Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps no other event better symbolizes theemergence of the collegiate women's game from itsadolescence. Never again can some cocky men'sbasketball fan boast of his league of choice as ashrine to parity and competitiveness. Gone are thedays when a few female standouts from programslike Louisiana Tech, Tennessee and Stanford werethe league's lone ambassadors...
...Titans also boast one of California's top lefthanded starters in Cal State-Northridge transfer Benito Flores. The senior--who was junior righthander Donny Jamieson's teammate at Orange Country's El Dorado High School--sports a nifty 12-0 record...
Schrempp and Eaton boast of major cost-cutting opportunities. For example, the two companies combined spend $7 billion on R. and D. every year. Much of the money that goes into research on, say, safety or fuel-cell technology can be put under one umbrella for savings. Economies can also be extracted from joint purchases of raw materials. "Daimler and Chrysler will maximize the number of common parts they're using for their cars," says Christian Breitsprecher, a Dusseldorf-based industry analyst. "Engines, engine control systems, transmissions, door locks, seats--you name it." As Eaton insisted to TIME, "There...
Radcliffe, while it cannot boast of a first-place finish this weekend, also turned in an impressive performance at its regatta...
...country firmly on the international travel map. Newly plunged into global markets, the Cape wine industry has expanded its traditional, highly regulated, conservative marketing base and drawn in Germans, French, Swiss, Italians. Russians and Californians as investors in South African grapes. Some of the leading Cape estates now boast European winemakers; Zelma Long and Phil Freese, well known in Sonoma, Calif., are in a joint vineyard venture with Michael Back, owner of Backsberg, a top South African estate. At least one prestigious California wine company is hoping to buy a Paarl farm. A score or so of local wine farmers...