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Word: boastfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...universities can boast of the same extensive collections that Harvard has acquired. The age of the specialty field determines, to some extent, the size of each collection...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Treasure in the Stacks | 2/2/1984 | See Source »

...Castro confidently predicted last week that within 15 to 20 years Cuba would lead the world in health-care delivery. Illiteracy has been virtually eliminated; Cuba's population now has an average educational level equivalent to junior high school. Last week Castro added the boast that Cuba is the second-best-fed country in Latin America, after Argentina, a major grain and beef exporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: From Spontaneity to Stagnation | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

None of the seven males who live in Weld 15 North this year have ever answered their phone with that boast, although they are the only Weld Hall inhabitants who can actually claim the title...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Which Weld Room? | 11/22/1983 | See Source »

...Hollywood, FL 1 Dennala Vechi QB 5-11 100 Jr. Tewakbury, MA 33 Mark Vignali RB 5-11 105 Jr. uniondown, PA 16 Jimmy Villowaeva PE-P 6-2 196 Sr. Pacific Palleaders, CA 9 Brian White QB 6-2 105 Se. Greveland, MA 48 Boast Willchson LB 6-2 200 Se. Mt. Vernon, OH 99 Stan Yakevich DE 6-2 205 So. Richmond, VA 24 John Zurarky SE 6-1 175 Se. Mercer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard alphabetical roster | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

While club members boast of the Spee's diversity, only two of the 33 current members are Black, a member says. "We don't have an affirmative action program," one club officer explains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Field Guide to Harvard Elite | 11/15/1983 | See Source »

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