Word: boastful
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...story is the same all over the world. In the high Andes of northern Chile, five more 8-m-class telescopes are either finished or nearing completion, while peaks in Arizona, Texas and South Africa too boast scopes more powerful than anything known to science just a decade...
...children in the country's foster-care systems. Today that number has doubled, to between 550,000 and 560,000 children. Often these are held hostage to abuse and neglect, to bureaucratic foul-ups and carelessness, condemned to futures in which dreams cannot come true. President Clinton and Congress boast of new legislation and funding to move children more quickly from foster care to adoption. Indeed, there has been an increase in those numbers. Many foster parents too continue to act selflessly as important way stations for at-risk kids while their biological parents get their lives together. However, neglect...
...team is clearly no exception. After the first successful recruiting class brought in under Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni, the Crimson boast seven potential NHL players. Captain Steve Moore and senior winger Chris Bala head up the list of draftees, followed by junior winger Kyle Clark. Sophomore classmates Dominic Moore and Brett Nowak were recently nabbed, along with rookies Tyler Kolarik and Rob Fried...
Critics may argue that, although the Crimson can boast of a rich and storied hockey history dating back to the last decade, Harvard has declined somewhat from the national scene. But despite the Crimson's dearth of NCAA tournament appearances--Harvard has not been there since 1994--these and other recent hindrances to national recognition have not adversely affected the Crimson's draft performance, or advancement...
While other teams can boast having astonishing individual talent--B.U.'s Ricky DiPietro made college hockey history as the first ever goaltender to be picked No. 1 in the draft--the Crimson can boast its depth of NHL potential. Compared to other Division I programs, Harvard touts one of the lengthiest NHL draft lists in the country...