Word: boastful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Harvard men’s hockey team ended its regular season in the Bright Hockey Center in style Saturday evening, downing league rival Cornell, 3-1, in front of a raucous sellout crowd that seemed to boast as much carnelian red apparel as crimson. “I don’t think there need to be a lot of great pre-game speeches when Cornell is on the menu,” smiled Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91, whose squad swept Colgate and the Big Red in the last weekend before the ECAC tournament...
...Harvard students not only regularly pull all-nighters for papers or parties, but we also boast aggressively to each other about how little sleep we need. Relative degrees of lack of sleep constitute a main stain of Harvard casual conversation—something we can all “understand.” Peers, professors, and club leaders can sometimes reinforce this culture further by expecting top-notch work, accepting only grave illness as a reason for lateness or inadequate quality...
...Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of $33 billion according to its Web site, is the only non-profit organization to boast a larger endowment than Harvard University, which has just over $29 billion in its coffers...
...vocational training - has earned a glowing reputation among universities and companies recruiting trained workers. Its director says almost all youths leave the school with a diploma or professional training certificate, and estimates around 90% of those who receive occupational training find jobs within six months. That's no small boast in an area where unemployment ranges from 25-40%. "You work harder here and the rules are stricter, but that's why you come," explains Axel Blanchard, 15. "All I want is that line on my CV that says, 'Graduated Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.' What that represents can change...
...building does boast its share of architectural quirks...