Word: boastful
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...There's a reason, however, that the boast requires qualifiers. Undemocratic, not-so-free-market China continues to set the economic pace with GDP growth exceeding 9%?a fact that seemed to dampen enthusiasm in New Delhi in the face of otherwise encouraging circumstances. In Asia, "China is clearly the leader of the flock," conceded India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. "India is still just part of the flock." That chronic inferiority complex is rooted in industrial policy envy. China maintains a big advantage over India in sectors such as manufacturing, said Chidambaram, because its central government dictates "with brutal...
Equal Exchange can also boast that it started a trend. About 450 coffee importers opt to pay above-market rates for certain beans and then sell the product as premium coffee in 45,000 stores nationwide with Fair Trade certification, an independent audit from TransFair USA. The Fair Trade sector accounts for just 2% of the $22 billion domestic retail coffee market. But the industry is striving to keep up with rising public expectations for the way the brew comes to market...
...Corrigan, the University of Pennsylvania’s Director of Cinema Studies, calls in an e-mail “a central cultural and intellectual force in society.” The formerly avant-garde field is evolving into a downright standard presence at major schools, and the departments boast distinguished faculty, modern facilities, and filled-to-capacity courses.VES Professor in Film Studies David N. Rodowick instructs one such course—the first film class offered in the Core curriculum, Literature & Arts B-11, “The Art of Film.” Despite the red-hot student...
...Walsh stares at the television in the interview room of Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center. It’s one of the few places to boast a VCR these days, and once the tape begins, the senior defenseman is asked to identify the images dancing across the screen.“Well,” he says, “here we have Coach Donato with about five hairs—which is four more than he has right now—hugging some crazy lady on ‘The Price Is Right...
...their own money on their campaigns, a clear violation of election finance rules. Candidates’ bending of election rules is unacceptable, as it erodes the student body’s trust in its elected representatives and detracts from the legitimacy of our democratic system. Now that campaign coffers boast a healthy $400 each, there is no reason for candidates to break those rules. The major fear of many of those who opposed the increase in UC funding for the presidential campaigns was that many tickets would crop up, each claiming $400, resulting in thousands of dollars of UC spending...