able to the artistic, also moved on the edge of the same world. He was of a very different physique, tall-medium in height, with blue eyes, an inquisitive nose, sensual mouth, curly hair and alert fox-terrier expression. He was immensely energetic, a great talker, reader, boaster, walker, who swam like an otter and drank, not like a feckless undergraduate as Donald was apt to do, but like some Rabelaisian bottle-swiper whose thirst was unquenchable...
Coach DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry faced this season with considerable optimism. He could count on three established stars. Center Paul Staley (the captain), Quarterback Johnny Clayton, and Fullback Bill Roberts to boaster the middle of the Indians' T attack. The tackle situation seemed well taken care of by veterans Chuck Bailey and Ted Eberle and there were a number of pretty good backs on hand...
...much to defeat it. To sing the praises of one's university in such glaring terms as are here used, no matter how merited these terms may be arouses among those outside the gates the natural, abhorrence for conceit. To the outside world Harvard appears as a vulgar boaster. No matter how self-sufficient Harvard men may feel no one can tell when the opinion of the public may mean a great deal. Such a power should not be antagonized by an attempt to impress the alumni with the great work of the institution through which they have passed...
...been everywhere. He seems to know nearly everyone worth while in the capitals of the world. He is no mere pretender. Pin him down and you find he is not a cheap drawing-room boaster. He knows the people he calls acquaintances or friends. He proves...