Word: boastful
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...University’s notoriously discerning admissions office effectively grants right of entry to post-graduate Harvard Clubs. Few social establishments can boast of an application for membership that requires a personal essay and a laundry list of scholastic accolades?...
...characteristically, Rove and his untimid President want to play for all the marbles. They have increased Republican Party registrations, especially in the South and key battleground states, and boast of "hiving off" chunks of Democrats into their camp. What Rove is looking for is something Bush did not get in the last election: a mandate. They are already laying plans for the ambitious things they want to do in a second term--Social Security overhaul, tax reform, Medicare restructuring and even more tax cuts...
...Journal of Infectious Diseases reported that the number of people getting measles in migrant populations was almost eight times higher than in resident communities, largely because migrants are either too broke or too disenfranchised to get routine childhood immunizations. Indeed, two of China's poorer neighbors, Vietnam and Mongolia, boast higher rates of routine childhood immunization than China, because of their greater public-health commitment. "All of the international organizations in China have sent clear signals that the public-health system needs to be reformed," says the WHO's Lee. "But so far, we've had almost no response...
...Democratic campaigns can boast matching funds from megarich financier George Soros, feisty speeches by Al Gore and a make-your-own-campaign-commercial contest conceived by pop star Moby. These are the trophies of MoveOn.org an activist website with just seven staff members and no office. What it does have is an e-mail list with 1.8 million members, who have little more in common than anger and a tilt to the left...
...fact that the two freshmen haven’t yet played at the collegiate level doesn’t mean they don’t bring loads of experience to Harvard. Both boast impressive resumes on the junior circuit. Duboc played on the 2003 U.S. junior team and competed in the World Junior Championships in Egypt during the summer...