Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despite Cornell's 5-2 head-to-head advantage, Yale comes into this contest the higher seed and probable favorite. The Bulldogs boast the nation's best power play conversion (36.7 percent success rate) and are led by high-scoring forward Randy Wood (24 goals, 28 assists...
Since then, Savimbi has foregone any conceivable peaceful resolution of the conflict by accepting aid, arms and even occasional direct military support from South African forces. Angola, which used to boast a vibrant tourist industry and a comparatively energetic economy, has been devastated by the war of attrition that pits the MPLA and 30,000 Cuban troops against UNITA and the South African army...
...have the opportunity to play nearly as many games as his rivals for the award--Minnesota-Duluth's Brett "The Little Golden Jet' Hull has already skated in 36 contests to Fusco's 22, for instance--and, therefore, cannot record as many points as his competitors, Fusco can boast of a 2.13 points-per-game average, which ranks in the top-10 in the country...
...Sports Illustrated is different--so its publishers say. "If we'd wanted to go girlie, I could have given you 34 pages of nudity," managing editor Mark Mulvoy told USA Today, his comment revealing an all too familiar mixture of bravado and sexism. Managing pimp Mulvoy's macho boast should read: if I'd wanted to, I could have ordered those women to disrobe in front of the camera. Now that's exploitation, right Mark? And hey, its all a matter of money anyway...
...amber, the brass to gold. If Ormandy's interpretations of safe repertory standards such as Beethoven and Brahms symphonies were not always individual, the ravishing tonal beauty of his orchestra was often reward enough. "The Philadelphia sound -- it's me!" Ormandy said proudly, and it was less a boast than a statement of fact...