Word: boastfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...night last January, after sitting up with some old people, Dorothy Gutheridge started home in her 1948 Ford. Her record as a driver was one thing about which Mrs. Gutheridge could boast. In 28 years of driving she had never been found guilty of a traffic violation. That night. however, as she was swinging into a left turn, she struck and killed 17-year-old LaVonne Anderson. "The first thing I knew, I saw this girl on my fender," said Mrs. Gutheridge. "I don't know where she came from...
...which could be used either for bombing or torpedo attacks or for minelaying." The most alarming figure was Russia's submarine force, which should not have come as a surprise to any well-informed Briton. Nonetheless, talk of 350 Russian subs recalls to Britons Admiral Doenitz's boast that with 300 U-boats he could have bottled up the British Isles...
...this is what they mean when Texans boast that their state does everything bigger and better, then other states should thank goodness that they are not doing things so "big" or so "great...
Again, the selection of the corporation will reflect its view on the world situation as it pertains to the University. The early group which by-passed Mather's ultra-conservatism and ignored his boast to eliminate the devil seems to have been justified by Harvard's successful growth...
...radio, with all its cultural failures, can boast of one proud accomplishment: it has greatly widened the audience for good music. Television may be doing the same thing for opera. The tried & true arias have long been popular favorites on such TV variety programs as Your Show of Shows and Toast of the Town. The NBC network pioneered in producing such TV-sized operas as Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors and Martinu's The Marriage. In Manhattan, independent station WPIX has been telecasting Opera Cameos for the past three years, complete with a sponsor (Progresso Brand...