Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...routine in the middle of an empty football stadium. While three of the performers pound out a funky beat on keyboard, drums and guitar, the other six do an out-of-step side-to-side shuffle. In between refrains, the various salesmen sing rap-style verses in which they boast about their prowess on the showroom floor...
...heavyweights presently boast a perfect record, with decisive victories over Princeton (last year's Eastern Sprint Champion), Cornell and Dartmouth...
Woodrow Wilson knew about that half a century ago. "The only strength that any man can boast of and be proud of is that great bodies of his fellow citizens trust him and are ready to follow him," said Wilson. The venerated statesman Henry Stimson, who served as Secretary of State and twice as Secretary of War, also knew. "The only way to make a man trustworthy," Stimson used to say, "is to trust...
Some bakeries boast that their dough is based on a secret family recipe. Others admit that they buy a premixed flour formula. All the shops bake in small lots at frequent intervals so that the rolls will be as fresh and flexible as possible. Once cold, they turn leathery. Cinnamon Sam's rolls remain soft an hour or two longer without reheating, although they have no more flavor than others tried in Kansas City. Nevertheless, the buns have a huge following. "Cinnamon rolls are ageless," observes Rich Favaro, founder of Cinnabon in the SeaTac Mall in Federal Way, Wash. "Their...
...people, rather than machines, to spot danger. El Al's thoroughness sometimes infuriates passengers, who must endure a check-in ritual that includes hand searches of carry-on luggage, minute scrutiny of passports and rigorous quizzing of passengers about the contents of their luggage. Result: El Al can boast that none of its planes has been hijacked since...