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Word: boastfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tomorrow will be a different story. New Hampshire--19-13-1 overall last season--used to boast one of the finest lines in college hockey until coach Charlie Holt broke it up to form two good lines. Now, Dan Forget and Andy Brickley will skate with Steve Lyons, while Chris Pryor has been teamed with George White and Jay Miller...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Harvard Hockey: Fighting History, Stuck in the Snow | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

...only recently--as recently as last Sunday--that the Terriers have shown signs of revitalization. A 5-3 loss on the road to a Providence College squad nationally ranked in both polls showed that the Terriers (1-1-1 overall this year) are capable of playoff-caliber hockey, a boast coach Jackie Parker hasn't been able to make recently...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Revamped Terriers to Host Crimson | 12/2/1981 | See Source »

...music critic of the New York Herald Tribune from 1940 to 1954, he skewered arrogance and stupidity in the musical establishment with a perceptive gusto unknown since the critical heyday of George Bernard Shaw. Composer Aaron Copland, his contemporary, calls him "about as original a personality as America can boast." This week, in what is far from the least of his accomplishments, Virgil Thomson turns a hale and peppery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Red, White and Blue Boulevardier | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

After a day on campus, it's hard to contest the admission's pamphlet boast of "something in the air that makes you proud to be a Tar Heel...

Author: By William A. Danoff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In Tar Heel Country | 11/20/1981 | See Source »

...N.C.C. is facing a constricted ecumenical base. Its 32 denominations boast 40 million members, which covers most Orthodox adherents but only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chilly Climate | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

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