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...they insist that however unlikely the prospect of a major armored war, they wouldn't want to fight one with outmoded howitzers. So they've put the Crusader on a diet and cut the original buy of 1,138 systems down to 480, for $11 billion. Army generals boast they have turned the program around "nearly on a dime" and that the gun will be ideal for everything "from small-scale contingencies to full combat." But it will still require huge cargo planes to get to war quickly. They may be able to fly a little farther with the lighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blasting the Crusader | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

Lividoti says the current system isn't ideal but has one major advantage: It means vo-tech courses attract many students. The vo-tech department can boast that more than half of CRLS' students take its courses, even though few of them are there to learn a trade for career purposes...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Falling Into Disrepair | 1/10/2001 | See Source »

More than a year after celebrating a record breaking eight-year capital campaign, Tiedemann and the University Development Office (UDO) he represents continue fundraising efforts and boast a 34 percent increase over last year in its University-wide fundraising total over the past five months...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Year After a Successful Campaign, Harvard Continues to Meet and Surpass Fundraising Goals | 12/12/2000 | See Source »

...Epstein was quietly convinced that the Beatles had a remarkable talent that would enable them to eclipse the popularity of Elvis and last for an eternity. At the time, this was seen as a ludicrous boast about a loud, scruffy group from an unfashionable English province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Years From Then | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...boast of the leadership skills you have gained from running the punch at your final club...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Advice for Council Candidates | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

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