Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...noted that, like other drinking fountains, these are placed above sanitary basins to receive the superfluous water. "Mention might be made of the toilets, the lighting, and ventilation in general", but you do not make it. And to cap the whole business, you loss into the ring an unchallenged boast "that the mere specifications of the various objectionable features of the hall fill three closely written pages." In short, the article is merely a magnificent group of unsubstantiated claims...
...committee in charge is always willing to consider additions that will help maintain the boast that this is the best gentleman's library in America. Those who critize Widener for the absence of current works will find less room for criticism at the Union...
...crucial tests of its 1921 season when at 3 o'clock today in the Stadium it faces Coach Cleo O'Donnell's strong and speedy Holy Cross eleven, which will try for the second successive year to break the "no-defeat" record that the Crimson has been able to boast since Coach Fisher took charge. Last fall the Purple players held the Crimson to a three-point victory and at one time had possession of the ball under the shadow of the University goal-posts. The contest this afternoon promises to be just as close, especially when it is taken...
...Marshall says that we boast of Democracy, but that we are really a limited monarchy. This statement is, perhaps, an exaggeration, but it is indicative of the trend of the times. Our national growth in industry, population, and size is fast breaking down the skeleton of legislative government. It seems inevitable that this increasing burden of management will eventually outgrow our present legislative system. Accordingly two alternatives remain; resting responsibility with the Executive or inventing a new method of representation through legislation. At present the former is rapidly gaining recognition, and no overtures of any consequence have been made...
...large number of failures in a course should be looked upon as an indication that the instruction is faulty, rather than a boast that the course in laudably severe. The undergraduate is frequently of the opinion that his professors take a secret pride in the number of men they flunk. By convincing his students that they are being given a square deal the instructor will put himself in a better position to ask their cooperation...