Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With the lynching of James Scales, the 1944 U.S. score rose to two: Mississippians had already lynched one. In 1943, there were three lynchings. The U.S. could not yet boast of a year without mob violence. But in four decades the record had improved. Between 1900 and 1941, the nation had 4,699 lynchings* on its conscience-more than 100 a year...
There won't have been anybody at the Congress who had worked more for the liberal cause as I did continuously during 30 years. But I hate the arrogance of parties which boast that they are the only ones who have been always the patrons of arts. Therefore, I underlined that music for about 30 years has been protected by rich citizens in democracies, but that it flourished for 200 years under kings and autocrats...
...cheering galleries to the McNears, Ehrmans and Fleishhackers in their beige and gilt boxes. A roster of the finest stars (many from the Metropolitan), a superb orchestra (the San Francisco Symphony) and a well trained municipal chorus would present four weeks of repertory as elegant as any city could boast. Then the company would move down to Los Angeles, where it would give a Hollywood-studded audience the only really grand opera Los Angeles ever hears. In population, San Francisco is the twelfth city in the U.S. In opera, it is second. New York City exceeds it, but only...
Nothing definite can be said at this date about the power of the various House football teams except that Adams and Lowell report squads of approximately 20 men each, while the two navy teams, Eliot and Kirkland, boast nearly four complete elevens apiece. All four teams have been driven hard during the past two weeks, stressing fundamental offensive plays, blocking and tackling. With the spirit of the teams at a high pitch, a fine season is expected starting with the opening game next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...Southwest Pacific, U.S. Seabees, who boast that they can repair anything from a watch to a battleship, turned to another activity in their spare time. A Navy officer reported they were making grass skirts and selling them to the natives. Reason for the market: the Seabees' skirt is better than the native product...