Word: boastful
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...Written an article for an outdoors magazine that got made into the summer blockbuster Blue Crush? Waded through alligator-ridden swampwater in search of an elusive “ghost orchid?” And did Meryl Streep play you in Spike Jonze’s Adaptation? Orlean can boast all this and more...
Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth are the only other schools who boast two players on the Top-10 list...
While Zuckerberg promised that thefacebook.com would boast new features by the end of the week, he said that he did not create the website with the intention of generating revenue...
There is nothing subtle about this tax haven. Websites boast how easy it is to create a limited-liability company here in 24 hours, by phone, by fax or online - no need to show up in person. Unlike some other offshore centers that require at least two people to form a corporation, only one is needed here. And for a fee, anonymity is assured. "We have a large database of shelf corporations available so that you can establish a history for your company," touts an ad for one service firm on the territory. Is it the Cayman Islands? Monaco...
...Blair's Labour Party has been consistently ahead of the Tories for the last six years, which confounds the pattern of every British government since World War II and ordinarily would guarantee loyalty from his allies. The economy is outperforming the euro zone, and Blair can - and often does - boast of historically low unemployment. Even his tuition-fee bill is more generous to students from poorer backgrounds than the current system. And while Kelly's death was tragic, the evidence given to Hutton also shows he was no paragon: he did not tell the whole truth to his bosses...